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8 Mar 2012, 8:00 pm by Mark Bennett
I am, in case you didn't know it, interested in innovation in the practice of law. [read post]
26 Aug 2012, 5:14 pm by Mark Bennett
One of my lawprof correspondents writes: Unfortunately, this year’s dismal law school enrollments (affecting us and all schools nationwide) present a major budgetary challenge for us… Law schools aren’t filling classes.The reasons for this are many, but can be summed up as “college graduates aren’t that stupid. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 12:34 pm by Mark Bennett
One of our kids got the opportunity to go to a summer leadership program in one of the farther reaches of the country. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 3:14 pm by Mark Bennett
Popehat and Abel and Draughn and Hit & Run and Kennedy and Greenfield have already visited the subject of the video of a TSA goon groping a six-year-old girl at the airport in New Orleans (insert tacky Mardi Gras bead joke here, if you absolutely must). [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 2:47 pm by Mark Bennett
So what you’re saying is that there were two threats to America, but now there’s only one? [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 11:08 am by Mark Bennett
People can’t choose what they desire, but they “choose” what they desire, and should generally be able to do what they “choose. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 3:47 pm by Mark Bennett
Maricopa County Sheriff “Crazy” Joe Arpaio’s department has been keeping two sets of books (Generally not a sign of upright conduct) to allow it to misspend $34,000,000 (in the department’s estimate; county administrators think it might be $80 million) of county money designated (by the voters) for detentions. [read post]
24 May 2011, 4:58 pm by Mark Bennett
The other J-Dog, at Restoring Dignity to the Law, opines that Joseph Rakofsky is also a symptom of one of the fundamental problems of attorney oversupply and writes: I’m ultimately your ally, Joseph, because you’re a victim, just like most of our generation of law graduates. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 8:18 pm by Mark Bennett
Fun with Google: Federal criminal conduct usually falls under one of seven categories. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 4:42 am by Mark Bennett
Last April Fools Day the New York Times got punked by New York blawger Eric Turkewitz, who announced that he was going to become the official White House law blogger. [read post]
27 Nov 2010, 9:53 am by Mark Bennett
The memo, which actually takes the form of an administrative directive, appears to be the product of undated but recent high level meetings between Napolitano, John Pistole, head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),and one or more of Obama’s national security advisors. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 7:57 pm by Mark Bennett
Too good to keep to myself, from Brazoria County criminal-defense lawyer Jeff Purvis: This tip comes courtesy of my fellow Brazoria County lawyer, David Sharp. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 8:00 pm by Mark Bennett
Disturbing video of Aransas County, Texas Judge William Adams abusing his teenage daughter. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 5:53 pm by Mark Bennett
(Thanks to the Electronic Privacy Information Center; PDF from Washington State University, see the source PDF, h/t Hit & Run. [read post]
28 Jul 2012, 11:49 am by Mark Bennett
This opinion piece in the NYT by John Monterosso and Barry Schwartz doesn’t support the conclusions that the authors want us to reach: It is crucial that as a society, we learn how to think more clearly about causes and personal responsibility — not only for extraordinary actions like crime but also for ordinary ones, like maintaining exercise regimens, eating sensibly and saving for retirement [an exhortation "to think more clearly" is unlikely to draw any objection]. [read post]
4 Mar 2012, 6:11 pm by Mark Bennett
The first time I got to vote in a presidential election was in November 1988. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 6:12 pm by Mark Bennett
Clay Conrad writes: [A]lmost nobody denies that, say, executing an innocent man would be a substantive injustice. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 3:17 pm by Mark Bennett
Hit & Run, Did George Zimmerman Ignore the Police Dispatcher, and Why Did He Have a Gun? [read post]