I love Steve Jobs. Not because he was the CEO of Apple or a billionaire or he dresses cool in black turtlenecks and jeans. Nor for his products, since I...

Below is Orin Kerr writing in The Volokh Conspiracy blog on law school courses. I am glad to see that evidence is voted the most useful, but can’t understand how...

Here are some useful quotes from jurors in the MS-13 gang trial in San Francisco federal court as published in The Recorder. Forget the trial advocacy books, and seminar speakers...

here is a good lesson detailed by Janet Maslin in her review of "Bed" by David Whitehouse. In the New York Times, Maslin, one of our more perceptive book reviewers,...

Yesterday was a slow day, and while flipping channels, I stumbled across "The Zero Effect." I enjoyed the film in its all-too-short theatrical release about thirteen years ago, and enjoyed...

The three men, known collectively as the West Memphis 3, were convicted of killing three 8-year-old cub scouts. These were not ordinary killings, but were labeled satanic because the naked...

Yogi Berra allegedly said: "You can observe a lot just by watching." Brilliant, if he said that intentionally. Once the quote became famous, he embraced it and wrote a book...

We are story tellers. It is our job to effectively communicate our client’s story. Nothing has the same impact as a story. It persuades and remains in the mind. Audiences...

The continuing discussion over the vision and direction of the law school has been illuminating and a lot of fun. I think there is a lot of discontent out there...

I have gotten a lot of emails and feedback both positive and negative to my suggestions for upgrading the education at the law school. I am more interested in responding...