I enjoyed David's (helpfully) provocative post on teaching normative method, though I disagree with it on several levels. I'm not a philosopher, nor do I play one in the classroom, so I'll leave the nuances of the expressivism debate to others. …
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More on teaching normative method
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What's Law School About?
http://legalethicsforum.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/whats-law-schoo.htmlWarning: This isn't very coherent. I've been teaching full time for 5 years, and previously taught as an adjunct probably for a total of five years, at schools ranging from the the top -- U Texas to the middle, U Houston and Mercer -- and each time I've wondered what it is that I'm supposed to be doing. …
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The Importance of an Objective Appearances Standard for Judicial Recusal
http://legalethicsforum.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/the-importance.htmlThe facts of the Hood case (Texas death penalty), which has been discussed earlier, illustrates the importance of an objective and broadly-phrased appearances standard for judicial recusal. It is not unlikely that the judge in that case would be satisfied that she had been able to preside over Mr. …
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An excellent idea: a law school class on investigating facts
http://forctlawyers.com/?p=124UCI to offer course on fact investigation
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Law School Almanac
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Human dignity and the lawyer's role
http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2008/06/hum...discussion
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How will Edwards affect competency evaluations?
http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2008/06/edwards-rul.... An essay by her at the Concurring Opinions blog is here. The New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and Legal Times have coverage of the ruling. Commentary is available at Scotusblog, Crim Prof blog, Simple Justice, the Legal Ethics Forum, and Court-O-Rama.
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Colorado Ethics Bar Metadata Opinion
http://cyberlaw101.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/colorado-ethics-...of the opinion is available at the CBA’s Ethics website. Prof. Andrew Perlman, of my alma mater Suffolk Law, has a good summary of the case and a look at other metadata ethics decisions in the U.S. at the Legal Ethics Forum Blog .
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Capital Defense Weekly
http://www.capitaldefenseweekly.com/blog’t you just hate to be the one guy to write a book and no Patrick O’Donnell noticed?). Over there, I comment on why everyone should be disappointed in this spectacle, not just knee jerk liberals. Andrew Perlman @ LEF likewise weighs in: Mr. Hood’s execution did not take place last night, but not because the Texas courts recognized the seriousness of Mr. Hood’s judicial ethics argument. Rather, the prison had the legal authority to execute Mr. Hood only until
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Legal post-mortem
http://www.capitaldefenseweekly.com/blog/?p=3129The odd, truly odd, events relating to Charles Hood’s on - again -off-again- on - again execution date Tuesday night is among the oddest events in capital litigation in recent memory. Two must read pieces come from ethics blogs, the Legal Ethics Forum
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Lust Claims Another Career
http://gop3.com/2008/06/12/lust-claims-another-career/of us. Judge Alex Kozinski is a well-regarded judge and prominent conservative jurist. He also had an extensive collection of obscenity on his personal website. In the days ahead, an investigation will take place pursuant to the governing rules, and much will be written about judicial ethics and conflicts of interest and the tension between judging and having a personal life. The much more pressing conversation, and the one I doubt we’ll have, is to focus on the dangerous and pervasive presence of pornography in
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Is forced frequency the cure for sex scarcity?
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-forced-frequency-cur...Bad Sex in Fiction Awards.) So the chance that these dreary people have written anything worth reading is low. But book projects and PR will go on and on, even if sex does not. Oh! I have a new entry for John Steele's contest! Marital sex is to sex as.... Back to the main topic: Is forced frequency the cure for sex scarcity? Should individuals with low desire just force themselves? Should they make contracts with partners
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“Legal ethics is to real ethics as …”
http://overlawyered.com/2008/06/legal-ethics-is-to-real-ethi...pro wrestling is to Olympic wrestling
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