Archive for the 'Law' Category

McCain’s Eligibility – Natural-Born Citizen?

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

This is the second comment in as many days I’ve seen on this point. John McCain was born abroad, on a United States military base in the Panama Canal Zone. Does that make him ineligible under the United States Constitution, Article I, section 1, clause 5 (the “Natural Born Citizen Clause”)? The clause states that: [...]

Admiralty

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

To my incredible shock and amazement, I am not failing out of law school because of my performance in Admiralty, last quarter. After muddling through one of the strangest exams I’ve ever seen, I fully expected the worst grade of my law school career, yet I actually did well. Not complaining!

Take Action: MDU Communications

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Regents Park residents: Please send the following email message to info@mduc.com: I live in Regents Park in Chicago, a building where you provide cable internet access. Our connection is pathetically slow – worse than dial-up, in fact – and has been since your company began providing service on February 1. Please remedy this situation, immediately. [...]

Best (Scariest) Drunk-Dial Ever

Friday, February 1st, 2008

A woman called 911 to report that she wanted a police escort on her way home… because she was driving drunk and having a hard time staying on the road. She then chewed out the 911 dispatcher for keeping her on the phone, because she really doesn’t like to use the phone in the car. [...]

LAWIKI (unofficial University of Chicago Wiki) goes online

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

My friend William has created LAWIKI, a wiki accumulating information on the University of Chicago Law School. Check it out.

Dick Durbin: Towering Genius, or Grossly Irresponsible?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Dick Durbin can, apparently claim with a straight face that 46 hours, 8 minutes (commencing at 12:15 AM a week before Christmas) is enough time to read a 3,417 page omnibus spending bill and vote on it. Either Durbin has the reading abilities of a small army of legal thinkers, or he’s irresponsible in the [...]

Corporations, Admiralty, and dealmaking

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

I have posted my info from Professor Henderson’s Corporations online – contact me for the address. If you have an Admiralty outline (preferably for Schmidt, though anyone will do), please let me know!

Chicago Law = Top Law School in the United States?

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

According to one analysis of the 18,000-student survey conducted by the Princeton Review, the University of Chicago has the best law school in the country. All I know is it was the right choice for me in every respect and has given me access to my choice of great jobs.

Ziff Davis: Spammers Extraordinaire

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Ziff Davis is spamming me. A lot, in fact, to the tune of several messages per day. I have, for several years, subscribed to various Ziff Davis e-mail newsletters, including the CIO Insight and eWeek publications. I have tried many times, now – approximately 20 – in the last three months to unsubscribe, however, since [...]

Summer Jobs

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

I am very excited to announce that I will be spending next summer as a summer associate in the Houston offices of two great firms: Baker Botts and Fulbright & Jaworski.