Ed Cottrell

  • American Legal Theory Paper Now Online

    I have posted my American Legal Theory paper, The Case of Experience v. Efficiency: An Examination of the Influence of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., on Judge Richard Posner, to my writings page. Enjoy! Commentary is, of course, invited and welcome (why else would I put this stuff on the web?).

  • Exams

    1 down, 2 to go. I think Civil Procedure went really well, but I’ve also given up on trying to predict law school exam results.

  • Glitch fixing

    I just discovered that both the permalinks and the comments RSS feed were messed up. Somehow, some files didn’t transfer quite properly during the upgrade process, which is bizarre, since I double-checked them all. Go figure. If you see problems of any kind, please let me know. Thanks!

  • HolmesPosnerPaperMindNumbMadness

    That was my away message for most of this week. I just turned in my first law school paper, for American Legal Theory. Final tallies: 25 pages 97 footnotes 6,193 words text 3,386 words footnotes 80 hours working time (roughly) 10 pots of coffee (very roughly) 3 Red Bulls 1 all-nighter 1 year off my…

  • I Feel the Waters Rising…

    So, I’m starting to think next year is going to be completely nuts. I’m going to be an officer in three different student groups; I am helping BLSA organize a debate on race and the legal community; I want to remain involved in admissions and related activities; I’m hoping to be on a journal; and…