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LLB Turns Seven Years Old Today

01 Jan

Happy New Year’s Day to all and happy anniversary to all the co-editors, contributing editors and readers of LLB since we started publishing on Jan. 1, 2005. [JH]

 

Giving Thanks Today but Worrying about the Future

24 Nov

Traditionally on LLB, a Thanksgiving Day post links to legal and historical resources about the Thanksgiving tradition. Not this year. We certainly should give thanks today but perhaps because I am an aging and decrepit Boomer-gen law librarian human being…

 

Think Your Job Is Tough? Try Being a Public Defender

16 Nov

One day in the life of a public defender. Continue reading


 

Veterans Day 2011: Most Every Family Has a Story to Tell as We Recognize Our Stakeholders in America

11 Nov

For this Veterans Day, I simply wish to remind readers that something like 20% of the US population consists of living war and peace-time vets and the dependants of living vets and survivors of deceased vets. See last year’s Veterans…

 

The Unknown 61.9% of the 99% Placement Claim

11 Nov

Hat tip ATL’s Elie Mystal for the below photo (click to enlarge) from The Dissenter’s We Are the 99 Percent’ Photo of the Day. At The 99 Percent’s Take On Law School Employment Statistics, Mystal writes: Would it be so…

 

The Plight of the JD Working Class: BLS Stats on Last Month’s Legal Industry Job Growth

06 Sep

Typically around Labor Day, the major media will produce stories about the plight of the working class. This is the year that the working class of employed, under-employed and unemployed newly minted lawyers reached the attention of the major, non-legal,…

 

"Why not offer legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial, ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals?"

05 Sep

Ah, OK. Well, it is Labor Day. Here’s the conclusion of Daniel S. Hamermesh’s (Univ of Texas econ prof and author of Why Attractive People Are More Successful (Princeton UP, Aug. 2011)) recent NYT Sunday think piece, Ugly? You May…

 

Friday Fun: OK, so it isn’t a Guinness ad

02 Sep

And I have no idea if the Japanese celebrate Labor Day but … . Hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe Labor Day weekend. Here’s this week’s Friday Fun video: YouTube clip. Hat tip to Butler County Law Library’s Angie…

 
 

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a TR Tax & Accounting Catalog on the Same Day as an Advance Renewal Invoice for a WG&L Print Title

19 Aug

I should add luckily both appeared before my wondering eyes on the same day … that would be yesterday. While any regular reader of LLB knows that I am less than delighted with the editorial quality and pricing of many…

 

There’s No Business Like Law School Business

18 Jul

In his June 16, 2011 NYT Business Day article, David Segal observes that the basic rule of supply and demand does not apply in the legal academy. Legal diplomas have such allure that law schools have been able to jack…