The discussion on what to do about law schools finds the Wall Street Journal on the dishing end with two articles. One is about how to reform legal education. The basic suggestion is to open up legal training by making…
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Reforming Law Schools And The Job Market: What To Do, If Anything?
17
Jan
The discussion on what to do about law schools finds the Wall Street Journal on the dishing end with two articles. One is about how to reform legal education. The basic suggestion is to open up legal training by making…
Opening: Public Services Librarian, Alaska State Court Law Library
20
Dec
The Alaska Court System (ACS) Law Library is seeking an Anchorage-based Law Librarian to provide legal research and general reference assistance in person, on the phone, and by email; and to develop training materials to assist library patrons in the…
PACER Users Training Site
03
Dec
Hat tip to Deborah K. Hackerson, Law Librarian & Legal Research Adjunct, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law, for her FYI Legal Skills Prof Blog post about PACER’s training site. Do note that according to Nota Bene’s Nov. 13,…
PACER Users Training Site
03
Dec
Hat tip to Deborah K. Hackerson, Law Librarian & Legal Research Adjunct, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law, for her FYI Legal Skills Prof Blog post about PACER’s training site. Do note that according to Nota Bene’s Nov. 13,…
Bonuses And Pro Bono Work Down Somewhat At Big Firms
29
Nov
How bad is it getting for the legal-industrial complex? The ripple effect of not enough jobs and clients balking at paying for new lawyer training now includes smaller end-of-year bonuses and a small decrease in pro bono hours. The Wall…
"This Situation Absolutely Requires a Really Futile and Stupid Gesture Be Done on Somebody’s Part:" ABA Adopts Resolution on Skills Training
11
Aug
Tuesday, the ABA adopted a Resolution on Skills Training, politely charactered by Paul Kirgis as “tepid” on ADR Prof Blog (“No mention of the actual skills that lawyers need.”). I think the edited text speaks for itself: Click to enlarge….
Opening: Digital Services Librarian, Valparaiso Law
13
Jul
Valparaiso University Law School invites applications for the newly-created position of Digital Services Librarian. Job Description. The Digital Services Librarian will coordinate the evaluation, acquisition, implementation, training and management of Law Library electronic resources and serve as the Law Library’s…
To Fly Again…
Denied to me now, I’m afraid; Judge Gold caused me to lose my Piper Cherokee 6.
However, that didn’t stop me from encouraging my son Ben to learn to fly it, and later – to keep him out of trouble and stop being a waiter – to consider a career in aviation. That he did, became an instructor, married one of his students, and now flies international for Delta. We don’t connect any more, but I hope he’s minding his Ps and Qs.
Went to the Huntington Library the other day with my first son Jonathan, and noticed the upcoming exhibit featuring the development of U.S. Aviation, from its beginnings to the present. What a glorious story that is!
Indeed, I whiled away the last ten dead years doodling for Wikipedia, and researched and wrote the story of the now defunct and forgotten Glendale Airport, which was once the gateway to the West Coast. Frequented by the likes of Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, and the black Tuskegee Airmen, it later served as the training ground and repair station for thousands of WWII airmen and their fighting machines. The surviving classically designed control tower, surrounded by humdrum factories and warehouses, was acquired by the Walt Disney company, with headquarters nearby. There many a movie was shot, and its current lack of maintenance and continued state of disrepair is quite shocking. Shame on you, Walt Disney! May one wish that the company and Glendale city provide funds and jobs to restore it?
Here, read this, it has such stories to tell. Grand Central Airport, Glendale
At these times of hardship, us oldsters like to harken back to not so very long ago, to the years when America was industrious in manufacturing, and provided jobs for all. When we were the New World, a shining light of hope for the less advantaged.
Perhaps our memories will help motivate and energize today’s youngsters to recapture the pride we’ve lost. Pondering our history, at least they’ll get some perspective.
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