Fight The Hypo
"Mostly about the experience of law school, but readers will also find posts on the development of their legal careers, the opportunities and pitfalls of the law, current events, politics and media."
Author: "Casebook Sherpa" is the principal author, though he is joined by "Dr. Bombay" and other evening school classmates from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
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Recent Posts from Fight The Hypo
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New Career Office Resources
Today’s courtoon about says it all… Source: Courtoons
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Our Law School’s New Website
Our law school has a new website. It’s an improvement in look and feel. In integrating the design of the University’s page, it serves as an important reminder of the law school’s connection to the…
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“Homo sapiens is not merely homo economicus”
Last night, we discussed the In re Oracle Derivative Litigation, 824 A.2d 917 (Del. Ch. 2003), in Corporations. We read the case at an early summary judgment phase. It was interesting in that it dealt…
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Can You Have Too Much Democracy? Part 1: The Garden State.
In a couple of days, the citizens of New Jersey are going to go elect some poor sap governor. Most casual political observers (and I put law student’s into this category), have been looking at…
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Is the Pay Czar Unconstitutional?
Former 10th Circuit Judge and current Stanford Law Professor Michael McConnell has a good editorial in the Wall Street Journal today. In it, he questions whether Ken Feinberg’s job as Pay Czar is unconstitutional, in…
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“Not Sure Where I Got This From…”
As a general rule, when your law school class is in open discussion about a current political issue that people barely understand (here: derivatives) it’s time to move on already when someone begins a statement…
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Fall Recruiting and the Evening Student, Part 6: Why Do You Want To Be a Lawyer?
[Ed Note: This post was so freakin long originally because I hit "publish" instead of "save as draft" after writing this stream of consciousness and I didn't have time to edit it down to near…
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Wisdom from Land Transactions.
A quote from my Land Transaction and Finance Professor today: “Just remember this when you’re in practice: don’t ever try to answer hypotheticals. [My associate] was trying to answer a client’s question today, and I…
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Checking Your E-mail Hourly?
This story was all the rage last week (also see the Above the Law story that garnered 800+comments). In response to a situation where an associate was not checking e-mail and, consequently, neglected to draft…
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Miranda: Land of “Fairyland Castles”?
Last night, I encountered this rather descriptive and entertaining paragraph in Justice Scalia’s dissent in Minnick v. Mississippi, 498 U.S. 146 (1990): Today’s extension of the Edwards prohibition is the latest stage of prophylaxis built…