The Shark

Covers news and culture directly relating to the experience of being a law school student.

Author: This is a Cal Law blog. Justin Gosling is a 1L at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law, Abony Holmes is a 1L at the University of California-Berkeley's Boalt Hall and Brian Lauter is a 2L at the University of California-Davis. Cynthia Foster is Cal Law's web editor, and Petra Pasternak is a Cal Law business reporter.

Recent Posts from The Shark

how to stay sane while employed. it's probably harder than you think.
[brian lauter] There’s plenty of advice out there on how to get a job, but once, you have the job, how do keep it and your sanity? The Complete Lawyer’s most recent issue is dedicated…
wednesday in a nutshell, linx-style.
[cynthia foster] It's a slow day. This is what distracted me: Environmental Law Scholar Michael Wara Joins Stanford Law School Faculty (MarketWatch - this guy wrote a wave-causing paper on the failures of the Kyoto…
law firms not so cozy, mentors not so effective.
[cynthia foster] Welcome back. Hope everyone enjoyed their Teamsters holiday. To get you back in the OCI zone, I've got an interesting paper from Erika Abner on the various modes of vocational learning that are…
UCLA prof resigns from admissions committee, accuses university of bias toward black students.
[cynthia foster] Via the Orange County Register this morning: a UCLA professor has resigned from the university's admissions committee, accusing the university of violating state law in order to give preferential treatment to black applicants.…
taking the "socratic method" one step further, into a more relevant land.
[brian lauter] This morning on Concurring Opinions Professor Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School posted) an interesting item on the Socratic Method. The Socratic Method is a traditional favorite of many law school professors…
laptop, out. blackberry, in. oh yeah, pen and paper are in, too.
[justin gosling] One of my favorite parts of modern life is when your computer only shows hostile vertical lines when you just want Windows to boot up. And just in time for law school, no…
who am i and why am i here? the law school identity crisis.
[brian lauter] This year’s 1Ls are halfway through their first week of law school. Its about this time that nearly all incoming 1Ls begin to ask: Why did I come to law school? Of course,…
hastings' dean newton unimpressed by us news' robert morse.
[petra pasternak] Deans from across the country pumped their fists in the air in response to the U.S. News & World Report’s announcement that it is considering changing its take on part-timers and the role…
law firms take over student activities fair and hold out on the hot dogs.
[abony holmes] What does a blogger with writer’s block do? Complain. Today I’m complaining about last week’s “Student Activity” fair at Boalt, which featured, embarrassingly, law firms hawking schwag and depriving me of hot dogs…
heller ehrman gives king hall oci the brush-off.
[cynthia foster] Looks like Heller has pulled out of OCI at Davis (via ATL). According to firm spokesman Patrick Bustamonte: "Because we plan to hire fewer summer associates next summer, we did cancel our plans…