Bray: "On Legal Doctrines That Do Many Things"

Through Lawrence Solum's Legal Theory Blog , I learned of this excellent essay that Samuel Bray recently posted on SSRN. Its title is O...

Shoplifting: Proposition 47's Strange Addition to California's Law of Theft

California's Proposition 47 (Prop 47) reduces a number of California felonies to misdemeanors. I have already blogged  that one of Prop...

Who is to Blame for Declining Bar Exam Passage Rates?

Derek Muller argues in this post that the National Council of Bar Examiners (NCBE) may be more to blame than they are willing to admit. Fro...

I Have Passed the California Bar Exam!

This, of course, changes nothing in my disclaimers  (although once I am sworn in, I will be changing that remark about not being a licensed ...

Amar and Allard on Reevaluating the Bar Exam

At Justia's Verdict, Vikram Amar has this article discussing the decline in performance of the July 2014 bar examinees relative to othe...

Bloomberg Businessweek Decides to Traumatize California Bar Examinees...

...by publishing this article , titled Why Did So Many People Flunk the Bar Exam This Year? It begins: The most recent bar exam test results...

NTSB Rules that FAA Regulations Apply to Drones

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled yesterday that the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) aircraft regulati...

"Monkey Selfie" Photo May Venture Into Trademark Territory

During the summer of 2014, everybody on the Internet briefly became a copyright expert, scholar, or commentator as people debated the copyri...

Proposition 47 and Petty Theft

California’s recent Proposition 47 (Prop 47) has reduced a number of former felonies to misdemeanors. One of Prop 47’s most sweeping change...