How Not to Write a Petition for Certiorari

From Josh Blackman's Blog , I learned about the remarkably terrible petition for certiorari in  Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellscha...

Njal's Saga Available Online

I'm a big fan of Njal's Saga , which I read during my second year in law school after learning about it through a remedies course ta...

Robinson on the Rise and Degradation of Criminal Codes

From the CrimProf Blog , I learned about Paul Robinson's essay , The Rise and Fall and Resurrection of American Criminal Codes . Here is...

The First Conviction Under California's Revenge Porn Law

The Los Angeles City Attorney announced that it has secured a conviction against Noe Iniguez, who posted nude photographs of his ex-girlfri...

Some Harsh Words on Dueling

While researching and writing a paper on arbitration by combat and Game of Thrones, I came across the case of Smith v. State , 9 Tenn. 228 ...

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...