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The Weekly Law School Roundup #121

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

The 2L Year Goodbye to all that. [Sfrajett's City 2.0]

Stranglehold Alternatives to LexisNexis and Westlaw. [The Shark]

Law Firms The pressure tends to be internal. [Magic Cookie]

Criminals Who is and who isn't. [PT-LawMom]

Modest Proposal Make all exams take-home. [The War of All Against All]

Doctors Examining medical professionals through a legal lens. [Fox Law]

Flawed Time limits versus word limits, on exams. [Improvilaw]

Stand-In What to do if you can't make your own wedding. [Above Supra]

Weight Loss A report on Jenny Craig. [Being a Jackal]

Exams Thinking about how you did. [Legally Numb]

Rules Keeping them honest during exams. [The Lay Judge]

Havana Politics and air pollution. [Traditional Notions]

Good Nerves An end in sight. [think like a woman. act like a man.]

Relaxed Working in a plaintiffs' firm. [Knocked Up (and in Law School)]

Words and Phrases Incorrect usage, comic results. [terra nullius]

How Law School Ends Take-home exam or American Idol? [Preaching to the Perverted]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

IN THE MAGAZINES . . . Tired of reading weblogs? Why not read some articles from the magazines (plus a newspaper too), free on the Internet--

Bubbles The next big crash. [Harper's]

Neurotransmitters Things to know about mood medications. [The Wilson Quarterly]

Spirits Why writers like to drink. [Los Angeles Times]

Sins Seven new vices from P.J. O'Rourke. [The Weekly Standard]

Rock 'n' Roll Looking past the aging rock bands. [The American]

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Class Actions, Post-CAFA."

FOUR YEARS AGO AT LEGAL UNDERGROUND . . . Ah, the good old days, when blogging still seemed fresh and new--

May 7, 2004 "Advice to Federal Judges #1."

The advice for federal judges didn't end with here. For more, see "Advice to Federal Judges #2" (June 11, 2004) and "Advice to Federal Judges #3" (March 4, 2005).

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Motion Hearings: Listening to the Judge."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #120. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBLOG . . . "Six Tips for Improving Your Direct Examinations."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBLOG . . . "All the Online Reference Sites You'll Ever Need."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #119

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Refresh Hunting for apartments on Craigslist. [Trevor Austin's Weblog]

Nostalgia A last law school class. [SoapBox Law]

Appraisal A look at some 3L classes. [Magic Cookie]

Wireless An update at Indiana. [This is where the cowboy blogs away]

Sorry, But No A sex-toy party at the law school. [Negligent Use of a Dangerous Mind]

Snooping Looking inside an open briefcase. [think like a woman. act like a man.]

Enjoy Advice for the summer. [Being a Jackal]

Whole Foods All about Cimonino Semistagionato Valsassina. [Preaching to the Perverted]

More Rounding Up Moms-In-Law-School #43 [PT-LawMom]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBLOG . . . "Informing Yourself About Your Adversary: Google Is Your Friend."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #118. The next installment will appear here soon, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Lawyer's Duty: Control the Client at Depositions."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "New Book: Make Better Use of Technology to Collaborate."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Few Things to Know About Juries."

THROUGH THE YEARS AT LEGAL UNDERGROUND . . . Some representative posts from mid-Aprils past, presented here in chronological order--

April 14, 2004 "I'm Not a Journalist, But Sometimes I Sit With Them at Important Events."

April 14, 2005 "Frivolous Lawsuits in Federal Court?"

April 11, 2006 "Don't You Think This Billboard Is Obnoxious?"

April 19, 2007 "Law School In a Box."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #117

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Questions Things to ask when you're choosing a law school. [The Shark]

Talentless More delusional stage moms than one can bear. [Fannie's Room]

Old Age, as related to expenses. [think like a woman. act like a man.]

Free Time Preparing for the summer before law school starts. [Terra Nullius]

Cologne On smelling good in law school. [Thanks, But No Thanks]

Laughs The 50 best comedy sketches of all time. [The Lay Judge]

Elitists? Opining on families with three or more kids. [Diary of a Law School Mom]

Martini Drink orders as implied contracts. [Fight the Hypo]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . .     "Common Deposition Error: Repeating Yourself."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Experts in Illinois: The Duty to Disclose Begins with an Interrogatory."

LAW-RELATED BLOGS GALORE This week's Blawg Review #154 is David Harlow at HealthBlawg. For information about next week's host , as well as instructions on how to get your blawg posts reviewed in upcoming issues, see the Blawg Review weblog.

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #116. The next installment will appear here in about a week, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Deposition Podcasts: Advanced Techniques."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "The Paperless Office Wiki: Everything You Need to Know."

BLAWG REVIEW #153 . . . At George Wallace's Declarations and Exclusions, you'll find a noteworthy wrap-up of the week-that-was in law-related weblogs. Meanwhile, the Blawg Review weblog has information about next week's host and instructions how to get your blawg posts reviewed in upcoming issues.

The Weekly Law School Roundup #115

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Permission Why it's okay to use commercial outlines. [The Shark]

Humor A justice tells a joke. [The Lay Judge]

Not Today Real excuses for not going to the gym. [Diary of a Law School Mom]

Jugular, Torn Out A bad day at law school. [Law and Floss]

Red Bull A better day at law school. [The Oratorical Snob]

Callate! When classmates ruin class. [Negligent Use of a Dangerous Mind]

A Need to Work Bad news for summer associates. [TJ's Double Play]

WWJSD A new paradigm for administrative law. [butterflyfish]

Big Excitement The law prom! [Thanks, But No Thanks]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Tip: What to Do with Those Stacks of Legal Magazines."

TYPES OF LAWYERS . . . Since I began this weblog in 2004, there's been a Google search that's consistently lured readers here: "Types of Lawyers."

From the very beginning, it was such a popular search query that it led me, a few years ago, to really think about the question. How many types of lawyers are there?

After a few months of work I came up with the answer. Seventeen.

Here they are, in order of their appearance on this weblog:

Types of Lawyers #1: The Big Firm Summer Associate

Types of Lawyers #2: The Partner Who Talks Too Fast

Types of Lawyers #3: The Lawyer Who Advertises on TV

Types of Lawyers #4: The Lawyer Who Carries Another Lawyer’s Briefcase

Types of Lawyers #5: The Lawyer Who Brings Her Breast Pump to the Office

Types of Lawyers #6: The Mafia Lawyer

Types of Lawyers #7: The Modest Lawyer

Types of Lawyers #8: The Partner Who Golfs

Types of Lawyers #9: The Lawyer on the Run

Types of Lawyers #10: The Lawyer Who's in the Wrong Profession

Types of Lawyers #11: The Lawyer from the Planet Og

Types of Lawyers #12: The Lawyer Who's Writing a Legal Thriller

Types of Lawyers #13: The Stereotypical Lawyer

Types of Lawyers #14: The Lawyer Who's on The Apprentice

Types of Lawyers #15: The Associate Who Knew Where the Bodies Were Buried

Types of Lawyers #16: The Lawyer with the Shiny New Gadget

Types of Lawyers #17: The Associate Who Finally Gets a Chance to Meet the Senior Partner

I think that about covers it. Seventeen different types of lawyers.

What type of lawyer do you want to be?

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Self-Editing Tips for Legal Writers."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #114. The next installment will appear here in about a week, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "E-Filing Resources for Newbies."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Navigating Illinois Trial Practice by Category."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #113

 Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Law Review Dirty little secrets you need to know. [Who Owns The Fox]

Facebook Will it get you into trouble? [The Shark]

Please! A scholarship application. [The Lay Judge]

Juggling Act The difficult mix of motherhood and part-time law school. [PT-LawMom]

Juggling Act, Pt II More thoughts about law school and motherhood. [Diary of a Law School Mom]

Enthusiasm A professor's antics can keep you awake. [Improvilaw]

Bait and Switch What to do about a rotten job? [wicked words]

Instant The changing face of photography. [Preaching to the Perverted]

Too Late The infinite possibilities of being single. [Magic Cookie]

Blog Why every law student should do it. [The Frugal Law Student]

Fed Up 3L hell. [My So-Called Internet-based Life]

Fashion A post about pencil skirts. [think like a woman. act like a man.]

Roundup Moms-in-Law-School #37. [butterflyfish]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "The Supreme Court on Legal Writing."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #112. The next installment will appear here in about a week, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Litigation Weblog with an Attitude."

THROUGH THE YEARS AT LEGAL UNDERGROUND . . . Some Legal Underground posts from early March in other years--

March 6, 2004 Weekly Report #8

March 7, 2005 Prague Blog #1: In Which I Set the Stage

March 2, 2006 Things You Can Find In This Weblog's Archives

March 8, 2007 Lawyers: Want Some Variety in Your Careers?

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "More Practice Tips from My Deposition Book."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #111

This Week: The Never-Too-Late Edition Almost on schedule, here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

The Right Party Why she's a Republican. [Diary of a Law School Mom]

In the Future A note to the property professor. [A Little Bit Quirky]

Ouch The Moms-in-Law-School Roundup. [butterflyfish]

Stop The lowdown on eating in class. [Preaching to the Perverted]

Lists Things she's pissed about. [Knocked Up (and in Law School)]

Years Know your age. [Who Owns the Fox?]

Grooming Consider the mullet. [The War of All Against All]

Rich: Getting Richer A report on law firms in California. [The Shark]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . . "Writing Tip: Using Footnotes in Early Drafts."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #110. The next installment will appear here in about a week, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Metadata Update."