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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 #102. The next installment will appear here in about a week, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "How to Be More Productive as a Lawyer."

BLAWG REVIEW #140 . . . It's a pleasing, Christmas-themed edition of Blawg Review from Jonathan D. Frieden of E-Commerce Law. For information about how to get your weblog posts reviewed in upcoming issues, see the Blawg Review mother ship.

The Weekly Law School Roundup #101

This Week: The Happy-Holidays Edition. For your holiday reading pleasure, here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Glee What it's like to finish law school. [Clever WoT]

Chain of Custody Don't trust DHL. [terra nullius]

A Worthy Cause A hospital that should be thanked. [Knocked Up (and in Law School)]

The Prison of the Holidays Not everything is so rosy. [The Lay Judge]

Going Overboard Gifts for the legal secretary. [PT-LawMom]

Bitch Dialogue with a dog. [Legally Blonde]

Ho, Ho, Ho Santa, tipping it back. [TJ's Double Play]

More Money How to save $100 a week. [The Frugal Law Student]

The Benefits of Wine When the mother-in-law pays a visit. [Diary of a Law School Mom]

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, please send me an email.)

MAGAZINE READING. . . Need a break from holiday shopping? How about these articles, free from the magazines--

More than Just Gossip Another review of The Nine. [The New York Review of Books]

Google's Online Library Not everyone is pleased. [The Weekly Standard]

Creating a "Reading Class" Is reading for pleasure on the way out? [The New Yorker]

Too Much News What's wrong with newspapers. [The Atlantic]

Film Is Dead Thoughts from David Lynch. [Intelligent Life]

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Christmas Gift for Litigators."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "A Tip for Associates Who Want to Get Ahead: Volunteer for Difficult Assignments."

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 #100. The next installment will appear here in about a week, so be sure to check back.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Depositions: Critical Questions for the Defendant Doctor."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Illinois Oral Arguments to be Posted on Web."