law school

7 min read 2022-12-08 21:00:00

Fit or Purpose

Reading Time: 7 minutes We have been going through a large amount of staff change since I arrived in San Diego 9 months ago. Perhaps its the result

8 min read 2022-11-18 21:00:00

I am now on Mastodon, the open source social media software. It’s not a platform like Twitter or Facebook. It’s just software and I am on an

6 min read 2022-11-01 20:00:00

I gave a speech the other night. It’s the second public speaking event I’ve had in the last few months. Well, last few years, really. The

7 min read 2022-10-25 20:00:00

Our law library received a financial donation. It was larger than normal but not so large as to involve naming rights or anything. The donating law

7 min read 2022-10-10 20:00:00

The latest management challenge is “I can’t see you work, therefore you must not be working.” It’s unfair and reflects weak management, weak

8 min read 2022-09-09 20:00:00

Law librarians want their seat at the table. And, when we’re overlooked, we raise the issue. We are professionals with a specific expertise. That

6 min read 2022-08-17 20:00:00

When news breaks in my brother’s case, there is often a deluge of attempted contacts by media. I do my best to manage it. One challenge is that,

22 min read 2022-08-04 05:29:41

This week, we talk about the experiences that law students and recent law grads have during their internships, summer associate positions, and their

10 min read 2022-07-28 20:00:00

Like so many law libraries, we are returning to a mixture of in-person and virtual educational programming. But we still want the virtual output, a

6 min read 2022-07-22 20:00:00

My apartment building got a coffee machine. It’s one of those counter top items and sits in the shared kitchen. It’s one of a number of small

5 min read 2022-07-12 23:32:33

Picture the scene: It’s the summer after I graduated from law school and a day that ends in y, which means I’m currently hunched over a workbook,

7 min read 2022-07-06 20:00:00

I’m not sure if I’m mad or sad. Okay, those are words I would rarely use. More likely, I’m just irritated because some automagick technology is

10 min read 2022-06-01 20:00:00

We are approaching year-end (June 30) and it’s time to review the budget draft for next year. One thing that I’ve talked over with some staff is

3 min read 2022-05-25 04:05:51

A Rite of Passage or a Form of Torture? Students have been terrified of and traumatized by cold calling ever since Harvard Dean Christopher

3 min read 2022-05-21 01:01:41

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