New Blog: Trust Me, I'm a Used Car Salesman

My father has started blogging, focusing mostly on auto advice (buying and using, not repairing). Not only that, but he started a radio show too.

Infoporn: Where people go after law school

The National Law Journal has an interesting chart that breaks down where the class of 2005 went after graduation.


Note the steep decline in large firm placement outside of the top 10 schools. Also, Yale sent almost half of it's graduating class into judicial clerkships. That's part of why the clerkship hunt sucks for the rest of us.

Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Law

"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

How Financial Markets Really Work

With the recent crash in housing prices, the credit crisis, the Fed cutting rates right and left, many people are left scratching their heads and wondering how this all happened. The following short video gives an excellent and detailed explanation:

A Soldier Died in Iraq

He blogged about his experiences.

His message, to be posted in case of his death, is here.

I didn't know him. I didn't read his blog. I only heard about this from a posting somewhere else.

And yet, I was moved near to tears.

Tempus fugit, memento mori.

Five Dangerous Things You Should Let YOur Kids Do

Jeremy linked to a fascinating talk by Gever Tulley in which he describes dangerous activities you should let your kids do.



I don't have kids (yet), but when I do, we're gonna do all this stuff.

New Job and a Move After Graduation

A quick update on the job search: I've accepted a job offer from a Public Defender's office in a Western state. I'll be moving out there very shortly after I graduate from law school in May to find a house and study for the bar.

This isn't the plan I had when I started law school, but it's one of the best opportunities available for me to get trial experience and I get to stick it to the Man (or at least his representatives from the State's Attorney's office). It's also very important work in an age of police and prosecutorial abuse.

Wish me luck.

Supreme Court to hear D.C. Gun Case

The announcement from the Plaintiff/Respondent:

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear the case of Heller v. District of Columbia, and decide whether the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to own guns. At issue is a 31-year-old Washington, D.C. law banning handguns and requiring that all shotguns and rifles be kept unloaded and either trigger-locked or disassembled at all times. There is no exception for self-defense.

Alan Gura, lead counsel for the Heller plaintiffs said, “The Bill of Rights does not end at the District of Columbia’s borders, and it includes the right to keep and bear arms. After three decades of failure trying to control firearms in the District, it’s time for law-abiding city residents to be able to defend themselves in their homes. We are confident the Supreme Court will vindicate that right in Washington, D.C., and across the nation.”

Coverage at SCOTUSblog here.