Keeping the Poor on the “Proper” Side of the Courthouse

It is very expensive to become a lawyer. Let’s assume you have all of the economic tools you need to get through high school (or at least take the GED). And let’s say that somehow you manage to make it through a college. Now. you’ve got your eye set on law school — one of [...]

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“Someone’s Got a Case of the Mondays”

Yes, our aborted attempt to blog the Super Bowl was a disaster. I’m glad we pulled the plug on that thing. From now on, we’re sticking to live blogging political events. The jokes are better, the stakes are higher, and at least we’re writing about something that nobody really watches (versus something that everybody already [...]

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Bar Prep Update

In case the readers of this esteemed blog were wondering what we’re covering in bar prep, we completed Constitutional Law tonight. The video lecture was delivered by Erwin Chemerinsky, two time top speaker at the National Debate Tournament. He didn’t talk about his recent un-hiring (UC-Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake is a coward), but Chemerinsky did [...]

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Barred from (and by) the Bar Exam

As I wound my way through the corridors of law school, I knew, conceptually at least, that there would be a big test before I would be allowed to practice law. I was told informally that I should pick my classes to cover some of the areas that would be on the bar exam, even [...]

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