At the Faculty Lounge, Tim Zinnecker has a post complaining about students confusing "it's" and "its" on their exams.  One commenter who identifies himself as a law student notes that he recently misused the word on a recent exam but, because time...

This past semester I taught a seminar for undergraduates in the UGA Honors Program.  It was a great experience overall and one that I would repeat, but not because of the compensation package (a few hundred dollars of extra travel money).  The class...

We are in the business of interpreting words, so it seems odd that prominent philosophers of mind, meaning, and language are virtually invisible in legal scholarship. Aside from Michael Moore (the jurisprude, not the movie maker), I cannot think of...

This story ("Going to law school?  Proceed with caution") discusses and links to a video that is making the rounds: Make no mistake: A Law School Carol is no heartwarming holiday tale of redemption. The computer-animated video, which has been...

As the NYT reports this morning, the controversial estate tax is going to enjoy a one year repeal before it arises again in 2011. Empiricists: now's your chance to start looking at the tax effects on death. As the Congressman says, "If you are at the...