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Lower Drinking Age?

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Would lowering the drinking age to 18 reduce the amount of binge drinking on college campuses? The Amethyst Initiative, started by the former president of Middlebury College, believes it would, as reported in College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age. The Initiative, represents presidents from about 100 colleges and universities, is “calling [...]

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Don’t Go to Law School

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I’ve posted before that prospective law students must honestly consider their prospects for success in law school because, unless they attend one of the very top-ranked schools, their job opportunities will be limited if they are not ranked at the top of their classes. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog recently interviewed “law school [...]

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“A New Life Phase”

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A few days ago a friend sent me The Odyssey Years, a New York Times op-ed piece by David Brooks about “the decade of wandering that frequently occurs between adolescence and adulthood. During this decade, 20-somethings go to school and take breaks from school. They live with friends and they live at home. They [...]

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Legal Careers

Thursday, September 27, 2007

A comment on my post Not Covered by LSAT Prep takes exception–quite respectful exception–to my statement that “If you can’t assess and accept the risks of spending three years and $150,000 to earn a law degree there is a simple and cheap two-word solution: Don’t Go.”  The poster writes “such a statement may be easier [...]

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They Did Walk This Way

Monday, September 24, 2007

BU Today features a story about BU’s role in the Boston rock scene, and opens with a story of “five guys who didn’t exactly go to college” renting a Comm Ave apartment and playing gigs around Boston University. Those five guys–Aerosmith, and how amazing is it that Aerosmith’s original lineup is still intact?–were common [...]

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Law School Blogs

Monday, September 10, 2007

I don’t know whether it is the result of a demographic trend or merely my anecdotal experience but I spend more time each year advising prospective law students. I would not like being an official Law School Advisor with responsibility for hundreds of students I knew only on paper, but I enjoy counseling students [...]

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Thank you . . .

Monday, May 21, 2007

to the School of Management Class of 2007 for honoring me with the Beckwith Prize for Teaching Excellence and Service to the Undergraduate Program. A prize for either teaching excellence or service would be wonderful; this is a double treat. I was not at the SMG graduation to accept it because I was [...]

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