Category Archives: Law School

Miami Law’s World-Class International Arbitration Law Program

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

I don’t think many people yet grasp just how good the University of Miami’s international arbitration law program is, both at the JD and LL.M level.

Consider that the lead international arbitration professor on our faculty, Jan Paulsson, was just rated the #2 international arbitrator in the world based on a peer reputation survey.

And if that wasn’t enough, the #1 international arbitrator in the world in that same survey, Albert Jan van den Berg, visits here every year as a regular Visiting International Professor. And the other regular and visiting professors in the program are quite eminent too.

Read more puffing here.

Admittedly, international arbitration is a relatively small field, which it can be tough to break in to. But it is growing. And we’re really, really good at it.

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Dog Shoots Man

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

Dog bumps into rifle, shoots hunter.

The amazing thing to me about this story is that I almost used these facts on my Torts exam two years ago. In the end, though, I went with a chimp driving a car.

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Links to Postings on L’affaire Segal

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

A surprising number of foreign academics have emailed me over the past few days to ask what I thought of David Segal’s attack on law schools in the New York Times the other day. So here are no-friend-of-the-status-quo Jim Chen’s links to David Segal’s critiques of legal education and the academy’s reaction. To which I would add pointers to Bodie, Kerr, Leiter, and Pasquale.

There is of course much to critique and improve in law school education. And the economic model looks increasingly uncertain. But Segal’s articles are so uninformed and so error-ridden that all they do is set back the necessary debate.

Update: add Krakoff to the list.

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Microsoft Women and Minority Law Student IP Summit to be Held at UM

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

The 8th annual Microsoft Women and Minority Law Student IP Summit will be held at the Newman Alumni Center here at UM, on Friday, November 11 from 1:30 – 8:00 p.m.

The IP Diversity Summit is an opportunity for law students from diverse backgrounds to learn about different career paths in intellectual property law, while networking with attorneys from leading companies and law firms. Microsoft has hosted prior summits in Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin. This year is our turn.

Registration begins at 1:30 with students and faculty invited to attend some or all sessions. The event includes an overview of the principal areas covered by IP law, a career discussion with lawyers representing a broad range of paths to IP, as well as a panel specifically focused on what firms and companies are doing to support IP law career opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds. The panels will be followed by a networking reception, with hors d’oeuvres and a hosted bar for law students, law firms and participating companies and organizations. The IP Diversity Summit is open to all law students, and the organizers “strongly encourage participation by women, minorities, LGBT and students with disabilities in particular”. Admission for students us free, but space is limited so students should register on-line in advance.

Agenda:

1:30 – 2:00 pm Registration: University of Miami Newman Alumni Center, Gumenick Family Lobby (must be pre-registered online)
2:00 – 3:00 pm IP Law 101
3:15 – 4:45 pm Panel Discussion “Careers in IP”
5:00 – 6:15 pm Panel Discussion “Diversity in the Legal Profession”
6:15 – 8:00 pm Networking Reception – Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson Living Room

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Ten tips for giving a job talk that doesn’t suck

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

Howard Wasserman passes on Ten tips for giving a job talk that doesn't suck, written by FIU Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development Joelle Moreno.

It’s first-class advice.

(It also reminds me that I’m behind schedule on posting my annual commercial for why you should teach here.)

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The “MIT School of Law”

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

For many years I have joked that my dream job would be at the MIT School of Law, if only such a thing existed. Well, maybe someday it will. At least virtually.

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