Citation Salutation

For those who are not avid Above the Law readers (ok, let's be honest, if you have stumbled upon this little corner of the blogosphere, ATL is probably already part of your daily routine 100 times over)... but, just in case you missed this, it seems worthy of highlight:

Quote of the Day: Judge Posner Benchslaps the Bluebook

By DAVID LAT[N]eedless to say, I have not read the nineteenth edition. I have dipped into it, much as one might dip one’s toes in a pail of freezing water. I am put in mind of Mr. Kurtz’s dying words in Heart of Darkness — ‘The horror! The horror!’ — and am tempted to end there.

— Judge Richard Posner, in a scathing Yale Law Journal review of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed.).

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

Overheard in the hallways munger:

"Wait, I have to wear a cardigan to bar review tonight; I want to look like Lorenzo."

-Contributed by JM...thanks!

E-I-E-I-O

Student dissecting the Coasean realities of cattle grazing:


"Well, there really isn't any cost effective fence that a cow CAN'T break through...I mean, I grew up on a farm so...yeah. If a cow WANTS to break through a fence, it WILL!"

Stranger than documentary film. . .

Said under breath after british 1L made a comment during a student group meeting:


"I want [British Student] to narrate my life. That would be awesome...
[in voice sounding slightly like a BBC documentary narrator] Now, he's going to the baaathroom."