Red Judicata

This court refers to the "affirmative defense of red judicata and collateral estoppel." Red judicata is like res judicata, only red.

Marshall v. New Horizons, Inc.,Slip Copy, 2009 WL 2983169, D.Conn., September 14, 2009 (NO. 3:08 CV 633 JBA)

L3

"3L" means a law student in his or her final year of law school before entering the profession.

"L3" is apparently a parasitic larvae in its third, and final stage, of development before it enters the host. Well that's disturbing.

Dean James Rasband; Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law

Dean Rasband teaches a class on public lands and natural resources. His lectures often raise controversial issues, which in turn trigger entertaining comments from the class. My favorite comment, duly noted in my class notes, was this zoological gem: "That's how it happens with monkeys. The monkey that can forage the best is the monkey that can beat all the other monkeys out of its lands." I'm not sure what that means, you might want to check the recordings for January 14, 2010.

PRINCE, YEATES & GELDZAHLER

Mr. Adam S. Affleck, of Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler, argues on a motion for summary judgment. In this case, the crucial issue was a very important coma which was omitted in a very important legal filing. By way of random example, "LLC & M, L.L.C." and "LLC & M. L.L.C." are two distinct entities registered in Utah (see the coma?). The motion for summary judgment was granted.

Still life with 3L and Temptation

Professor Gordon Smith

Professor Smith teaches Law and Entrepreneurship. Prof. Smith has Wisconsin connections, so we get stories about that state's entrepreneurs. The caption, which he technically never really said, is based loosely on his jokes about Wisconsin. But to my surprise, I discovered that his most recent blog post at the Conglomerate is on the topic of the cheese industry: Endangered Cheeses.

Reese Hansen, Howard W. Hunter Professor of Law

Professor Hansen teaches the Law of Trusts. The textbook was written by him, Dallin H. Oaks, and two other guys. This drawing is a choppy photoshop doodle, which detracted its quality, but the convenience was wonderful.