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.

"Students Can Get Burned"

Thus we have been warned by Jennifer Berry, general manager at the BYU Bookstore ("The Store With More"). She speaks of the hazards of purchasing textbooks online. Berry points out that students are so stupid they often order the wrong edition the night before the final exam from a vendor in Nigeria (who also needs help getting their billion dollar inheritance). Therefore, come to the bookstore where, "we guarantee the right book at the right time" unless it's last semester's family law textbook, which came 2 months late. This semester I was careful to distinguish between 2's and 8's in edition numbers and got all my books off Barnes and Noble. Have I been burned?


ISBN________Condition__BYU*____B&N + Shipping

9781599412351----Used----$108.85--------$41.48
9780735524699----Used----$112.00--------$37.49
9780820559933----Used------$85.65--------$28.99
9781599413440----NEW----$152.55-------$114.40
--------------------TOTAL-------$459.05--------$222.36


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Merry Christmas, Free Exercise Clause

BYU put this tree up in its law library. I really liked having Christmas trees around during finals. As a university, BYU is bureaucratic by definiton. But as a private instittuion, it has one less layer of bureaucracy than other state universities. How nice. I'm sure that certain grinches are working on "fixing" that unfairness. But in the mean time, merry Christmas from BYU.

UI crushes BYU in Spam Race

The semseter is over, and UI wins 761 to 480 in my great administrative spam race. That's over 1,200 emails! Both law schools gave noble efforts and sent constant emails about everything from examtaking software to library etiquette. However, right off the starting line, BYU's sabbath day observance and heavier bureaucracy (e.g., requiring Lawmailer approval for bulk emails) dragged it down. The results are shown below, showing each school's running total. Level stretches represent zero emails, usually weekends or holidays.