No Sooner Do I Get Home Than I Leave Again

Today's adventure was to Cedar Rapids. I left on short notice to see a good friend of mine who is in the hospital there. After she tired of me (I'm going to blame the meds--at least this time) I went to take a look at the flood damage to Cedar Christian Church, where my dad served as minister before I was born. There's still a lot of work that needs to be done, but it's a little far to drive everyday. I'll have to find other projects to occupy my time.

The Most Influential Baylor Law Blogs

1. Civil Procedure Prof Blog
2. Osler's Razor
3. Running Down a Dream
4. Intentional Self-Infliction of Emotional Distress
5. Now That I'm Awake

The Long Tail

6. clark§debonair
7. Magnificent Vista
8. Nathan Andrew Winkler
9. No Genuine Issue of Material Fact
10. From Malibu to Waco
    
11. Mission Laughter
12. Citizen Lane
13. The Road to Waco
14. Female Parts
15. Alico Dreams
16. Time with the Thompsons
17. diadelkendall
18. The Bravest Bear
19. Tortfeasors
    
20. STB2
    
21. Yee of Little Faith
22. CougarBlawg
23. BLS Career Services & Professional Development
24. Baylor Public Interest Legal Society
25. I'd Rather Be a Bear

Even though the new tuition rates per credit hour went into effect for the summer, the long break between summer and fall feels like the natural break of the academic year. For that reason (and because it's approaching a year since I began this blog) I decided now was the time to review the Baylor Law blogging landscape.

A couple of notes: places 1 and 2 I'm confident about. Everything further down the list could be off a little. Also, while I have tried to follow every blog, I bet I missed some. Let me know which ones.

The Student Leadership Conference

My latest adventure has taken me to Washington D.C., for the Federalist Society's annual conference for chapter presidents. Unfortunately, I don't have time to linger and see the sights. But that's just as well because my camera's broken anyway.

The trip has nevertheless been great. Among the more interesting happenings, I listened to Clark Neilly--who argued Heller before the Supreme Court (he was also involved with Kelo)--talk about doing public interest work and some of the things he's working on now. He told us (facetiously) that he dreams of suing the Social Security Administration for mail fraud. Periodically they mail out statements saying what your expected payout is when you retire. But they aren't going to have the money to pay it out, and if any private company lied like that, people would definitely go to jail...

Then a few hours later I was at a party, shaking the hand of Justice Alito. I didn't get a picture, though. I'm not that fanatical (or maybe it's because my camera's broken?).

Bobbleheadless

Professor Miller used Supreme Court Bobbleheads in an example in business organizations class this morning. Until then, I wasn't aware there was such a thing, but suddenly I'd like to have one. Unfortunately, the bobbleheads aren't for sale and only go to a random selection of subscribers of The Green Bag. There don't appear to be any on eBay right now either. I don't even get to the issue of whether I'm justified in spending money on such a thing given my debt load. Or whether I really want another thing to have to move, the next time I move.

So I must find something else to evidence my being a law nerd...

[Update 9 Oct. 2008: Bethany informs me that Dean Creed has four Supreme Court Bobbleheads]