Don’t Text and Drive

One more reason to leave your cell phone out of reach while driving.

The New York Times just reported on a fatal car crash that happened when one driver drove the wrong way on a road for nearly two miles. The accident left eight people dead. It appears as though the driver was not feeling well and may have been disoriented.

Roundabouts can save you time on your commute, money on your gas, and possibly your life. So why are Americans so averse to them?

Lawyers need practical skills, and law schools aren’t teaching them–yet. It feels like there’s change on the horizon, but in the meantime, students need to take the initiative to get the experience they need.

A key lesson most of us learned from the Sotomayor confirmation hearings has been to be careful what you say because it probably will be taken out of context and used against you someday. Apparently Senator Sessions isn’t as quick a learner as the rest of us.

Notes from Day 3 of Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings.

Robert Bowman got himself into $435,000 of debt. The New York State Bar says that means he has failed to establish the requisite character and fitness to practice law. What do you think?

Notes from this morning’s session of Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing.