The blog stylings of a few students at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
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On Newsstands – US News Rankings

They’ve been out for about a week already, but the US News & World Report’s 2008 Law School Rankings are out on newsstands today. Our school’s response is muted and focuses (correctly in this PR Guy’s view) on the school’s year-to-year improvement. (Am I reading it right that we’re not in the Top 10 for [...]

A Music Tax? The Extortionary Ways of the Music Industry

Mike Arrington at TechCrunch has several good stories on a proposed “music tax” which the recording industry is seeking to impose on listeners. As per usual the industry is talking out of both sides of its mouth by suggesting that the tax would not be mandatory but would instead be a voluntary scheme that ISPs [...]

US News Rankings Preview

Even though we’re building a case against the US News Rankings here at Fight The Hypo (stay tuned), we were pretty excited to see this leaked Top 100 of the rankings listing Catholic U at #86 (up 11 spots from last year)!! No matter how much we read about how bogus these rankings are or [...]

Springtime in Washington

There’s not much better than springtime in Washington. I was psyched this morning to wake up to a forecasted high of 67 today – so much so that I donned a golf shirt for the first time this year (big day for any pseudo-yuppy).

I’ve also gotten to play some golf – including one round with [...]

Practice Tip: Claim The Obvious

If you’re a Florida (or Michigan) resident suing the Democratic National Committee because their primary rules have disenfranchised you, it might be helpful to allege that you actually voted. From pages 6-7 of today’s 11th Circuit opinion in DiMaio v. DNC (citations omitted):

Notably, DiMaio never alleged that he actually voted, nor even so much as [...]

Summer Classes!

So, after overcoming the technical issues with the online registration system, the Fight The Hypo crew is registered for summer classes. We’re not taking any classes that are GPA-padders. Each course is a central part of our legal edcuation either because it meets a requirement of our school or it’s on the bar.

Here’s a [...]

Why Can’t I Just Go On Vacation?

Since I entered law school, I’ve begun to approach some things differently. Like reading a rental agreement for a vacation property at the beach. It’s fascinating to me how new things are fitting together and what was once an inaccessible, unintelligible mish-mash of legalese is starting to make sense.