23 June 2009
Green Grads Grab #10
This find gets to go first because it is an excellent, excellent resource. It is something that all law students and in my (respectful) opinion, all legal professionals, should take a good look at. I’m afraid I don’t quite remember who passed this onto me (sorry!) so I will claim it as my own discovery.
Two sites have discussed successful methods for taking notes. Lifehacker are again asking for input on people’s note-taking experiences, this time specifically comparing Microsoft Onenote vs Evernote. Another blog, Academic Productivity (a blog for academics but quite useful for students also) has looked at ways to integrate referencing techniques (that is, programs that will sort out where you got your information from) into your work.
Remember, one of the early Green Grads articles was on something similar to this – Tech Tips: Taking Notes
US News have released their list of World’s Best Colleges. Generally these kind of lists are only important to the people who come within the top 50 or so – but they provide a good list of places you might want to go on exchange to at the very least.
Australia wise, ANU did very well at rank 16 (beating out Stanford, Brown and 384 other top-400 institutions). University of Sydney came in at 37, one places above Melbourne at 38. University of Queensland is ranked 43, UNSW ranked 45 and Monash 47.
Law student pays his way through US Law School via professional gambling, says that “With the economy as it is, it’s definitely nice to have poker to fall back on.”
A local council election somehow became deadlocked between two candidates, so the Arizona judge did what any reasoned judicial officer would do and decided the deadlock by cutting a deck of cards. Mr McGuire, a 65 year old retiree, drew the Six of Hearts and was beaten by Mr Trenk, a 24 year old law student, who drew the King of Hearts. His mates now call him ‘Kingy’.
[Both of these are via Above the Law]
Legal Geekery have written an article which considers the American First Amendment and its impact upon the Japanese sub-culture of hentai. It’s actually a semi serious article, but I’m immature enough to get a chuckle out of the idea of a US Judge considering the legality of animated alien pornography.
Above the Law have also been promoting a US Government bailout of all US student loans to help stimulate the economy. It’s recently been picked up by the UK, who have reduced the interest rate to 0% on current student loans.
In Australia I think we have a pretty good higher education funding scheme, at least compared to the rest of the world. But then if they wanted to wipe out my $35,000 debt, then you know what, in the interests of saving the economy (and the world) I will let them.
Who do I speak to about getting this done?
The New Lawyer has reported that Rio Tinto has started to outsource some of its legal work to Delhi. It writes, “In a year the unit is expected to double, and save the company 20 per cent of its annual legal budget, which commentators are estimating would be around $US100 million ($126.8 million).”
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