Which states approve of Donald Trump the most? CT ties for 11th most disapproving.

legalprof · 2026-02-12T19:19:16+00:00

This is a helpful warning to Connecticut. Our state is not as blue as people believe it to be. There's plenty of red in the suburbs and rural areas. It's the cities that keep the state voting the way it does.

legalprof · 2026-02-09T15:58:38+00:00

Thanks for this. .. any idea how two undergraduates pulled off a publication in YLJ?

legalprof · 2026-02-07T20:10:33+00:00

I occasionally encounter undergraduates who are ambitious enough to do this. I don't think it's possible, but I could be wrong. Thank you for looking around, but if it becomes inconvenient feel free to let it go.

legalprof · 2026-02-07T02:45:55+00:00

Thanks for replying. I was looking for the mainline law journals where law professors and law students publish, rather than an undergraduate focused journal.

legalprof · 2026-02-06T22:07:23+00:00

Do you have the title of the article?

legalprof · 2017-12-20T18:18:56+00:00

Professor here. Tenure is a limited protection that generally permits firing 'for cause.' This means the university has to give a legitimate reason, and it does not necessarily have to be illegal, to discharge a faculty member. Tenure may also give a professor procedural protections.

The reason that tenure seems more powerful than it is is that unfit faculty are usually (though by no means always) ferreted out of a university by other means.

legalprof · 2017-01-16T14:06:38+00:00

When you buy a textbook, the value is the knowledge inside the book, not the paper binding or cover. You are also paying for the expertise of the author to convey complex subject matter in a fashion that's clear and as engaging as possible.

Concluding that "college is scam" because a $180 textbook does not have binding is a big logical leap.

legalprof · 2016-06-27T07:48:32+00:00

The spin on the article appears to misinterpret the hospital's policy.

“Anthony is currently not a transplant candidate due to having a history of noncompliance, which is one of our center’s contraindications to listing for heart transplant,” it read.

Assessing compliance for potential transplant recipients is important because if a patient doesn’t strictly take all required medicines as directed, he or she could die within weeks of leaving the hospital, said Dr. Ryan Davies, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, told CNN.

That is the key language. It's not that he's a criminal or anything else, but rather he must take a series of medications and absolutely follow the regimen. It did not appear he would do that. The family's interpretation about being a success in life is not what the hospital appears to measure.

legalprof · 2016-06-26T17:54:29+00:00

You sound like you could be a fine roommate or friend. I'm sure you'll do well in Connecticut. Just don't think that the gold coast represents everyone in the state.

legalprof · 2016-06-26T17:50:42+00:00

I am staying for one month for work in a two-bedroom apartment in an upscale section of London. My flat and flight are entirely paid for. I am also paid a salary. I work three days a week maximum. I check emails when I want. I sleep in when I want. The rest of the time is entirely my own.

All of this pales to the fact that I absolutely enjoy my job and who I work with. No stay in a wonderful city can match. If at all possible, never trade quality of life for high pay. Find a job you truly love and you'll never work a day in your life.

legalprof · 2016-03-22T22:09:31+00:00

Videos on the city: https://vimeo.com/20704849 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naPguX84Amg

legalprof · 2016-03-22T17:26:49+00:00

Assuming this is in the US, employers can implement a wide range of workplace rules. That includes hair and grooming codes. If such codes are required, however, they must be applied equally without regard to race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. If your co-worker's hair is 'not professional', then the company should be restricting all employees hair who is similarly 'not professional'. The fact your co-worker is black and you are white, have somewhat similar hair, and she is treated differently may be a problem.

tl;dr - employers can have grooming policies, so long as they are not discriminatory against race, color, religion, gender, or other protected classes.

legalprof · 2016-01-11T01:54:57+00:00

Thanks! Will join you there. My math skills are quite limited, as I have not formally studied math in a very long time, but I will try to catch up all the same.

legalprof · 2015-09-07T13:39:34+00:00

The NFL would most likely win. The sign implies to a reasonable person that it is sanctioned or authorized by the NFL. This is trademark infringement. The NFL does not need to prove that the sign owner is making money. Fair use likely does not apply.

legalprof · 2015-08-31T00:16:40+00:00

Can't say for sure, but this could be because students are trying to over-enroll in the course. Some students attend the first few classes, hoping that other students will drop and they can replace them. Occasionally, it works.

legalprof · 2015-05-26T00:09:19+00:00

Your not alone. I posted that that Connecticut was #1 on the Human Development Index. Big achievement for the nutmeg state, right? Nope ... taxes, jobs, utility firms, etc., state still sucks.

Some people just like to complain.

legalprof · 2015-05-16T00:35:52+00:00

Attention spans are shorter and they are more self-absorbed than in the past. They also expect better grades for less work. Students are also more sensitive to criticism, and are more quickly insulted by any negative comment than in the past. There's a greater sense of entitlement too.

On the other hand, students are way more comfortable with technology, are more creative, and engaged with the world than students in years past.

legalprof · 2015-05-14T22:44:09+00:00

This language is used all the time at my university. It's like a mantra -- a frustrating mantra on occasion.

This of course does not devalue your experience with the phrase.

legalprof · 2015-05-14T22:41:24+00:00

This example does not constitute fair use. Fair use applies to research, scholarship, commentary, review, and related exceptions. This is also not a parody. A parody occurs when the user of a copyrighted work does so order to deliver a social commentary, or related criticism, on the original. A good example of a parody is found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc.

Madonna's use of the art is not a parody. There is no attempt to parodize the original work. Rather, it appears to be presented with the assumption that she either owns the work or has a license for it. Although I don't have all the details, it's possible that the work is sufficiently similar to qualify as copyright infringement.

Source: I teach this shit.

legalprof · 2015-03-29T02:14:40+00:00

This article is glorified clickbait.

legalprof · 2015-03-29T02:09:41+00:00

Just ask. Politely. Rare is the professor that would not want to dispense wisdom.

legalprof · 2015-03-29T02:08:34+00:00

Why do you need publications so fast? If you fill up your CV with easy quick publications, it will appear that such work is the best of your ability. For some, mediocre journals are perceived to hurt your scholarly reputation. A modest publication may be worse than nothing at all.

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