tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post8851873877778098065..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Clinical Law Profs Don't Even Count As 3/5ths Of A PersonWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-34877629979597468162010-05-12T23:27:59.329-04:002010-05-12T23:27:59.329-04:00Way off topic, and I apologize, but a few days ago...Way off topic, and I apologize, but a few days ago I posted a comment jokingly blaming the Gulf oil spill on Dick Cheney using very tortured logic. Today, Chris Matthews made the argument for real.<br /><br />http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2010/05/12/lead-prosecutor-chris-matthews-pins-blame-oil-spill-dick-cheney<br /><br />These guys are SO predictable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-16861046184252108702010-05-12T17:20:59.928-04:002010-05-12T17:20:59.928-04:00Designating a professor as "clinical" or...Designating a professor as "clinical" or "adjunct" or "visiting" or any other adjective beyond that of professor is labeling in the extreme and the unnecessary. Any future attorney worth his salt would want to take a clinical course to capture up to the minute methods, etc. used in actual practice. Academics who decry the status of these kinds of law professors need "clinical" help with Medieval Professional Labeling and Marginalization Syndrome. It ranks right up there with those who believe the best public servants have been schooled at Harvard or Yale Law. A lot of good talent is missed. It's like not allowing women to serve on the supreme court.<br /><br />My favorite academic senior faculty syndrome is the Faculty Blind to Retail Function of Educators Syndrome. Sufferers are Senior faculty members who will not deign to teach freshman classes. In doing so, they miss helping to inspire and select good student talent for the growth of their discipline never mind department. It's bad business. Education is in the retail business. When senior faculty turn entry level students totally over to Teaching Assistants, it lowers the inspiration factor in grabbing the imaginations of future majors.<br /><br />The University of Rochester (when I went there) had some of its best professors on the front lines of new student recruitment - freshmen classes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-86390474764539721642010-05-12T16:18:46.394-04:002010-05-12T16:18:46.394-04:00Very funny post....love the ironyVery funny post....love the ironyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53619638997791114062010-05-12T14:34:20.914-04:002010-05-12T14:34:20.914-04:00Great illustration - how many people got the refer...Great illustration - how many people got the reference to the US Constitution? Thanks, again. You are right on target. I personally don't think the woman is qualified, and that there are too may things in her background that make her unqualified. However, that is not my decision. Hopefully the Senate will do its job and ask the questions that need to be asked.<br /><br />And, thank God you are NOT "just 3/5ths of a person"!!! We need ALL of you to keep up your commentary on the issues facing us at lightening speed!DINORightMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067345219054999889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-70197023943098552152010-05-12T14:25:57.216-04:002010-05-12T14:25:57.216-04:00Having voluntarily left academia a number of years...Having voluntarily left academia a number of years ago, I'd say a big ol', "Yep," is warranted.<br /><br />I sometimes counted as a double minority -- a female over the age of 40.Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.com