Nota Bene

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (Vol. 24, No. 7)

Caleb Dulis

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

On Friday afternoon of last week, after 90 minutes of discussion and debate, the faculty of the George Washington Law School approved changes to the school's course evaluation forms, the completing a year-long effort by students and members of the faculty to improve the way students evaluate courses and professors. The faculty meeting followed the Student Bar Association's unanimous endorsement of the new form at its October 28th Senate meeting. Students will begin using

1Ls Prep for Post-Finals Job Search

Heather Anne Benton

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

It's official. The time has come around again. 1Ls have now been granted the privilege of visiting the CDO to discuss their quest for a summer job. But is it really worth it? Are there any jobs to be had? Unfortunately, emails to the CDO went unanswered, but luckily, the SBA resurrected the position of CDO Liaison and not a minute too soon. 2L Nicole Best, the new CDO Liaison says that

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SBA Corner

Treyer Mason-Gale

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

You've already heard from Liz Westbrook about the workings of the Senate, from Theresa Bowman about coordinating a sense of community among first year students and incorporating them into our community, and from Caroline Pham about bringing the outside world into the law school through alumni relations and community service. Still, I'd bet that most students think of the SBA as the party

What It's Like: Dating Another Law Student

Katie Earnest

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

The big joke about law school is that it's really high school with more expensive textbooks.

From the Editor's Desk

'Tis the Season for Outlining

Katie Earnest

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

When the calendar rolls around to November, a lot of people think "Wow, I can't believe it's Thanksgiving already!" Or "Time to get started on that Christmas shopping." Law students think, "Oh crap

Features

Night Court

Is Time Really On Your Side?

Anika Keswani

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Time management. It's a necessary survival skill in the working world and comes in pretty handy in the academic world, too.

Bar Brief

Ibiza

Lisa Strauss

Set Samii

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

De Novo Days

The End is Near

Clare Cavaliero

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

The last issue of the semester...can you believe it?! First of all, you should congratulate yourselves for making it this far. Yes, the end of the semester is the most stressful time of the year,

Skills Competitions: Law School's Dating Game

Denise Turner

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

"It works well to do it with a friend." Great advice for finding a partner for life; and for finding a partner for skills competitions. With the internal upper level skills competitions coming to

Inside the SBA: Exams

Lauren Schmidt

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

This is the fourth in a series of articles intended to give students a behind-the-scenes look into the mysterious goings-on of the Student Bar Association.

Reversible Errors

Getting Inked at Fattyz Custom Tattooz

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

This column represents, in two respects, a continuation of last time's. Consider it a sequel-not by design, but by effect.

Ask Yunji

Yunji Kim

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Dear Yunji,

A Few Sips from the Past

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

As Kurt Vonnegut's good uncle once said, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." We in law school are so wont to get wrapped up into our own little struggles that we forget to see how nice we

Opinions

One Year In and Voters Have Had Enough

Ryan Bowen

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the special election in New York's 23d district were probably the most scrutinized off-year elections in recent history. Th

America and the Dictators

Matthew Bova

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Every society views itself through a lens of bias. Indeed it is hard to imagine a day going by in the United States without someone saying that America "is the best country on earth" or "no one ha

Men's Rights Movement Misguided, Offensive

Hannah Geyer

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

For those of you who read my last Opinion piece, you know that October was Breast Cancer Awareness month. What you may or may not also know is that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month.

Internationalized Domain Names: Internet Boon or Bane?

Vadim Partin

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

On October 29, 1969, a message was sent from one computer in UCLA to another computer at Stanford, launching the beginning of the Internet age.

Enough With the Partisan Politics

Liz Saxe

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Last Wednesday, when my thoughts should have been directed toward what would turn out to be the final game of the World Series, I was distracted by a surge of analysis about the off-off-year electi

That's Why They Call It the House of REPRESENTATIVES...

Ryan Bowen

Monday, November 9th, 2009

A new poll came out this past week showing that Americans' concern about and belief in global warming was "cooling off," as the authors so aptly put it. Around 20% fewer people were found to think