Madison on Law P0rn
posted by Kaimipono D. Wenger
Oscar Madison has been tracking the amount of law p0rn he receives. The numbers are staggering. He’s getting a pound per day of the stuff. And it’s far less titillating than the name suggests — it’s and endless stream of law-school brochures, all designed to elicit positive U.S. News responses. Madison’s (illustrated!) post mocks numerous the lunch presentation lists (all involving places he would never go). And he reserves special ire for NYU’s magazine with its “Dworkin on Dworkin” cover story.
We’ve got the solution for you, Oscar. Leave behind all that law p0rn and focus on blawg p0rn! Our brochures are much lighter than NYU’s — we promise!
Did you know that Concurring Opinions just brought in a rising star, Dave Hoffman, as a lateral addition to the blog? Or that our blawg-and-privacy center has just tripled its budget? You’re invited to a free lunch presentation tomorrow, by the way, which will be held at an undisclosed location in rural Virginia. I hope that you can make it. And even if not, perhaps you’ve got time to read this month’s highlight article, “Solove on Solove.”
[UPDATE: In the interest of avoiding drawing in people running google searches for p0rn, I've switched to misspelling the term with a zer0.]
November 1, 2005 at 12:45 am
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eric - November 1, 2005 at 2:20 pm
i believe pr0n is actually the correct spelling in the online world.
Alfred Brophy - November 1, 2005 at 7:00 pm
I know it’s common these days to criticize the mailings from law schools. But I actually find that stuff rather useful. I like to know who’s joining faculties, who’s publishing, and who’s speaking. I enjoy getting reprints and often skim them, if they’re in my area. Some times I will have already read the article, if it’s in my area of research interest, but often I won’t have seen it before. Am I alone here?
Kaimi - November 2, 2005 at 12:47 am
I wouldn’t mind getting some myself. At the moment, I just jealously watch as colleagues’ mailboxes fill to overflowing. But as a brand new hire, I seem not to be on anyone’s mailing lists — yet.
Daniel J. Solove - November 2, 2005 at 1:21 am
Don’t worry, Kaimi, you’ll get it soon enough. They will find you. You cannot hide. Resistance is futile. Enjoy your freedom from it now . . . it’s like that small window of time you have when you get a new email address before the spammers get onto it.
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