@aarongleeman.bsky.social The raw numbers make sense. 11-11 is 6 better than 5-17 replacements. But our high rank seems off. Is that just variance and WPA related or RISP stuff? Or what explains that we're 8th in WAR but not actually 8th in how we've played or our record? bsky.app/profile/tjst...

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics.

Very much enjoyed the paper and podcast! Question/thought re the study: I wonder how much the guided AI steps on the synthesis task forced the AI students into a better form of reading/analyzing the case. I am reminded of Prof. Oates on student reading methods: www.lwionline.org/sites/defaul... 1/

#LegalWriting thread... cc: @jennifermromig.bsky.social @elliemargolis.bsky.social @jonahperlin.bsky.social

If the control group were given similar instructions re specific steps to take when reading/evaluating the text itself. Obviously not apples to apples. But there was something about the hand-holding process/structure of the AI synthesis instructions that seemed helpful *apart from* the AI itself. /X

#LegalWriting thread... cc: @jennifermromig.bsky.social @elliemargolis.bsky.social @jonahperlin.bsky.social

Looking for a 30 minute podcast and interested in empirical evidence on the risks and benefits of AI for the legal profession? Then check out my discussion with @brianlfrye.bsky.social here! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...

Marbury Now!

Good. I don't think the NSF should be funding a bloody civil war.

This was a month ago. ischool.uw.edu/news/2026/03...

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

I guess the time is not yet right for Claude Kairos.

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

I did this way back in the day and it was a lot of fun. I highly recommend reaching out to Brian even if you are a non-tenure-track person. He is prepared, asks interesting questions, doesn't give a hoot about institutional status, and seeks to engage with all sorts of scholarly ideas. Endorsed!

Yes.

The problem with this "make a movie singular" thing or whatever is that the first time we played this game someone did "Crow on the Orient Express" and that's the winner. That's it. We're done here.

Mike's Hard Bluebook

It's easy. Here's my simple trick for remembering: Always look it up.

Me thinking about whether to use "compose" or "comprise."

TROGDOOOOOOOOR!! Burninating the countryside!

Me thinking about whether to use "compose" or "comprise."

I've published a cure for hiccups in various medical journals.

In a world where digital technology & the internet make reproduction & distribution free, there is no reason to create artificial scarcity. Scholars should simply post all of their scholarship (including books!) to open-access databases & let the marketplace of ideas sort it out.

If we want a proxy for quality, we can always use post-publication peer review - i.e. we can ACTUALLY READ THE SCHOLARSHIP & simply decide whether or not we think it is any good. We could even invest some time in expressing our opinions publicly, which is also easier than ever before.

Are we all watching? One minute until a launch to orbit the moon! www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

Just so everyone knows, the Solicitor General straight up lied about the 1921 law review article he kept talking about. quick thread:

I appreciate that MJS used the en dash here to separate the 7 and the 2 (and the 9 and the 0) instead of a hyphen.

@gildaswise.com Got your email today. Thanks for all your work. And glad to hear you found photography! Hope things continue to go well. Happy to support the project.

We better scrap our entire law school curriculum and replace it with this or else our students will be “left behind.”

Teaching law students the practical skills of lawyering—writing, research, and analysis—is an important job.

Seems like most of this is the occasional (less than weekly) use that would include built-in AI-related tools that are included in Westlaw or Lexis. That's a LONG way from regular use of drafting-related AI tools. As always, the meaning of "use" and "AI" does a lot of work here.

Teaching law students the practical skills of lawyering—writing, research, and analysis—is an important job.

Hilarious that the three grades of ketchup are Standard, Extra Standard, and Fancy. cc: @chup.blakereid.org

Seems like most of this is the occasional (less than weekly) use that would include built-in AI-related tools that are included in Westlaw or Lexis. That's a LONG way from regular use of drafting-related AI tools. As always, the meaning of "use" and "AI" does a lot of work here.

nah man just use graze.social or blueskyfeedcreator.com or skyfeed.app

Can't blame The Bluebook for this!

If you are not aware yet - deck.blue is a spiritual successor of Tweetdeck. It offers a completely different Bluesky experience - a multi-column view that lets you see multiple feeds at the same time. Plus many many other cool features not available in the official Bluesky app.

This is actually the proper plural.

Did you know that there's a third-party TweetDeck equivalent for Bluesky? Try the excellent @deck.blue

To be clear: The opinion includes lots of citations. He just doesn't indicate quotes in quotes. I think this is fine. #legalwriting

My article “Suppressing Constitutional Law: Qualified Immunity and Non-precedential Opinions” is out soon in UCLA Law Review. On SSRN now papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #appellatesky #qualifiedimmunity #legalwriting

Really hope this is a sign that nature is healing