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    WSJ Notes More Specialized Legal Training Other Than Obtaining a JD
    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    WSJ Notes More Specialized Legal Training Other Than Obtaining a JD

    “Nationwide, 14% of law-school enrollees are pursuing non-J.D. programs, newly released numbers from the American Bar Association show,...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 24, 2017
    • 2 min

    Disruption by Ignoring Law – The Story of Many “Disrupters”

    Finally, an article highlighting the lawlessness of many “disruptive” businesses. From SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abst...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 23, 2014
    • 2 min

    Economic Self-Interest and the Law: “What’s Good for New York Is Good for the Nation and

    Economic self-interest of course is a powerful force both outside and inside the litigation industry. Economic self-interest is in fact...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 1, 2014
    • 2 min

    Innovation in Legal Education

    Innovation in legal education – what a novel concept. The opening of the article is set out below as a teaser, with a hat tip to “legal...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 3, 2012
    • 1 min

    Big Law Firm Mortuary

    As an adjunct to a new series on the demise of Dewey, the American Lawyer now has provided a simple reminder of big law firm’s that...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 20, 2012
    • 1 min

    Under the Federal Rules, Requests to Admit Can Be Served After a Discovery Cut-off, says Chicago&#82

    In Chicago, Judge Milton I. Shadur is a senior district judge and something of a legend. He’s very smart, and not bound by convention....
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 27, 2011
    • 1 min

    The CIA, Targeted Killings, Applicable Standards, and More

    There are some out of the ordinary topics and thoughts in this Opinio Juris post by Kenneth Anderson. The post identifies a new...
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    Free ABA Help to Build a Career in Law, Science and Technology: “THE SCITECH EDGE”
    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 9, 2011
    • 2 min

    Free ABA Help to Build a Career in Law, Science and Technology: “THE SCITECH EDGE”

    The email ad below caught the eye. The topic provides something to ponder for undergrads thinking about law, as well as the lawyers...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 9, 2008
    • 3 min

    Science, Cancer and Law – New Studies Link Genes and Lung Cancer

    Science moves much faster than does “the law,” and the changes in science over time will have a profound impact on the framing and...
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    Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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