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Litigator here (and former Leiter student), but with only a few years under my belt. Benjamin B. — This is…
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Jims Original on Union Street, just off of Roosevelt Rd (near UIC, an Uber ride) Al’s Italian Beef on Taylor…
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I haven’t seen anyone point this out yet, but the author has an “interesting” history when it comes to making…
A number of critics have argued against extrapolation from Professor Merritt’s study of the Ohio legal market to the national legal market. In her response, Professor Merritt makes some good points, and also several key points with which I disagree. Professor Merritt suggests that an important contribution of her study is providing up-to-date information about…
I’m a software engineer who works at “AI adjacent” startups, and I think this article is a bit dramatic, but…