I just learned from a student that in Des Moines, IA in order to get a treat while trick or treating the children are required to tell a joke! Is this true anywhere else? Anyway, here is mine: What did the 1L say to his valentine crush? I am Blue(book) without you. 🫣

Just checked off voted for president in a minion costume on my bingo card!🗳️

November 1. Making veggie chili for Shabbat. But see:

First quiz bowl tournament for the older kiddo. Giving me 2001 LD Debate Tournament vibes.

Love the progress of Gen AI. But also this was what is said when I asked for kosher-friendly ideas for using extra buttermilk.

Spent the last eight days doing 60 one-on-one conferences with my 1L students. Just finished. Did I miss anything?

Question for Todoist: I can get the calendar view on Mac and iPhone and not iPad. Am I missing something?

Happy holidays from Georgetown and me 👇 linkedin.com/posts/georgeto…

A highlight of #AALS2025 for me was how Dean Bill Treanor (Georgetown) was celebrated at various moments throughout the Annual Meeting for his 15 years of extraordinary service as dean at Georgetown Law. Bill received a huge ovation at the first-ever AALS Jesuit Law Schools… 1/2

My lord.

Just got a text from Dave Jageler. “Best DC sports doink since Howie Kendrick.”

Fun to get the reprints of "Informed Bystanders' Duty to Warn"! Thanks again Minnesota Law Review for your fantastic work. The paper is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

My new article, Partisan Judges, argues that judicial selection should emphasize humility, which lets even judges selected politically do their jobs better in several ways. It's available at the "Judicial Commons" website. network.bepress.com/law/judges/?ut…

Taking an associate to argue his first motion today. For my first, I was sent to argue a series of 20+ discovery disputes with a notoriously tempered judge. Turns out I had just been designated for cannon fodder. Don't do that. We will have a better experience today.

A nice profile of my colleague Mark Jia, whose scholarship always strikes me as a great balance between timeless issues and extremely relevant ones. law.georgetown.edu/news/what-im-w…

We just hit a really cool milestone for “One First” — 50,000 subscribers!! I’m really flattered and humbled by all of the interest and support, y’all. (And if aren’t one yet but want to join the party: stevevladeck.com/subscribe)

What Steve said. #HoyaSaxa

How The Billable Hour Can Survive #GenerativeAI This article argues that the billable hour not only has a viable path to survive in the age of AI, it may well thrive as a result. Author: Jonah Perlin Read More: spkl.io/6011A6j95 #LawTwitter

Not on Twitter much anymore but thanks to SSRN for sharing my forthcoming article on the billable hour and generative AI. Comments very welcome!

Thanks to Bloomberg for publishing my piece on why generative AI didn’t kill attorney-client privilege and maybe even strengthened it… news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/no…