The search for a new law school dean came to a close for one Texas law school as the South Texas College of Law announced last week that Donald J. Guter will be taking the reigns as President and Dean of the South Texas College of Law beginning next semester.

The exam locations for the Texas Bar Exam taking place July 28-30, 2009 have now been posted.

Fedex Kinkos (now officially FedEx Office) is offering customers 25 free copies of their resumes today. Customers can visit any of the Fedex Print and Ship Centers to print their resumes. Unfortunately, you do have to place the order in-store, but with news of layoffs and revoked offers mounting, it may be worth the trip.

As members of the Obama administration question the national security warnings issued by former Vice President Dick Cheney, a group of prominent national security law experts and a Sixth Circuit judge gathered today at the National Security Law Symposium to discuss the threats faced by our nation and lawyers’ responsibilies in light of these threats. Hosted at Texas Tech School of Law, the Symposium was moderated by U.S. District Judge Royal Ferguson. The four-member panel was made up of:

Judge James E. Baker, from the Court of Appeals for the Armed …

In interviews with Forbes and Charlie Rose last year, Bill Gates spoke of his love for watching recorded lectures. Mr. Gates commented that although he often purchased courses from The Learning Company, there was a great need for free online courses with similar content.
A new website named AcademicEarth aims to provide just that. AcademicEarth has lectures from renowned professors from universities including Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Princeton, and Stanford. There are courses from a wide array of subjects ranging from Economics and History, to Physics and Religion. There are even …

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has agreed to publish an article on Texas Tech Law Review. The article, which will be published next year, will appear in Volume 41, Book Number 4.

The newest journal at the Texas Tech School of Law unveiled its online companion today. The Codicil currently includes articles by estate planning attorneys, professors, as well as a student comment. The Codicil will provide news and timely updates relevant to the estate planning community and a forum for discussion of articles published on The Codicil and …

Welcome to Blawg Review #186. Blawg Review is a weekly roundup of the best posts from the world of legal blogging. Each week Blawg Review is hosted by a different blog, which gives Blawg Review a unique perspective each week. Today is International Students’ Day, and as a current third-year law student I’ve included posts written by and of special interest to law students.
Technology: The Twitter Wars
Twitter, a cross between “social networking, blogging, and texting,” took center stage this week as legal bloggers debated the usefulness of the new …