I’m at a fancy gala event and the sole of my shoe is actively falling apart with each step… either I’ll *just* make it back to the hotel, or I’ll be the unintentional star of a modern-day Cinderella retelling. Stay tuned (and wish me luck)

Me, yammering about how I’m going to make Partner Romantic(™️) watch Practical Magic on the plane; PR™️: “I watched that with you a few years ago!” Me: “It’s seasonal! That means every autumn season!” PR™️: abject horror

I think my water heater repair person could use a refresher in effective (and non-terrifying) communication….

Probably shouldn’t have referred to my Torts class as “friends and enemies” today, but here we are. 🤷‍♀️

As I head into my first year of teaching as a tenure-track Associate Law Professor… do you think I can get rid of my Themis bar prep outlines?

Spending the weekend clearing out my parents’ basement in preparation for a move. Anyone want to place a bet on how many typewriters I unearth?

Partner (Romantic)™️ and I are currently listening to our entire vinyl collection chronologically (by genre). We have now been stuck in the 70s for four days. Please send help.

Yes I’m biased, but even if I were not, this is just egregious. It’s truly appalling that they appointed as dean someone who (1) didn’t even make the first cut of applicants; and (2) was just banned from practicing in the S.D.Fl. for bringing an improper lawsuit. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

‘Unusual’: How a Trump attorney became interim dean of FIU’s up-and-coming law school

One search committee member called the incoming dean, who’s worked as President Trump’s attorney, “a poster boy for ethical corruption.”

miamiherald.com

I fully and completely made up an entire constitutional analysis because I blanked. It was fine. Still passed.

Jess Miers 🦝@jmiers230.bsky.social · 2mo ago

...But if you do blank, don't panic. If you blank on an essay, make shit up. Your goal is to fool the graders. You get points for applying facts to your bullshit rules. Make it look like an essay and pretend you know what you're doing. You will pick up points for organized nonsense.

As the FAR submission deadline is almost upon us, I thought I’d make a quick thread of advice for anyone going on the legal academic job market this year: … nope, I have no advice to offer. It’s a chaotic whirlwind and I was just hanging on for dear life.

Ok pocket friends, I’m lighting the beacons: can anyone recommend a lawyer in the Chicago area who represent college students in disciplinary disputes with universities? Issues include disability accommodation refusals and harassment. I’m at a loss so any suggestions would be appreciated!

The other day, Partner (Romantic)™️ *barely* swerved when a bee flew into the car and down the back of their shirt, and stung them four times. A spider just crawled on me in the passenger seat, and I yelped and flicked it ONTO THE DRIVER. …one of us should perhaps work on her reflexes.

You’ve heard “the dog ate my homework,” but let me introduce a fun new twist: a mouse ate my research materials. … seriously, my books are *gnawed*

Move over girl dinner, it’s time for medieval peasant lunch: bread, cheese, apple, and cider.

It has once again been zero days since I was mistaken for a law student. (I thought I was safe during the summer, but alas.)

Our piano mover is stuck in an elevator in New Jersey. Huh.

Partner (Romantic)™️ has a very specific laugh for when I have said something so absurd they can’t handle it, and it appears two specific times: 1) when I talk about how tan I’ve gotten this summer (I still look like a Victorian dying of consumption); and 2) when I say I’m becoming a minimalist.

Just tried to dye my hair purple, and may have color theoried a little too close to the sun…

Partner (Romantic)™️ showing me the dedication to their book for the first time: “Don’t cry!” Me, through teary sniffles: “You can’t tell me what to do!”

Just gave myself a paper cut while grading exams. This has to be a new low for embarrassing injuries…

Just fully leapt out of the shower and ran to my notebook because I figured out a central conclusion of my next law review article, and now I’m looking up waterproof shower notebooks. No one talks about how wildly inconvenient and damp eureka moments can be…

Well, I am officially “earl gray tea as my pre-date-night drink” years old. Huh.

True love is Partner (Romantic)™️ flying all the way to London to hear me give a talk, when they hear me talk nonstop at home for free. (INTA friends, come see me present today at 10:30 at the Scholarship Symposium!)

Just posted on LinkedIn for the first time, and suddenly I have an irresistible urge to brag about hustle culture and missing all my family’s milestones for “the grind.”

There is nothing quite like the joy of realizing that the academic calendars of your dual-professor household line up *perfectly* for the upcoming year.

I know this question is inherently flawed *because* I am asking it here, but - law prof peeps, where are we hanging out these days? Is there still a critical mass on X? Threads? Here? Somewhere else? I miss my community and would love to plug back in!

Ok trademark friends, who’s going to INTA this year???

Was craving for a really good Caesar salad for dinner… so accidentally made a reservation at a hilariously over the top fancy restaurant. … this better be a damn good salad.

I dunno guys, I think I’m really getting the hang of this whole coauthoring thing, don’t you?

You know you’re in DC when an entire subway station is draped in banner ads for an e-discovery platform..::