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Margaret Hannon

@mchannon.bsky.social

Assistant Dean for Admissions @ Michigan Law. Buffalonian —> Chicagoan —> Michigander. she/her

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 3w ago

Some news, as they say!!! I couldn't be more delighted to be @umichlaw.bsky.social's next Assistant Dean for Admissions!

Gautam Hans@gshans.bsky.social · 3w ago

The most wonderful news for my alma mater @umichlaw.bsky.social!! My dear friend and colleague @mchannon.bsky.social is the perfect choice — thoughtful, perceptive, collaborative, and a superb ambassador for the leaders and best. michigan.law.umich.edu/news/margare...

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Happy Thanksgiving from our turkey to yours!

Rocky the greyhound sleeping on a fluffy dog bed while wearing a turtleneck with a pattern of big cats on it

David Ziff @djsziff.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is good 1L exam advice from Prof. Kerr. But I feel the need to provide an addendum: While this A+ answer is undoubtedly an A+ answer for a timed in-class exam in a doctrinal class, it would *not* receive a high grade in my legal writing class. Timed in-class exam answers are their own thing! 1/

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here: volokh.com/posts/116838...

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Timeline cleanse

Rocky the greyhound mid-chicken nugget chomp. He is wearing a shirt that makes him look like a bumblebee

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How it started/how it’s going #Caturday

Scared gray kitten hiding in the back of a pet carrier

Majestic gray floof looking to the left while perched on top of a cat tree

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Mission accomplished!

I voted in Ann Arbor sticker in foreground with trees changing colors in the background

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How it started/how it’s going #Caturday

Angry and skinny looking brown and white tabby kitten in a kennel wearing a cone of shame with a bandaged foot

Bigger brown and white tabby kitten looking handsome and fluffy while reclining on a table with a Halloween tablecloth

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy Howl-o-ween!

Rocky the greyhound on his side in his bed, wearing his Halloween pjs

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Current mood (AWS):

old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper

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David Ziff @djsziff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I recommend that lawyers and judges *ignore* The Bluebook's new rule on AI and search results. (They don't need to follow it anyway!) "What a mess. Practicing lawyers and judges should *not* use these rules to cite their search processes." wabarnews.org/2025/10/15/w... #AI #LegalWriting #LawSky

You Now Can (Should?) Cite Search and AI-Generated Results
No 2025 update would be complete without something AI-related. The Bluebook is no exception. Rule 18.3 provides citation rules for outputs from large language models, search engine results, and generative AI. The citation must generally include: (1) the author of the prompt, (2) the model or service used, and (3) the exact text of the prompt submission or search query.

Perhaps you can see the problems. First, requiring the full text of a search query or AI prompt will make these citations extremely long. Queries are not always short. And AI prompts often include a series of back-and-forth questions and answers to produce a specific result. These citations are going to be monstrous.

More importantly, to the extent the citation requires inclusion of your own search queries and prompt questions, The Bluebook asks you to divulge the internal thinking and questioning processes that led you to a result. In other words, the citation will include attorney work product.

Yikes! But there is good news. First, The Bluebook doesn’t say that anyone must provide a citation for search results or AI content. Rather, the updated rules provide guidance for what to do when an author wants to cite this kind of information. As a lawyer, you could simply choose not to cite these things. Would you ever support an argument in a brief with a citation to the Lexis search query that produced the results that supported the argument? Of course not. And The Bluebook can’t make you.

Which leads me to my second bit of good news: These clunky search-related and AI-related rules are all located in The Bluebook’s Whitepages, which are specifically designed for law review students and academic authors. Those rules generally do not apply to practicing lawyers and judges. The simpler Bluepages, which are designed for legal practitioners, do not include these new rules. And while a lawyer may use the Whitepages rules to supplement the Blue-
pages, you certainly don’t have to.

Review: What a mess. Practicing lawyers and judges should not use these rules to cite their search processes.

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

cat! in the dog bed

Brown and white tabby cat taking up a very small portion of a large dog bed

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 12mo ago

#Caturday

Gray kitten sitting on top of a record player lid

Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This is bad bad bad. The legal profession needs serious education on how LLMs work.

Adam Pulver@pulvinator.bsky.social · 12mo ago

In a concurrence in a Title VII case today, one judge looks to ChatGPT in assessing whether a term is racially hostile. What could go wrong? www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...

Rebecca Fordon @thefordon.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I made this Boolean Search Builder to help teach my students how to construct a good search. It's way too much fun to make these little instructional tools. booleanbuilder.replit.app

A screenshot of Legal Boolean Search Builder. The tool allows you to build a Boolean search by creating and connecting multiple concepts. The first concept has `Boolean` in the first field and then `term /3 connector` in the second field. The second concept reads `search`. The search string output then reads `(Boolean OR (term /3 connector)) and (search)

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 12mo ago

It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine 💙💛

Michigan football pregame—the Marching Band is on the field and the big screen shows them in their block M formation

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Kittens‘ new album, Timeline Cleanse, just dropped

Kitten album cover:
Brown and white tabby in the background with gray kitten in the foreground peeking through wooden bannister

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Rocky is found!!! Thank you!!!

Margaret Hannon@mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Ann Arbor folks, Rocky got out of our yard this morning. Please lmk if you see him.

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Ann Arbor folks, Rocky got out of our yard this morning. Please lmk if you see him.

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

How it started/how it’s going

Gray kitten in foreground on a bed with tabby kitten peeking over the top of the bed in the background

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

1 cat 1 turkey

Brown and white tabby and gray kittens on a cat tree: tabby is sitting and looking at the camera while tabby has a leg in the air like a turkey as he cleans his 🍑

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

My computer isn’t starting so I guess I should just head home?

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Attention legal writing profs and folks interested in teaching legal writing—we are hiring! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law- Legal Practice Program | U-M Careers

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Helpful kitten is getting these papers off of the printer

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

#Caturday

Cross-eyed brown and white long haired tabby kitten peeking out from cat tree

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Kitty brothers, finally back together

Gray kitten and tabby kitten cuddled together in a cat tree

Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic @immersionclinic.bsky.social · last yr.

Want to mentor law students & brief & argue complex federal appeals? Then apply for Georgetown Law's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic: perma.cc/CX9E-NSEJ cc: @deepakguptalaw.bsky.social @mchannon.bsky.social @ruthannedeutsch.bsky.social @debbieshrager.bsky.social

August 2025 - ACIC fellowship announcement

ACIC fellowship announcment

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Kitten update

Small gray kitten on windowsill peeking out from behind curtains

Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited to meet my new @umichlaw.bsky.social 1Ls today!

a football player is laying on the ground during a game on espn .

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · last yr.

Georgetown Law’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic is hiring for its fellowship/staff attorney position for 2026-2028. This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity to work with amazing lawyers on great cases. Here's the announcement: perma.cc/CX9E-NSEJ

August 2025 - ACIC fellowship announcement

ACIC fellowship announcment

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · last yr.

Kitten CHOMP