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Tag Archives: Shon Hopwood
Booklist Reviews Law Man
Also tagged book review, Booklist Online, Law Man
Booklist Online is a collection of over 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers—from the experts at the American Library Association. I was excited to learn that a few weeks ago, David Pitt wrote a Booklist Online review of Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Court Cases, and Finding Redemption. At 23, [...]
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The New Greenbag Almanac Is Published
Also tagged Masters of the Craft: The Top Five Questions Presented from the 2010 Supreme Court Term, The Greenbag
The 2012 Greenbag Almanac and Reader was recently published. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Greenbag is “a quarterly journal of short, readable, useful, and sometimes entertaining legal scholarship.” The Greenbag has a distinguished Board of Advisors that includes Linda Greenhouse, Howard Bashman, Adam Liptak, Judges Alex Kozinki, Diane Wood, and J. Harvie [...]
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First Review of Law Man
Also tagged book review, federal prisoners, Huffington Post, Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Michael G. Santos, Winning Supreme Court Cases and Finding Redemption
In August of 2012, Crown/Random House will release my memoir entitled “Law Man: My Story of Robbing Banks, Winning Supreme Cases and Finding Redemption.” Crown has started sending copies of the manuscript to people for reviews and blurbs. One of the first people they sent the manuscript to was Michael Santos. Mr. Santos is a [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Books ( Leave a comment)
My First Visit To The Court That Changed My Life
Also tagged Ann Marie Hopwood, Seth Waxman, Stephanos Bibas, Supreme Court, Virginia Law School
On Wednesday, Annie and I visited the Supreme Court. Although I have studied, filed briefs in, written about, and generally gushed over the Court for eleven years, it was my first visit to the place that has enormously impacted my life. I was kind of nervous that the Court could not possibly live up to [...]
Posted in Law School, Supreme Court ( Comments closed)
My Visit To The University of Virginia Law School
Also tagged criminal law, Virginia Law School
On next Tuesday, March 22nd, I will be speaking at the University of Virginia Law School. The gathering will occur at 12:30, and the UVA Innocence Clinic will be providing lunch. Special thanks to Allison Harnack for putting the event together. The blurb is below. The University of Virginia Innocence Project Presents Shon R. Hopwood [...]
Posted in Criminal Law ( 1 Comment)
Podcast on the Josh Blackman Blog
Also tagged Josh Blackman
I forgot to post about the podcast I did with the Josh Blackman Blog. Josh is a prolific writer: he regularly blogs and writes law reviews. In addition, he is the co-founder of Fantasy SCOTUS and president of the Harlan Institute—a non-profit organization that uses social media to bring a stylized law school experience into the [...]
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Fordham Law Review Symposium on January 25th
Also tagged Brett Dignam, Fordham Law Review Symposium, Gray Proctor, James C. Francis, Michael Martin, pro se
The “Solo Practitioner”: Pro Se Litigants and Their Obstacles to Justice A panel discussion hosted by the Fordham Law Review On January 25th, I will be speaking about pro se litigation at the Fordham Law Review Symposium. My esteemed co-panelists will include: Judge James C. Francis, a federal Magistrate for the Southern District of New [...]
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The New York Times Covers MacDonald v. Johnson
Also tagged Adam Liptak, Jacob Huebert, MacDonald v. Johnson, sex offender, sodomy statute
Last week I wrote about a case that Cockle Contributor Jacob Huebert and I are involved with that is before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves a Lawrence v. Texas/due process challenge to the application of a state sodomy statute. Today, Adam Liptak at the New York Times continues the discussion–the article is entitled, “A Place on [...]
Posted in Briefs, Supreme Court ( 2 Comments)
Is Law School A Bad Investment?
Also tagged Above the Law, Elie Mystal, investment, law school, LSAT
It used to be that attending law school was about the best investment a young adult could make. The JD degree provided security and employment opportunities far surpassing many other graduate degrees. Oh, but the times are a changing.
Lately, the blogosphere is chalk-full of caution to those considering a legal education.
Posted in Law School ( 2 Comments)

LAW MAN Hits Bookshelves