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A good post discussing an interesting paper at the Law School Innovation blog.

WisBlawg has the details .

If you're looking to read some case law or law review literature in the spirit of Halloween (and who isn't?), I'd recommend these: Stambovsky v. Ackley, 572 N.Y.S.2d 672 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991) (house was haunted as a matter of law). Daniel M. Warner, Caveat Spiritus: A Jurisprudential Reflection Upon the Law of Haunted Houses and Ghosts , 28 Val. U. L. Rev 207 (1993). William P. MacNeil, "Kidlit" as "Law-and-Lit": Harry Potter and the Scales of Justice , 14 Cardozo Stud. L. & Lit. 545 (2002). Christine A. Corcos, "Who Ya Gonna C(S)ite?" Ghostbusters and the Environmental Regulation Debate , 13 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 231 (1997).

A new web site, Building a Better Legal Profession , ranks and grades large, private law firms on several workplace factors, such as diversity of partners, pro bono work, and billable hours. For a few markets (Manhattan, D.C., Boston, etc.) you can find out how diverse your potential employer is before deciding whether to accept the offer. The site was started by concerned law students interested in workplace reforms.

The Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision today in which it suspended Mason Municipal Court Judge George Parker for one year (18 months, with 6 months stayed) for judicial misconduct. The decision , which details Judge Parker's misconduct, needs to be read to be believed.

The student editor of the Brooklyn Law Review argues that characters in virtual worlds like Second Life should be able to seek redress in "first life" courts. The article is currently posted at SSRN , and will be published in Volume 72 of the Brooklyn Law Review.

The U.S. State Department has started a blog, Dipnote . From the website : Welcome to the State Department's first-ever blog, Dipnote. As a communicator for the Department, I have the opportunity to do my fair share of talking on a daily basis. With the launch of Dipnote, we are hoping to start a dialogue with the public. More than ever, world events affect our daily lives--what we see and hear, what we do, and how we work. I hope Dipnote will provide you with a window into the work of the people responsible for our foreign policy, and will give you a chance to be active participants in a community focused on some of the great issues of our world today. With Dipnote we are going to take you behind the scenes at the State Department and bring you closer to the personalities of the Department. We are going to try and break through some of the jargon and talk about how we operate around the world. We invite you to participate in this community, and I am looking forward to stepping a