Posted by Orin Kerr:
NYT on Nesson:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_09-2009_08_15.shtml#1250002717
In today's New York Times, John Schwartz [1]has an interesting article
on Charlie Nesson's performance in the Tenenbaum trial.
Reading over [2]the trial reports, I'm struck by how similar
Nesson's approach was to how he taught "Introduction to Lawyering"
(ITL) in the fall of 1994. The ITL class was supposed to be about
introductory legal writing and research for incoming 1Ls. Nesson
instead focused on how he thought the Internet would change
everything; whether cameras should be allowed in courtrooms for
high-profile cases; and his fascination with the neckercube. I very
much liked Nesson as a person. He was passionate and unfailingly kind,
something that couldn't be said for many other Harvard professors. But
most of the students became pretty frustrated, as Nesson's lectures
didn't have much to do with legal research and writing.
Fifteen years later, Nesson was on the same three themes in the
Tenenbaum trial -- [3]the Internet changes everything, [4]cameras
should be in the courtroom, and [5]the lessons of the neckercube. But
this time it was a real case, and it was Judge Gertner who was
frustrated with Nesson's following his own path.
References
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/us/11download.html
2. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/tenebaum-day-two.ars
3. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/tenebaum-day-two.ars
4.
http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/06/nesson-to-souter-allow-webcast-or-block.html
5. http://viewsfrommontparnasse.blogspot.com/2009/07/justice-cubed.html
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