Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
Steve Jobs’s 2005 Commencement Speech
Our home institution (the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla.) has been celebrating commencement ceremonies this week. Accordingly, we are featuring Steve Jobs’s 2005 Commencement Speech for our students who are starting a new chapter in their lives … … Continue reading
My Spring 2015 CivPro Final Exam (Manny Pacquiao class-action lawsuit edition)
The great jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “The prophecies of what the courts will do in fact, and nothing more pretentious, are what I mean by the law.” Remember this as you read this creative class action lawsuit, which … Continue reading
A modest proposal (college sports edition)
If we are going to pay student-athletes in college for playing sports, why not tie the salaries of the student-athletes to the salaries of their coaching staffs. Let’s use college basketball to illustrate our proposal. The Kentucky Wildcats have 16 … Continue reading
Spiral staircase shadow (double helix edition)
Hat tip: _HereOrToGo_ (via reddit).
We’re still waiting …
… for an apology from Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. Instead of apologizing for his team’s rampant cheating, Mr Kraft released this statement in response to the conclusion in the Wells Report that it is “more … Continue reading
The economics of bar exams
Do we really need 50 separate State bar exams in an era of global markets? We have always thought that bar exams and other forms of occupational licensing should be declared illegal restraints of trade under U.S. antitrust laws. After … Continue reading

