{"id":16165,"date":"2011-07-08T06:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T11:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=16165"},"modified":"2011-07-08T06:04:39","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T11:04:39","slug":"summer-2011-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2011\/07\/summer-2011-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2011 Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8826491318177432\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Part of my job as a law professor is to model to students what a transactional attorney does. As part of that, I include in my syllabus a list of things media that they ought to consume in order to understand the world a business lawyer functions in. The list is not exhaustive, by any means, nor should they necessarily read or listen to all of it, but it provides a slice of intelligent commentary on the world I\u2019m teaching them how to enter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">If you were preparing people to do what you do, what resources would you recommend? [fn1] And, if you do what I prepare my students to do, what necessary resources am I tragically leaving out? [fn2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Syllabus:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. \u00a0Depending on your politics, you may detest or you may embrace the Opinions section, but the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Journal<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2019s business reporting is superb. \u00a0(Note that it has a paywall around most of its content; you either need to subscribe or hunt down hard copies.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Financial Times<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. \u00a0The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">FT<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> is making real inroads in the U.S. \u00a0Unfortunately, it, too, has an annoying paywall\u2014I believe you can look at 10 articles a month for free, if you register.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">New York Times<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> business section [and, of course, the rest of the paper, too]. \u00a0Of course, it, too, just instituted its paywall<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Marketplace<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. \u00a0You can listen weeknights at 6:30 pm on WBEZ or you can download the podcast. \u00a0I listen to the podcast every morning on the El. \u00a0(Website at<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.publicradio.org\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/marketplace.publicradio.org\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. Note that I\u2019m referring to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Marketplace<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, not <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Marketplace Money<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, although <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">MM <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">is a great personal finance show.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Planet Money<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. \u00a0Tuesdays and Fridays have new podcasts. \u00a0The reporters make finance and economics approachable without dumbing it down. \u00a0The website is at<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/money\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/money\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Felix Salmon. \u00a0Felix Salmon is my favorite finance\/business blogger. \u00a0If he\u2019s not your style, you can at least use him to find other finance\/business bloggers. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/felix-salmon\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/felix-salmon\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">TaxProf. \u00a0Professor Caron collects tons and tons of tax-related news.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/taxprof.typepad.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/taxprof.typepad.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">TaxVox. \u00a0I discovered this in early August 2010: it\u2019s pretty good tax analysis by the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Finally, I use my Twitter account to link to interesting business and tax stories I see floating around. \u00a0You can find me at<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/smbrnsn\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/smbrnsn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">[fn1] What does this have to do with Mormonism? Not a whole lot, probably, but I\u2019ll be away from my computer for most of today, and I figure this is relatively uncontroversial and the comments should make for some great reading. And I have to hit my numbers if I want a chance at my T&amp;S <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2011\/07\/king-noah-and-burdensome-taxes\/#comment-327496\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">elf-shoe-and-pet-jaguar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2011\/07\/king-noah-and-burdensome-taxes\/#comment-327578\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bonus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. Moreover, I\u2019m interested in the worlds that Mormons inhabit, and what it is that we use to navigate those worlds. I think those resources we find necessary or helpful are one of the tools we use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">You\u2019ve noticed, of course, that I don\u2019t include any books on my syllabus. That\u2019s mostly because my purpose is to suggest resources that are relatively easy to digest but that provide significant current information. Plus, I don\u2019t have to make significant revisions from year to year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">[fn2] Other stuff I read on a regular basis but that isn\u2019t in my syllabus:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Tax Notes<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. I believe a subscription will run you over $1,000 a year but, if your institution subscribes (or you have access to LEXIS), there\u2019s not a better source of tax news and analysis. (I don\u2019t actually know why this isn\u2019t on my syllabus&#8211;I may have to move it there.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The Atlantic<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. I think this is the best magazine in print or online, frankly. I read it religiously, and follow both <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/theatlantic\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">@TheAtlantic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheAtlanticWire\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">@TheAtlanticWire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> on Twitter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Time Out Chicago<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. When we lived in New York and had no kids, we got Time Out New York so that we knew what was going on in the city. Then, when we had kids in New York, we still subscribed to know what was going on in the city. But when we moved to Chicago, our Time Out New York became much less helpful, so we switched to the city-appropriate version of the magazine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Newsweek<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. I know what you\u2019re thinking, especially if you\u2019re as snooty as I am (or you\u2019ve seen it since The Daily Beast bought it out). Some decent articles, but it\u2019s okay at best. Still, it was a free gift when we renewed our WBEZ membership, so Newsweek has another nine months or so to sell me on renewing my subscription.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Slate<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Salon<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. I really like How the World Works and Moneybox. I could care less about many of the other features. But they renew their stories and articles on a regular basis, and there tend to be at least two or three decent articles per site per day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Parts of the Bloggernacle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Other media consumption that isn\u2019t on my syllabus<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Podcasts: I listen to a few other podcasts, including <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This American Life<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> (a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/this-american-life-completes-documentation-of-libe,2188\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">survey of life as a modern upper-middle-class American<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The Bowery Boys <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">(New York City history), <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">On the Media<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Sound Opinions<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">TV (well, technically Hulu): <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Community<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Modern Family<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. Plus <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Burn Notice<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Psych<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> when they\u2019re on.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of my job as a law professor is to model to students what a transactional attorney does. As part of that, I include in my syllabus a list of things media that they ought to consume in order to understand the world a business lawyer functions in. The list is not exhaustive, by any means, nor should they necessarily read or listen to all of it, but it provides a slice of intelligent commentary on the world I\u2019m teaching them how to enter. If you were preparing people to do what you do, what resources would you recommend? [fn1] And, if you do what I prepare my students to do, what necessary resources am I tragically leaving out? [fn2] Syllabus: Wall Street Journal. \u00a0Depending on your politics, you may detest or you may embrace the Opinions section, but the Journal\u2019s business reporting is superb. \u00a0(Note that it has a paywall around most of its content; you either need to subscribe or hunt down hard copies.) Financial Times. \u00a0The FT is making real inroads in the U.S. \u00a0Unfortunately, it, too, has an annoying paywall\u2014I believe you can look at 10 articles a month for free, if you register. New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1058,26,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-bloggers","category-law","category-mormon-life"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16166,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16165\/revisions\/16166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}