David Friedman
@profdaf.bsky.social
Law professor. Law school associate dean. I teach Torts. Oregon guy who is still a Connecticut guy. Personal account.
Any of you legal aces out there want to help folks prepare for the bar? Come work with me at Willamette Law! willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...
Director of Licensure
ABOUT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: Willamette University, founded in 1842, is a nationally-renowned private university enrolling 2800 students across five colleges. Our historic campus, adjacent to the Oreg...
willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Any of you legal aces out there want to help folks prepare for the bar? Come work with me at Willamette Law! willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...
Another (anonymously-given) A+ student gift -
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Another (anonymously-given) A+ student gift -
you know a restaurant is going to be fantastic when it has “factory” in its name
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
you know a restaurant is going to be fantastic when it has “factory” in its name
Yankee Doodle in New Haven. A legendary lunch counter. Cheeseburger (with a pat of butter) and a hand mixed Cherry Coke.
Cheap and greasy … just like me.
Cheap and greasy … just like me.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Yankee Doodle in New Haven. A legendary lunch counter. Cheeseburger (with a pat of butter) and a hand mixed Cherry Coke.
Cheap and greasy … just like me.
Cheap and greasy … just like me.
Shameless self-promotion: my latest YouTube comment has received almost 45 likes and 5 replies (all favorable), vaulting it into position as probably my best ever
January 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Shameless self-promotion: my latest YouTube comment has received almost 45 likes and 5 replies (all favorable), vaulting it into position as probably my best ever
My amazing friend and college roommate who is considerably patient with my less than brilliant mind. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Caltech names new president, an astrophysicist who vows to empower 'brilliant minds'
Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana will become the Caltech president. He will join the campus from Johns Hopkins University, where he is provost.
www.latimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
My amazing friend and college roommate who is considerably patient with my less than brilliant mind. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Reposted by David Friedman
For a limited time only, I am offering free downloads of my drip pricing piece. There will be a small academic-fee surcharge, tho. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Regulating Drip Pricing
“Drip pricing” occurs where the seller first appears to describe the full price of an offering, however after the transaction has commenced, the buyer discovers
papers.ssrn.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
For a limited time only, I am offering free downloads of my drip pricing piece. There will be a small academic-fee surcharge, tho. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I wrote about junk fees / drip pricing before it was cool. I do think that there is a legitimate free market justification for an intervention so I think there could be, dare I say it, common ground here -
Mayor Mamdani announces a push against "junk fees" and "subscription tricks and traps" through the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Makes Consumer Protection Announcement
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I wrote about junk fees / drip pricing before it was cool. I do think that there is a legitimate free market justification for an intervention so I think there could be, dare I say it, common ground here -
"Every new year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?"
- Ogden Nash
- Ogden Nash
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Every new year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?"
- Ogden Nash
- Ogden Nash
The great Hanukkah miracle is ordering enough Chinese Food on Christmas Eve to last 8 nights
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The great Hanukkah miracle is ordering enough Chinese Food on Christmas Eve to last 8 nights
Only 2 days left to do all of your forum shopping
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Only 2 days left to do all of your forum shopping
1. Closed book exams
2. Oral defenses of research and more formative assessments on research projects
3. Endorse use of AI where helpful in learning process: for example, my students put class notes into Gemini and created a “Friedman Torts podcast” which they listened to on their commute.
2. Oral defenses of research and more formative assessments on research projects
3. Endorse use of AI where helpful in learning process: for example, my students put class notes into Gemini and created a “Friedman Torts podcast” which they listened to on their commute.
Nothing will make you an education AI skeptic faster than grading some college take home assignments. Admins who haven’t been in a classroom in years push it as a learning tool. Students are laughing at them as they use it as a cheating tool. It’s all instructors are texting about with each other.
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
1. Closed book exams
2. Oral defenses of research and more formative assessments on research projects
3. Endorse use of AI where helpful in learning process: for example, my students put class notes into Gemini and created a “Friedman Torts podcast” which they listened to on their commute.
2. Oral defenses of research and more formative assessments on research projects
3. Endorse use of AI where helpful in learning process: for example, my students put class notes into Gemini and created a “Friedman Torts podcast” which they listened to on their commute.
Reposted by David Friedman
Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
Nothing will make you an education AI skeptic faster than grading some college take home assignments. Admins who haven’t been in a classroom in years push it as a learning tool. Students are laughing at them as they use it as a cheating tool. It’s all instructors are texting about with each other.
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
Law school parking lot litter
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Law school parking lot litter
This is quite a read ctexaminer.com/2025/11/25/b...
Bridgeport Gangster, Stolen Car Kingpin Dead at 72
BRIDGEPORT – Barely a week went by in the 1980s when Thomas Marra’s name wasn’t on the front pages of Connecticut newspapers. He was called the gangster of Bridgeport, the […]
ctexaminer.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is quite a read ctexaminer.com/2025/11/25/b...
“Criminal attempt to commit disorderly conduct” connecticut.news12.com/li-teen-arre...
LI teen arrested for fake SantaCon event promotion
Police say Emmet Blaney, of Massapequa, promoted fake SantaCon gatherings at different private beach residences, garnering over 600,000 views.
connecticut.news12.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Criminal attempt to commit disorderly conduct” connecticut.news12.com/li-teen-arre...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Months of the year (ranked)
12. February
11. January
10. March
9. December
8. April
7. November
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5. August
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About 1/3 of the way into the Great Gatsby and I’m beginning to wonder whether this guy is “Great” because i think he is exaggerating his background 1/
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
About 1/3 of the way into the Great Gatsby and I’m beginning to wonder whether this guy is “Great” because i think he is exaggerating his background 1/
This one is going out to my Corporate/ Biz Associations friends - if a new lawyer did NOT take the basic course in law school but wants a handy way to get up to speed - what references would you have them read?
October 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This one is going out to my Corporate/ Biz Associations friends - if a new lawyer did NOT take the basic course in law school but wants a handy way to get up to speed - what references would you have them read?
I haven’t been here in a bit. I miss some of you people.
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I haven’t been here in a bit. I miss some of you people.
Just putting out there that there’s probably a way to make university and law school accreditation a whole lot less resource-consuming while preserving 100% of the accountability.
October 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Just putting out there that there’s probably a way to make university and law school accreditation a whole lot less resource-consuming while preserving 100% of the accountability.
I moved to Oregon from the Acela corridor almost 20 years ago. One of the best things about living here has been that you can just … live here.
October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I moved to Oregon from the Acela corridor almost 20 years ago. One of the best things about living here has been that you can just … live here.
Our public schools are clearly not doing a great job of teaching the business judgment rule and the intricacies of shareholder derivative litigation
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Our public schools are clearly not doing a great job of teaching the business judgment rule and the intricacies of shareholder derivative litigation
My new phone arrived!
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My new phone arrived!
My goodness, people. Don’t pay to have your cabin air filter replaced. Just call me. I’ll do it for you.
September 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
My goodness, people. Don’t pay to have your cabin air filter replaced. Just call me. I’ll do it for you.