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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Some news, as they say!!! I couldn't be more delighted to be @umichlaw.bsky.social's next Assistant Dean for Admissions!

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from our turkey to yours!

Rocky the greyhound sleeping on a fluffy dog bed while wearing a turtleneck with a pattern of big cats on it

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David Ziff @djsziff.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

This is good 1L exam advice from Prof. Kerr. But I feel the need to provide an addendum: While this A+ answer is undoubtedly an A+ answer for a timed in-class exam in a doctrinal class, it would *not* receive a high grade in my legal writing class. Timed in-class exam answers are their own thing! 1/

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David Ziff @djsziff.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I recommend that lawyers and judges *ignore* The Bluebook's new rule on AI and search results. (They don't need to follow it anyway!) "What a mess. Practicing lawyers and judges should *not* use these rules to cite their search processes." wabarnews.org/2025/10/15/w... #AI #LegalWriting #LawSky

You Now Can (Should?) Cite Search and AI-Generated Results
No 2025 update would be complete without something AI-related. The Bluebook is no exception. Rule 18.3 provides citation rules for outputs from large language models, search engine results, and generative AI. The citation must generally include: (1) the author of the prompt, (2) the model or service used, and (3) the exact text of the prompt submission or search query.

Perhaps you can see the problems. First, requiring the full text of a search query or AI prompt will make these citations extremely long. Queries are not always short. And AI prompts often include a series of back-and-forth questions and answers to produce a specific result. These citations are going to be monstrous.

More importantly, to the extent the citation requires inclusion of your own search queries and prompt questions, The Bluebook asks you to divulge the internal thinking and questioning processes that led you to a result. In other words, the citation will include attorney work product.

Yikes! But there is good news. First, The Bluebook doesn’t say that anyone must provide a citation for search results or AI content. Rather, the updated rules provide guidance for what to do when an author wants to cite this kind of information. As a lawyer, you could simply choose not to cite these things. Would you ever support an argument in a brief with a citation to the Lexis search query that produced the results that supported the argument? Of course not. And The Bluebook can’t make you.

Which leads me to my second bit of good news: These clunky search-related and AI-related rules are all located in The Bluebook’s Whitepages, which are specifically designed for law review students and academic authors. Those rules generally do not apply to practicing lawyers and judges. The simpler Bluepages, which are designed for legal practitioners, do not include these new rules. And while a lawyer may use the Whitepages rules to supplement the Blue-
pages, you certainly don’t have to.

Review: What a mess. Practicing lawyers and judges should not use these rules to cite their search processes.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This is bad bad bad. The legal profession needs serious education on how LLMs work.

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Rebecca Fordon @thefordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I made this Boolean Search Builder to help teach my students how to construct a good search. It's way too much fun to make these little instructional tools. booleanbuilder.replit.app

A screenshot of Legal Boolean Search Builder. The tool allows you to build a Boolean search by creating and connecting multiple concepts. The first concept has `Boolean` in the first field and then `term /3 connector` in the second field. The second concept reads `search`. The search string output then reads `(Boolean OR (term /3 connector)) and (search)

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine 💙💛

Michigan football pregame—the Marching Band is on the field and the big screen shows them in their block M formation

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Kittens‘ new album, Timeline Cleanse, just dropped

Kitten album cover:
Brown and white tabby in the background with gray kitten in the foreground peeking through wooden bannister

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Ann Arbor folks, Rocky got out of our yard this morning. Please lmk if you see him.

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

How it started/how it’s going

Gray kitten in foreground on a bed with tabby kitten peeking over the top of the bed in the background

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

My computer isn’t starting so I guess I should just head home?

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Attention legal writing profs and folks interested in teaching legal writing—we are hiring! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Law- Legal Practice Program | U-M Careers

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Helpful kitten is getting these papers off of the printer

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Kitty brothers, finally back together

Gray kitten and tabby kitten cuddled together in a cat tree

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Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic @immersionclinic.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Want to mentor law students & brief & argue complex federal appeals? Then apply for Georgetown Law's Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic: perma.cc/CX9E-NSEJ cc: @deepakguptalaw.bsky.social @mchannon.bsky.social @ruthannedeutsch.bsky.social @debbieshrager.bsky.social

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August 2025 - ACIC fellowship announcement

ACIC fellowship announcment

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Georgetown Law’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic is hiring for its fellowship/staff attorney position for 2026-2028. This is an INCREDIBLE opportunity to work with amazing lawyers on great cases. Here's the announcement: perma.cc/CX9E-NSEJ

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August 2025 - ACIC fellowship announcement

ACIC fellowship announcment

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14/08/2025

Many if not most "this needs a series comma" examples need something other than a series comma, but this one's totally 👨🏼‍🍳💋.

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Me: Ooh, Taylor Swift announced a new album called "The Life of a Showgirl" 10 yo: Ooh, does she sing show tunes??

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Kitten shenanigans—found him in the garbage can this morning #Caturday

Gray kitten looking up at the camera from a garbage can where he is next to a slightly chewed roll of toilet paper

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Happy International Cat Day from our new friend (name still tbd!)

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

In exciting news, it looks like we will be procuring some kittens in the near future . . . so what are the cats into these days?

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Margaret Hannon @mchannon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

TFW mom is making you try on your new (birb) shirt from @houndtees.bsky.social

Rocky the black greyhound wearing his new birb patterned shirt, which has lots of colorful birbs. He is lying on his stomach with his head resting on the floor in front of him.

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SE Strongman @strongman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

From a former AADL director: “Over the years the AADL met with the Library Green Conservancy several times…Our efforts were met with ridiculous, unworkable proposals, such as a cryptocurrency that would be unique to their Commons…” www.damnarbor.com/2025/07/lett...

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Letter to Damn Arbor: The Library Green Conservancy and AADL

NOTE: This is a letter to Damn Arbor from former AADL Director, Josie Parker. If you'd like to submit a Letter to Damn Arbor, please send it...

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Linh Song @lsong.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Ann Arbor, do not fall for another disingenuous campaign to “save the parks.” It isn’t an anti-tax effort this time, it’s an anti-library AND anti-housing effort. Don’t let another generation go by to save a parking deck. Support the best public institution in this city. Vote yes on Props A & B.