I generally try not to use my professional title ("Professor") outside of academia. I may have "earned" the appellation -- at least using that term loosely -- but still. Seems pretentious at times.
I say that appropos the listing of counsel in this Ninth Circuit appeal from earlier today, which includes the following entry: "Professor G. Robert Blakey Emeritus, Notre Dame Law School, Paradise Valley, Arizona." I was struck by the inclusion of that listing in part because I was fairly certain that Notre Dame Law School was not located in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and wondered if there was another Notre Dame of which I was not aware. (After all, London Bridge is in Arizona too.)
Of course, the listing is simply the address of a retired law professor. Fair enough. Arizona's the new Florida.
Though they all seem to come to San Diego during the summer.
Anyway, the professor emeritus (and his co-counsel) lose, and Google wins.
