There's just something about rooting for an underdog that can be really satisfying. Especially when the underdog wins. The 31-17 win in Superbowl 2010 by the first-time Superbowl attendees, New Orleans Saints, over the Indiana Colts single-handedly supplied a dose of unique satisfaction. And the thrill of the unlikely win extended beyond the population of the home state to the nation that watched as levies gave way and water flooded the city of New Orleans under the power of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, claiming lives, livelihoods, and making the Superdome the largest makeshift shelter in the country--connecting the Saints with their fans in an unimaginable way.

A Law School News Roundup

UMaryland law project reached Oscar semifinals. Lights, camera, law for "the Response", and ABA award-winner.

UMass Law OKed by Board of Higher Education.  Debate still abound, as Massachusetts gears up for another school.

Lawyer sues over calls- about law school debt.  Making the most of a degree?

Whether by FedEx, UPS, or Pizza Hut...it's all about the delivery.  And FindLaw gets it.

The site that brings up-to-date legal news, case summaries, and blogs also delivers newsletters. Right to your inbox.  There are FindLaw newsletters with recent circuit court cases, weekly roundups of cases by subject area, top legal headlines, sports news, human resources headlines, and business news and law to name a few.

With nearly 100 FindLaw newsletters to choose from, how does a billing-duressed associate or studying-fatigued student decide?  We asked the FindLaw Newsletter team to pick their top choices of newsletters that would be useful to law associates and law students.  And before you resort to unsavory take-out legal news again, consider your options in fresh delivery...

The earthquake in Haiti was like a strong espresso on an already-caffeinated Monday morning.  With a new year just underway and world attention focused on rebuilding economies, shoring up banks, and creating jobs, the striking devastation to life and property on the island nation just down the ocean from Florida, stormed the world stage.  Sometime after you heard the news and before the first aftershock, you may have caught yourself asking, how can I help?

Doctors and medical students were on the social media scene, dispersing names of medical organizations that needed volunteers.  Partners in Health and Doctors Without Borders were common go-to places that were passed on through tweets, Facebook status updates, and canvassed by email.

Lawyers and law students, feeling left out yet?

A law professor at law school graduation: "from today forth, please call me by my first name, because now I am no longer your professor, I am your colleague." And like that, 3 years of law school are done, and the real world awaits.

Though you've been anticipating this day since law school orientation, when it actually comes it can lead to a mixed bag of introspection. From considerations of a looming Bar exam, to broad questions about what the degree means to you and where you hope to go with it, you may be looking for sage advice...and a little good fortune.

And while transitioning into law school may have taken a little practice, going from a J.D. to the next big thing is not always a cakewalk either. But fear not, counsel is on the scene.  We polled our fellow J.D. colleagues here at FindLaw about what they wished they had known when getting their J.D.'s...or more precisely, on the day of law school graduation.  A special thanks for sharing input...and now, their pearls of wisdom:

Jersey Shore's Vinnie Considering Law School at "Yale or Harvard"  A J.D. backup plan to reality show life at Seaside Heights.

Cornell Law School Applications Increase By Record 52 Percent  Standing in line to make an argument.

A Lockdown at Northwestern Law School A pop and lock, with fortunately no pop.  

Whether or not you watched, listened, or read President Obama's address to Congress this week, even the bubble of law school can't completely shield you from the current state of the Union.  In sum, the economy. It was what was for dinner at the 2010 annual address by the nation's Chief Executive.

Parsing out the address more carefully, there are a few quotes that may resonate with law students.  Here are 3 to know, and why they matter to you, aspiring J.D.

The information superhighway of yesterday doesn't cut it today.  Think information superplanet. With well over 100 million blogs populating the online stream of information, options of following hundreds of lawyers and law professors on Twitter, and having the ability to ask a question about the law and get an answer from a dynamic online legal community...the only thing left to say is, welcome to Web 3.0. 

The challenge has shifted from finding information to finding the right information and to trying make online queries and browsing effective for your needs.  And, for law practitioners, law students, and the legal community it has never been more important to learn tools to help make the most of your time online.

One gamechanger is RSS (Really Simple Syndication). And this is your quick & easy intro to this online tool for web syndication.

Imagine getting case law for a particular circuit, blogs specializing in various topics of law, or posts from your law school's law review blog, and your favorite legal funnies delivered to your screen.  It's a way to traverse the webbed world of vast online legal information.

• Duke Law School launches Masters in Law and Entrepreneurship.  An LLM for the little business attorney in all of us.

• Widener Law School 1L is Mayor. A 1L who's not looking for a summer position.

• Yale Law Professor Daniel Freed is Remembered.  Reforming federal sentencing laws, co-founding a law review, serving at the U.S. Department of Justice, and teaching at Yale...all in a life's work.