2012
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Constitutional Law, Health Care / Medicine, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Obamacare Opinion Will Be Disappointing
SCOTUS columnist Matt Kaiser thinks the Obamacare opinion will disappoint. Do you agree? -
Celebrities, Jonathan Lee Riches, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches v. The Kardashian Sisters
Jonathan Lee Riches is back, and he's sued the Kardashian sisters. What are his allegations? - Sponsored
Diving Into Generative AI: A Practical Guide For Law Firms Starting From Scratch
NetDocuments’ Michelle Spencer on where to start, what to ask, and considerations for implementing generative AI tools in your organization. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Minority Issues
Cooley Law Will Say Anything To Justify Its Behavior
Cooley seems to be sending out mixed messages about whether or not they care about "society"...
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Jobs
Associate Counsel (Transactions) For Hedge Fund Manager
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Media and Journalism, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: On Lawyers' Business Plans
In-house lawyers, like their non-lawyer colleagues, prepare business plans. Why don't lawyers at law firms? -
Football, Insider Trading, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Paul Clement, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trials
Morning Docket: 06.11.12
* Have you ever wondered why Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t spoken during oral arguments before SCOTUS in more than six years? It’s probably because he hates them so much that he thinks we should “do away” with them entirely. [Charlotte Observer]
* Former Solicitor General Paul Clement, he of unparalleled oral advocacy skills, claims that there’s “no magic formula for time management” — but having a superior legal mind certainly helps the situation when preparing for argument. [Appellate Daily]
* It’s “highly likely” that Rajat Gupta
willwon’t take the witness stand to testify in his own defense at his insider-trading trial. Query what Benula Bensam would have written to Judge Rakoff about that. [Los Angeles Times]* If you’re thinking of hopping on the “blame the ABA” bandwagon in defense of your employment statistics, think again. A federal judge rejected Cooley Law’s argument on that front last week. [National Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, Cooley “isn’t interested in reducing the size of its entering class on the basis of the perceived benefit to society,” but at least ten other schools will be reducing class sizes. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* A judge denied Jerry Sandusky’s motion to dismiss the charges against him. The former football coach clearly needed 1-800-REALITY check if he seriously thought that his request was going to be granted. [CNN]
* If you’re planning on living rent-free in New York City for almost a decade, make sure you’re doing it in a building that isn’t up to code. You’ll never be evicted thanks to this Court of Appeals ruling. [New York Times]
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Biglaw, Drinking, Husch Blackwell, Kids, Parties, Partner Issues
Friendly Biglaw Partner Accused Of Helping Minors Get Drunk -- Like That's A Bad Thing
Teenagers have to drink somewhere, don't they? -
Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Non-Sequiturs, Police
Non-Sequiturs: 06.08.12
* How many cops does it take to kill a man? [Simple Justice] * Professor Paul Campos has been having fun with the NALP numbers. Well, fun for him, and for me. Less fun for anybody unlucky enough to have been part of the class of 2011. [Inside the Law School Scam] * And if you don’t like to read, here’s some video about how bad the job market is for the class of 2011. ARE YOU LISTENING, PROSPECTIVE LAW STUDENTS? CAN YOU TAKE IN AND PROCESS INFORMATION? [Bloomberg Law] * How come my anonymous readers don’t drop $25 million on me? I’d name a whole wing of my new house after them. And give them a T-shirt. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * In the recession, we cling to what we have instead of striking out into the unknown. In related news: if you leave your law job, there’ll be a stampede of people happy to take your spot. [What About Clients?] * I don’t even think you should be allowed to defend yourself pro se. [Underdog] * Southwestern Law’s Dean Bryant Garth is stepping down. One of these days, somebody will let me run a law school. [Southwestern Law School] - Sponsored
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Health Care / Medicine, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: But Does The Wife Make It?
What would happen if the Supreme Court overturned the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? -
5th Circuit, Prisons, Religion, Texas, Weirdness
Vampire High Priest Loses Religious Civil Rights Case
A vampire high priest lost a civil rights case on appeal to the Fifth Circuit. No, it didn't happen on an episode of True Blood... -
Cardozo Law School, Comment of the Day, Contests, Jed Rakoff
Comment of the Week: There Was No Contest
Who won the prize for Comment of the Week? -
Election 2012, Law Schools, Women's Issues
What's Everyone's Favorite 'Slut' Up to These Days?(An Update on Georgetown Law's Sandra Fluke.)
Remember Sandra Fluke? Here's an update on everyone's favorite "slut"... -
California, Craigslist, Job Searches, Summer Associates
Is This Person Looking for a Summer Intern or a Summer Fling?
Beware the employer who doesn't want you to post on Above the Law.
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Diving Into Generative AI: A Practical Guide For Law Firms Starting From Scratch
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Law Schools, Student Loans
Let's Watch Law Students Argue About Who Makes Their School Look Worse
The weird societies that emerge at strange law schools... -
Kids, Texas, Women's Issues
Lawyer on Maternity Leave Brings Baby to Court When Trial Delay Is Denied
Would you bring your baby to court if you were denied a trial delay during your maternity leave? -
Email Scandals, Hotties, Iraq, Media and Journalism, Oral Sex / Blow Jobs, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Sex, Sex Scandals, Supreme Court Clerks, Wall Street Journal
An Ambassadorial Nominee and Ex-SCOTUS Clerk's Racy Emails
A former Supreme Court clerk, currently President Obama's nominee to serve as ambassador to Iraq, finds his personal life under scrutiny thanks to some racy leaked emails. How racy? -
10th Circuit, Free Speech, Google / Search Engines, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Patents, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Southern New England School of Law/Umass, Supreme Court, Technology, Unemployment, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 06.08.12
* Only 44% of Americans approve of how the Supreme Court is doing its job, but that’s probably because the other 56% wouldn’t know what the Supreme Court was unless the justices were contestants on a reality show. [New York Times]
* Having nothing to do with the outcome of this Tenth Circuit appeal, apparently a juror in the underlying case had no idea when the First Amendment was adopted. As Bush II would say, is our children learning? [U.S. Tenth Circuit / FindLaw]
* Who’s going to win the “Super Bowl” of Android patent trials? Nobody. Judge Richard Posner has issued a “tentative” order which noted that both sides of the Apple/Google case ought to be dismissed. [Reuters]
* You should’ve “known better”: in case we didn’t make it abundantly clear when we spoke about NALP’s data for the class of 2011, the job market for new law grads is being classified as “brutal.” [National Law Journal]
* U. Chicago Law revolutionized the field of law and economics, but much to their school’s, everyone else copied them. Now they’re thinking up new ways to do the same things. Gunners gotta gun. [Businessweek]
* Say hello to Mary Lu Bilek, the woman who’s been appointed as the new dean of UMass Law. Hopefully she’s not keen on using school credit cards for personal spending like the last dean. [Wall Street Journal]
* Occupy Wall Street protesters can’t sue NYC, its mayor, or its police commissioner, but they can sue the police. And with that news, “F**k tha Police” was sung in drum circles across the tri-state area. [Bloomberg]
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Bar Exams, Videos, YouTube
Mr. Bar Exam: Can You Trust Someone Who's Failed the Bar Exam?
Can you trust someone who's failed the bar exam? Mr. Bar Exam doesn't think so. -
China, Guns / Firearms, Non-Sequiturs, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 06.07.12
* Do you still have to pay for legal research? I say “yes.” You have to pay for it right up until the moment you feel comfortable walking into a partner’s office and saying, “This is everything I could find on Google.” [Legal Blog Watch] * Chinese female lawyers in China are amazingly successful compared to their Western counterparts. Theories abound as to why, but I like the theories that blame American children for being whiny brats who need their mommies all the time. [The Careerist] * One would expect nothing less from Warren Buffett’s bodyguard. [Dealbreaker] * The upside of having children’s birthday parties at gun ranges is that the children will get to see natural selection in action. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * At least Kwame Brown is proving that we still have campaign finance laws. [Washington Post] * Wasn’t this a subplot in Happy Gilmore? [Constitutional Daily] -
Law Schools, LLMs, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Law Schools Would Probably Care, But Only If People Stopped Throwing Money at Them
Does it matter if you get your LL.M. degree online? At least one hiring partner thinks so...