Affirmative Action
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Affirmative Action, Alberto Gonzales, Crime, Dahlia Lithwick, Death Penalty, Department of Justice, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, Federal Judges, Habeas Corpus, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jury Duty, Linda Greenhouse, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court, Trials, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 01.18.07
* AG Gonzales: Federal judges are unqualified to make national security decisions. [MSNBC] * AG Gonzales: Federal judges should be making national security decisions. [MSNBC; Washington Post] * Affirmative action takes center stage at Boalt. [WSJ Law Blog] * Dahlia asks, “Have the Supreme Court’s opinions become suggestions in Texas?” [Slate] * Linda discusses the […]
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Affirmative Action, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Environment / Environmental Law, Morning Docket, Murder, Sentencing Law
Morning Docket: 12.19.06
* Affirmative action not gone quite yet for Michigan schools. [AP via How Appealing] * Convicted debutante killers not so happy at sentencing. [CNN] * Nebraska corporate farming ban violates dormant commerce clause; Nebraska will appeal to the Supreme Court. [Jurist] * Dracula Jr.’s a lawyer. [WSJ Law Blog] * 13 States and DC sue […]
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Affirmative Action, Anthony Kennedy, Constitutional Law, John Roberts, Paul Clement, Racism, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Dispatch from One First Street: The Race in Public School Cases
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases concerning the use of race as a factor in assigning students to public schools: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District #1, out of the Ninth Circuit, and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, out of the Sixth Circuit. It appears that […]
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Affirmative Action, Biglaw, New York Times, Racism
More About Minority Lawyers and Biglaw
In response to this post — about the low partnership rate for minority lawyers at large law firms, the subject of a recent New York Times piece — an ATL commenter wrote: [UCLA law professor Richard] Sander relies too heavily upon grades as predictors of law firm performance. All of us know scores of brilliant […] -
Adam Liptak, Affirmative Action, Biglaw, New York Times, Racism
How Long Will It Take...
for this thought-provoking article — “Lawyers Debate Why Blacks Lag at Major Firms,” by Adam Liptak, one of our favorite legal affairs writers — to hit the New York Times “Most E-mailed Articles” list? (Our prediction: By the close of business tomorrow, November 29, it will be in the top 10.) Update: It happened even […] -
Affirmative Action, Drinking, Football, Morning Docket, Politics
Morning Docket: 11.13.06
* NY accidentally cracks down on gargling mouthwash and driving. [MSNBC] * The less-than-unique trend among ex-athletes running for office this year: Dems won, Repubs lost. [AP via Yahoo] * This is how bad it was for Republicans last week: “Dead woman wins county race.” [MSNBC] * Lexis and Westlaw might want to throw a […]
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Affirmative Action, Exercise, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Racism
Non-Sequiturs: 11.02.06
* If it’s about avoiding an intimidating environment, there should be a “No Hot People” rule. What’s wrong with grunting if it doesn’t involve intermittent moaning? [Althouse (prior ATL post here)] * Professor Le comments on a recent Northwestern University study of different ethnic groups’ views of affirmative action. Sometimes things are black and white. […]
