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Boalt Hall, Contests, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, March Madness, Reader Polls
ATL March Madness (2012): The Most Honest Law School FINAL
It's the final of Above the Law's March Madness competition. Which is the Most Honest Law School? -
Boalt Hall, Elena Kagan, Harvard, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Real Estate, Ridiculousness
True Story: Harvard Law Sells Naming Rights to Its New Bathrooms, and a Berkeley Law Professor Couldn't Be Happier
A Harvard Law School building contains the Falik Men's Room. No, we didn't make that up.... - Sponsored
How To Maximize Productivity With Westlaw Precision With CoCounsel
Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel helps legal professionals get a faster start to their research. Over time, that added productivity can lead to higher-quality research and… -
Bar Exams, Boalt Hall, California, Law Schools, Loyola Law School
California Bar Passage Rate Holds Steady; Shame For Underperforming Schools Deepens
California has released some macro-level results from the July 2011 administration of the bar exam. The California bar is notoriously difficult, and every year we like to take a look at which schools prepared their students well for the exam, and which schools did not. You might be surprised at which California law school had the best passage rate on the California bar. Hint: it's not Stanford, or Boalt Hall, or UCLA....
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Biglaw, Boalt Hall, Fabulosity, Law Schools, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations to the 2012 Skadden Fellows
It's time for celebration of a different sort -- time to celebrate, and congratulate, the latest class of Skadden Fellows. The winners of these prestigious public interest fellowships were just announced, as they are every December. Who are the Skadden fellows for 2012? Which law schools produced the most fellows? And what's different about this year's program compared to past years? -
Boalt Hall, California, Law Schools, Police, Videos, Violence, Wall Street, YouTube
The Berkeley Beatings
Many of you have heard about the beatings that took place at UC Berkeley's Occupy Berkeley protests. Here's a memo for police: next time you simply must beat unarmed protesters who are not threatening you, maybe you shouldn't do it in front of a law school.... -
Airplanes / Aviation, Boalt Hall, Health Care / Medicine, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Malpractice, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.11
* The TSA must be stopped. They’re now leaving creepy notes when they spy personal items in your luggage. [Not So Private Parts / Forbes] * Law students, trust me, there’s nothing on your Facebook page that three more points on the LSAT won’t fix. [WSJ Law Blog] * Berkeley Law 1Ls are playing an […] -
Asians, Boalt Hall, California, Gay, Gay Marriage, Judicial Nominations, Law Professors, Politics, State Judges
Congratulations to Justice Goodwin Liu!
Congratulations to Goodwin Liu — until today Professor Liu, but after today, Justice Liu. In July, California Governor Jerry Brown nominated the 40-year-old Liu, a law professor at Boalt Hall, to serve on the California Supreme Court. The nomination was subject to the approval of a three-member state commission. What did the commission have to […] -
Asians, Boalt Hall, California, Judicial Nominations, Law Professors, Politics, State Judges
A Conservative's Worst Nightmare: Justice Goodwin Liu?
Goodwin Liu, the Berkeley law professor whose nomination to the Ninth Circuit fell victim to a filibuster, is getting a nice consolation prize. Governor Jerry Brown just nominated Professor Liu to the California Supreme Court. - Sponsored
Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
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Boalt Hall, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
Boalt Hall and UCLA Issue Scholarships To Cover Last-Minute Fee Increase
The administrations at UCLA Law and Boalt Hall step up to the plate to help law students facing yet another fee increase. -
Boalt Hall, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News, UVA Law
Open Thread: 2012 U.S. News Law School Rankings (7 - 14)
Welcome Texas! As you are all know, the University of Texas School of Law has moved into the “top 14” in this year’s U.S. News law school rankings. It’s a bit of cheat for U.S. News: Texas is technically tied for 14th, which means that the magazine has actually managed to cram 15 schools into […] -
Bar Exams, Boalt Hall, California, Law Schools, Loyola Law School
California Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread
Here in New York, home to Above the Law and Breaking Media, we’re gearing up for more epic snow. Those of you lucky enough to live in the Golden State might have to deal with earthquakes, mudslides, and obnoxious celebrities, but at least you don’t have to deal with blizzards. Falling snow? Not in sunny […] -
Boalt Hall, Rankings, U.S. News, UVA Law
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (6 – 15)
Let’s continue our march through the U.S. News law school rankings. Today we finish up the traditional top-14 — and we’ll throw in the schools tied for 15th, because we’re pretty sick of hearing UT and UCLA students whine. To refresh your memory, here’s the next group of schools: 6. NYU 7. Berkeley 7. Penn […] -
Barack Obama, Boalt Hall, John Roberts, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Let's Get Ready to Rumble
Televise this chief justice and this president on stage at the Kennedy Center for three hours talking about the role of government and the future of our polity. This historic clash of intellectual titans would be the most powerful civics lesson since the Federalist Papers, and we could sure use it. — Berkeley Law Dean […]
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Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
Why M&A cybersecurity due diligence?
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The Ethical use of Generative AI
What’s the key to empowering your legal team with the efficiency and insight of AI while protecting the integrity of their work? Read this article…
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Boalt Hall, Drinking, John Yoo, Pranks
UC-Berkeley's Gun Club Secret Society Rides AgainJohn Yoo unimpressed
UC-Berkeley once again topped Michigan in the (leaked so still unofficial) U.S. News law school rankings. Boalt Hall also dominated the Wolverines this month when it comes to secret society activity. Whereas, members of Michigan’s “Barrister’s Society” threw their dirty laundry o’er the rooftops, resulting in campus-wide derision, recent activities by Berkeley’s “Gun Club” have […] -
Bad Ideas, Boalt Hall, Lunacy
Crazy Spammer Maligns San Francisco Law Firm and Berkeley 3L
Attorneys and law students across the country have been on the receiving end of emails from a rabid activist named Leslie Brodie this month. Brodie is waging a crusade to “end racism/sexism in U.S. law firms” by starting a petition. In a mass email about the petition, she directed her attack specifically at one firm, […] -
Boalt Hall, Free Speech, John Yoo, Law Schools, Rudeness
John Yoo's 'Secret Class': The Professor Responds
Berkeley law professor John Yoo, author of the so-called “torture memos” — as well as a new book on executive power, Crisis and Command, which has been getting very good reviews (even from such outlets as the New York Times and the Washington Post) — once again finds himself in the hot seat. And we’re […] -
Biglaw, Boalt Hall, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations to the Newest Class of Skadden Fellows
In addition to being one of the world’s most successful law firms, Skadden is also a public-spirited one. The firm just donated $100,000 to Haiti relief efforts, for example. (More on that later.) In addition, the firm supports public interest work through the Skadden Fellowship Program: The Skadden Fellowship Foundation, described as “a legal Peace […] -
Boalt Hall, Job Searches, Law Schools, Videos
Hope for Second-Year Law School Students?(And: If Hitler Were a Berkeley 2L)
In parsing the fate of law school students, there’s no point in talking about the 3Ls. Their chances of success in the job hunt are about as bright as Obama’s prospects of winning the war in Afghanistan. In other words, abandon hope all ye who enter here. The 1Ls can actually pray the economy will […] -
Boalt Hall, Student Loans
Berkeley Law Students, How Did the 'Not Ironic' Strike Go?
Yesterday, we told you that big tuition hikes could be coming to schools in the University of California system. But we didn’t know that Berkeley students had a plan to do something about it. They’re going out on strike! With university workers who want a raise! Or something! Hey, it’s the Berkeley way. When they […] -
Boalt Hall, Student Loans
Law School Tuition Hikes Spread Like Wildfires in California
Last month, we reported that UC Hastings College of Law was set to become the most expensive law school in California. Apparently, the good people at Berkeley and UC Davis took that as a challenge. Tomorrow, November 18th there will be a meeting on the proposed budget for the California university system. The tuition numbers […]