Harold Koh
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Disasters / Emergencies, Drugs, Federal Government, Harold Koh, Harris Beach, Holidays and Seasons, Job Searches, Law Firm Mergers, Law Professors, Law Schools, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Music, Musical Chairs, Parties, State Department
Morning Docket: 12.10.12
* “The people who are paying us say this is what we want.” When it comes to cross-border mergers, law firms aren’t becoming behemoths for the hell of it. The end goal is to be able to edge out the rest of the competition. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* It’s been six weeks since Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast, and “[e]verybody wants to go back downtown,” but some Biglaw firms in New York City — firms like Harris Beach and Cahill Gordon — are still stuck in their temporary offices. [New York Law Journal]
* Following Jeh Johnson’s adieu to the DoD, drone-loving Harold Koh will be packing up his office at the State Department and returning to Yale Law to resume his professorship next month. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector is employing 5,800 more people than it was at this time last year. We’d be in good shape if 40,000 people hadn’t graduated law school in May. [Am Law Daily]
* Another day, another wrist slap: Villanova Law has been placed on probation for by the Association of American Law Schools over its grade-inflation scandal. Does that even mean anything? [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* The Lanier Law Firm, known for its spectacular Christmas parties, hosted some country superstars at this year’s event. Guess we know where Faith Hill and Tim McGraw go for legal assistance. [Houston Chronicle]
* A slim majority of American adults think that federal government employees should just sit back, relax, and smoke a bowl instead of enforcing federal laws against marijuana use. [FiveThirtyEight / New York Times]
* “I’m sorry they are confused in the White House.” Puerto Rico’s statehood referendum received a majority of votes, but lawmakers say the results of the two-part plebiscite are too confusing to add a 51st state. [CNN]
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American Constitution Society (ACS), Harold Koh, Judicial Nominations, Politics, Quote of the Day, State Department
Quote of the Day: I would do anything for love Senate confirmation, but I won't do that.
One of [my handlers during my confirmation process] said, ‘You know, you might want to apologize for some of the things you wrote.’ I said to him, ‘Can we get one thing straight? I am not apologizing.’ I’ve lived the life I’ve wanted to live. I’ve said the things I’ve wanted to say. If you […] - Sponsored
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WikiLeaks Gives Diplomats Headaches and Lawyers Work
WikiLeaks worships at the shrine of rabid transparency. And it does not just sacrifice government documents to the transparency gods; founder Julian Assange tells my Forbes colleague Andy Greenberg that corporate America is the site’s next big target. A big bank is going down, says Assange. Greenberg thinks it might be Bank of America. Dealbreaker […]
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Harold Koh
Breaking: Congratulations Harold Koh
It looks like former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh will in fact be the next Legal Adviser of the State Department. The cloture voted just passed, 65 – 31 according to Congressional sources. The cloture vote ends months of debate over Koh’s nomination. An up-down vote on his nomination should follow soon. We’ll see […] -
Harold Koh
Musical Chairs: Harold Koh Steps Down at Yale Law
As we predicted last month, Harold Hongju Koh is stepping down from the deanship at Yale Law School. President Obama is nominating Dean Koh to serve as the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State. Dean Koh previously served in the State Department, as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, […] -
Federal Government, Harold Koh, Law School Deans, State Department
Dean Koh to State Department?
The Yale Law School campus is buzzing with rumors that their popular dean, Harold Hongju Koh, could be leaving for a job in the Clinton State Department. The Yale Daily News reports that Koh could be appointed as legal adviser to the State Department: In that position, Koh — a former assistant secretary of state […] -
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NYU Hires Kenji Yoshino as Permanent Faculty Member
NYU School of Law announced today that it has hired Professor Kenji Yoshino as a tenured faculty member. He was a visiting professor at the school last year and again this spring. Professor Yoshino graduated from Yale Law in 1996 and is influential in the fields of constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature. […] - Sponsored
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More News From Yale Law School
As promised, here’s an update on the recent, sudden passing of a first-year student at Yale Law School. From the Yale Daily News (which we alerted to the story): A first-year Yale Law School student was found dead in his apartment Thursday night. “From what we know at this point, we only have reason to […] -
Deaths, Harold Koh, Holy Crap, Law Schools
Breaking: Yale Law School First-Year Found Dead
A first-year student at Yale Law School was found dead in his apartment last night. You read it here first; the story is developing. More details to appear in this space; refresh your browser for the latest updates. Update (12:40 PM): We just got off the phone with Bliss Bernarda in Yale’s Office of Public […] -
Harold Koh, Law Schools, Weirdness
What's Up At Yale Law School?
So maybe being from Yale Law School doesn’t make you God’s gift to the legal profession (at least according to this commenter). But we still care about developments at our alma mater — and were intrigued to hear about an urgent meeting, to be held at YLS later today: TO: The Yale Law School CommunityFROM: […] -
Crime, Harold Koh, Screw-Ups
Who Says Yale Law School Types Don't Know How To Make Money?
We dropped the ball by not writing about this news when it first surfaced earlier this year. Now that it’s made Instapundit, though, the entire world knows about it. One Yalie writes: A bit of an embarrassment for Harold Koh, though no real fault on his part. Still, it might come up if he’s nominated […] -
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Surviving Stereotypes: Yul Kwon Returns To Yale Law School
“Survivor” champ and YLS grad Yul Kwon made a triumphant return to his law school alma mater last week. In a speech entitled “How I Survived Survivor and Other Professional Challenges,” Kwon, who was introduced by YLS Dean Harold Koh, spoke about breaking down negative stereotypes about Asian Americans. At this point in his speech, […]
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The Dancing Dean: Hiram Chodosh
As reflected in the comments to our recent post, people can’t see eye to eye about Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh. To some, he’s an American hero; to others, he’s a liberal political hack. But here are two things we believe to be non-controversial: 1. Dean Koh doesn’t look as good without his […] -
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Justice Harold Hongju Koh?
That’s the prospect repeatedly pushed in a two-part profile of Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, from the Yale Daily News. The profile has been discussed extensively in the legal blogsophere (see links below). Oh goodness. We could say something snarky and dismissive (e.g., “Hell to the N-O”). But we will comport ourselves with […] -
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Yale Dean Harold Koh Hearts Conservatives
Last Friday night, we attended a Yale Law School alumni dinner here in Washington, at Acadiana restaurant. It was timed to coincide with the big AALS conference of law professors in DC, since so many YLS alums are in legal academia. The keynote speaker at the dinner was Professor Heather Gerken, who was snatched up […] -
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Dean Harold Koh Launches a Charm Offensive
We received an interesting tip last week from a Yale Law School source: I thought you might be interested in this email, which just went out to the Yale Federalist Society email list. It seems you may have struck some fear into Harold Koh with your recent coverage of his ideological tendencies. Here’s the email […] -
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ATL Week in Review: December 4 - 8
* The holiday season is here, and you know what that means: year-end bonuses for law firm associates. On Friday, Milbank Tweed made the first big bonus announcement. And this time it wasn’t fake. * They talk a lot about “due process” over at Yale Law School. But questions have been raised concerning the process […] -
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Harold and Linda, Sittin' in a Tree...
We’re delighted that our scoop about Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh pushing Linda Greenhouse over Justice Samuel Alito for the YLS Award of Merit has been picked up so widely. It even made the pages of the Holy Trinity of the Right-of-Center Blawgosphere: Instapundit, Volokh Conspiracy (Jonathan Adler), and Althouse. As noted, our transcript […] -
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Attention, Concerned Alumni of Yale: Justice Alito Gets (Green)housed
Christmas is less than three weeks away. Are you stumped about what to get for your liberal lawyer friends? Assuming they’re okay with Christmas gifts — maybe they object to even personal celebration of the holiday — have we got an idea for you: Harold Hongju Koh Bobblehead Dolls!!! Harold Koh is the dean of […]