Law Reviews
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Advertising, Bar Exams, Barry Ostrager, Gay, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Law Reviews, Non-Sequiturs, Tax Law, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.07
* Barry Ostrager of Simpson Thacher bills out at $1,000 an hour? Well, just keep him away from your bathroom. [WSJ Law Blog] * Eager to soak the rich (hedge fund kings)? Good luck with that. [DealBreaker] * Remember the wacky Stephen Dunne, who blames the gays for his bar failure? Not being admitted may […] -
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Email Scandals, Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Technology, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Time For A Cyber-Crackdown!
Remember our extensive, mischievous-yet-good-natured coverage of internal strife at the legendary Harvard Law Review? It appears to have irritated HLR President Andrew Crespo. And it probably will have to stop now, thanks to the Review’s new “email and internet usage policy,” which prohibits sharing HLR internal emails with the eyes of outsiders. UH OH! Looks […]
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Bad Ideas, Dan Markel, Isn't It Ironic, Law Professors, Law Reviews
Law Professor of the Day: Victoria Dawson
A legal writing teacher who can’t spell? From the St. Petersburg Times (gavel bang: Paul Caron): In 2004, the woman who would become legal writing director at Florida A&M University’s law school posted a working paper online so legal scholars nationwide could see her work. The subject was heady: environmental dispute resolution. But Victoria Dawson’s […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: A Sponsorship Spat
We continue our series of posts chronicling rampant internal strife at America’s top law journal, the Harvard Law Review. Prior posts appear here, here and here. The standard caveats apply: 1. This material is not for everyone. If you don’t share our appreciation for tempests in teapots, you may have a “So what?” reaction. But […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Recruitmentgate
Today we bring you another post in our series about controversy and dissension at America’s top law journal: the Harvard Law Review. Earlier posts appear here and here. We repeat the warning we included in our last post: [This material] is not for everyone. If you don’t share our appreciation for tempests in teapots, you […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Internecine Warfare at the Harvard Law Review (Part 1)
As promised, here’s the first installment in our series about infighting at America’s top law journal: the Harvard Law Review. Some HLR editors are unhappy with the Review’s new fearless leader, president Andrew Crespo, and have been expressing their concerns. We’ve been leaked a number of HLR internal emails that some of you may find […] -
Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Vicious Infighting
Coming Attractions: Internecine Warfare at the Harvard Law Review
We’re going to be doing a series of posts about the world’s premier journal of legal scholarship: the Harvard Law Review. We’ve learned that there are some unhappy campers over at Gannett House (at right), who are less than thrilled with the Review’s new leadership. Here’s a preview of what’s on the way. From a […] - Sponsored
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Football, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Pictures, Sports
A Report on the First Annual Bluebook Invitational
This past weekend witnessed an historic event: the first annual BLUEBOOK INVITATIONAL!!! And we were on hand for the competition. On Saturday, May 12, the four august publications that publish the Bluebook — the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal — vied for […] -
Blogging, Law Reviews, Law Schools
A Sign of the Apocalypse?
Ring the alarm! This just in, from the Harvard Crimson: The Harvard Law Review is cited less and less in decisions by federal courts, in keeping with a trend across several major law reviews, according to a study published last month by staff at the Cardozo Law Review of Yeshiva University. The researchers found that […] -
Cheapness, Food, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Rudeness
Breakfast Food Controversy Erupts at BU Law
In response to our coverage of “Sectiongate” up at Harvard Law School, one commenter wrote: To see how dumb this topic is, imagine replacing “Harvard” with “Boston University.” Yes, that would be dumb. Because Boston University School of Law has its own stupid pseudo-scandal, and it’s not Sectiongate. Say hello to… Bagelgate!!! Date: Tue, 6 […] -
Blogging, Conferences / Symposia, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Media and Journalism
Beyond the Bluebook: The Future of Writing About the Law
Oops, we forgot to post our write-up of the final panel of Friday’s conference at New York Law School. Afternoon Panel (2:15-3:30): Beyond the Bluebook: The Future of Writing About the Law “In a world increasingly dominated by blogs and online publications, does traditional legal scholarship have a future? Will legal scholars abandon the traditional […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law Schools
Just Cite It! The Traditional Law Review Structure
Right now we’re in the audience for this panel at the NYLS conference on writing about the law: Morning Panel #1 (9:30-10:45): Just Cite It! The Traditional Law Review Structure Law reviews have been attacked as irrelevant and their student editors criticized as incompetent, yet legal scholars still need to publish in law reviews to […]
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Admin, Announcements, Food, Holidays and Seasons, Law Reviews, Tax Law
Hey, What Are You Doing Here?
Why are you in front of your computer? To quote our big brother: The rest of America is either sleeping off their Thanksgiving hangovers or pushing their way into a mall to grab those holiday shopping discounts. But you’re rubbing the sleep out of your eyes while staring at a glowing screen. Well, you’re not […] -
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Non-Sequiturs: 11.20.06
* For you law review nerds out there, some direction as to the citation of new species of sources. But *sigh* you probably already know all of this. [Slaw.ca] * Law students bring logic and order to child-bearing… It’s a shame that we have to forego all that spontaneity and excitement of unplanned pregnancies. (Like […]