Law School Deans
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, WSJ Law Blog
Loyola 2L Hits the Big Time (Even If Not the Big Law)
On the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal, there’s an excellent article, by Amir Efrati, about the not-so-hot job prospects for non-top-tier law school graduates. Here’s the lede, which nicely summarizes the situation: A law degree isn’t necessarily a license to print money these days. For graduates of elite law schools, prospects have never […] -
Erwin Chemerinsky, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting, Weirdness
Breaking: Erwin Chemerinsky to UC Irvine After All!
This email message, from Professor Erwin Chemerinsky to Duke law school faculty and students, went out ten minutes ago. Also, here’s some coverage from the Los Angeles Times. ———- Forwarded message ———- From: “Erwin Chemerinsky” To: [redacted] Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:07:53 -0400 Subject: news It is with excitement and sadness that I am […] - Sponsored
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Erwin Chemerinsky, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting
Chemerinskygate: Dean for a Day?
Who knew that such a little man could generate such big controversy? In a nutshell (see the links collected below for more): Erwin Chemerinsky, the brilliant but controversial professor of constitutional law at Duke, accepted an offer to serve as inaugural dean of UC Irvine’s new law school. But then Professor Chemerinsky’s deanship was yanked […]
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Ave Maria School of Law, Education / Schools, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Religion, Vicious Infighting
How Do You Solve the Problems of Ave Maria? ATL Interviews Dean Bernard Dobranski (Part 2)
Earlier today, we posted the first installment of our recent interview with Dean Bernard Dobranski, of Ave Maria School of Law. You can access that part of the write-up, which includes background on current controversies at Ave Maria, by clicking here. Now we bring you the second half of the interview. It appears after the […] -
Ave Maria School of Law, Education / Schools, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Religion, Vicious Infighting
How Do You Solve the Problems of Ave Maria? ATL Interviews Dean Bernard Dobranski (Part 1)
We officially declare today to be Ave Maria School of Law Day here at ATL. This morning, we wrote about a dubious recusal motion, seeking recusal of a judge who hired Ave Maria graduates as law clerks. And now we bring you more detailed discussion about the relatively new, Catholic law school, founded in 2000 […] -
Bar Exams, Celebrities, Emily Pataki, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sullivan, Law School Deans, Paulina Bandy, Politics, White & Case
The Bar Exam: A List of Famous Failures
If you fail the bar exam, it's not the end of the world; just ask these six celebrities, whose lives and careers turned out fabulously! -
Contests, Evan Caminker, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: May's Couple of the Month
Congratulations to Professors Eve Brensike and Richard Primus, who pummeled the competition and waltzed off into the moonlight with the title of Above the Law’s Legal Eagle Couple of the Month for May. These liberal lovebirds have bleeding hearts — because Evan “McDeany” Caminker pierced them with Cupid’s arrow! LEWW salutes Professors Brensike and Primus, […] -
Biglaw, Jack Weiss, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Jack Weiss to LSU
Late last month, we wrote about how Jack Weiss, a media and entertainment lawyer in Gibson Dunn’s New York office, was under consideration to head LSU Law School. Despite his dazzling resume, Weiss lacked faculty support — which Laurie Lin found surprising. Now, a brief update. From the New Orleans Baton Rouge Advocate: New Orleans […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Jack Weiss, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools
LSU: Practitioner Versus Professoriate
A partner at Gibson Dunn is in the running to be the head of the LSU Law School. But shockingly, Jack Weiss, a media and entertainment lawyer in Gibson Dunn’s New York office, does not have the support of the faculty. The LSU search committee met in closed session for an hour Thursday before publicly […] -
Asians, Books, Kiwi Camara, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Racism, Weirdness
Kiwi Camara: We Are Still Confused
We recently blogged about Kiwi Camara — the young, brilliant, controversial legal scholar — and his mysteriously disappeared job offer from George Mason University School of Law. Camara is a legal Doogie Howser who was 16 when he entered Harvard Law School. At HLS, he caused an uproar after dropping the N-bomb in a group […] -
Harold Koh, Hiram Chodosh, Hotties, Law School Deans, Music, Videos
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 […] -
Harold Koh, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Linda Greenhouse, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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 […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Racism, Screw-Ups
Stepping in Deep Duke-y: A Post-Mortem
The mini-scandal that erupted after it was reported that Fulbright & Jaworski partner uttered “the n word” during a recruiting event at Duke Law School has pretty much blown over. Much wind was taken out of the racist sails when it came to light that the partner said the magic word while “recount[ing] a story […]
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Charles "Cully" Stimson, Department of Justice, Guantanamo Bay, Law School Deans, War on Terror, Washington Post
For Breakfast at Cully Stimson's House: Pop Tarts Filled With Crow
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes a government official unwisely shooting his mouth off is just a government official unwisely shooting his mouth off. When Charles D. Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, criticized lawyers at top law firms for representing Guantánamo Bay detainees, we speculated that perhaps his […] -
9th Circuit, David Levi, Federal Judges, Gender, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Orin Kerr, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sex, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: Chief Judge David Levi To Become Dean David Levi
Big news for both the federal bench and legal academia: Chief Judge David F. Levi, of the Eastern District of California, has been picked as the next dean of Duke Law School. If approved by the trustees, Levi will replace Dean Katharine Bartlett on July 1. Here’s the official press release.* Chief Judge David Levi […] -
Asians, Biglaw, Bonuses, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Law School Deans, Money, Pro Se Litigants, Reader Polls, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Sex, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Clerks, Survivor, Week in Review, Yul Kwon
ATL Week in Review: December 18-22
The week before a major holiday is usually pretty slow. And the Friday before the holiday weekend is usually dead — the perfect time for Mike Nifong to announce he’s dropping the rape charges against the Duke lacrosse team defendants. Other highlights from the past week in legal news and ATL: * Get to know […] -
Federalist Society, Harold Koh, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics
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 […] -
Clarence Thomas, Harold Koh, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Linda Greenhouse, Politics, Samuel Alito
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 […] -
Asha Rangappa, Harold Koh, Hotties, Kids, Law School Deans, Law Schools
Congratulations, Dean Rangappa!
Some happy news from New Haven, Connecticut. Seriously. It’s about Asha Rangappa, Assistant Dean of Admissions at Yale Law School — and here at ATL, better known as the winner of our recent Hottest Law School Deans contest. Check out this memo, from YLS Dean Harold Koh: To: Yale Law School CommunityFrom: Harold Hongju Koh […] -
Evan Caminker, Fashion, Football, Law School Deans, Peter Lattman, WSJ Law Blog
The Horror, The Horror: Hottest Law School Dean Seen Wearing a Sweatshirt!
We’re not huge fans of this photo of Dean Evan Caminker of the University of Michigan Law School, posted at the WSJ Law Blog: First, we don’t think it’s the most flattering picture of Dean Caminker. Compare it to the ones collected here (contestant #1). Based on the photo above, you wouldn’t guess that Dean […]