Law Schools
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
The Law School Bubble Is Bursting: Over 80% Of Law Schools Estimated To Be Operating At A Loss
Someday James Cameron will make an epic movie about law schools. -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Conferences / Symposia, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Guido Calabresi, Immigration, Law Schools, Pictures
Chief Judge Kozinski On The Immigrant Experience And Judging
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Law Professors, Law Schools, Politics, Quote of the Day
Who Says Law Professors' Work Isn't Read?
Would you be this forgiving if someone plagiarized your work? -
9th Circuit, Biglaw, Crime, Insider Trading, Job Searches, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Patents, R. Ted Cruz, Sports, Technology, Trials
Morning Docket: 11.11.13
* After months of gains, the legal industry lost 900 jobs in October, just as some of the big state bar exam results came out. We imagine the folks who rallied for the 10-months-after-graduation employment statistic are as pleased as punch. [Am Law Daily]
* “How do we find a new inventory of high net worth clients?” The answer for Kelly Drye was really quite simple: it seems that pro athletes are willing to pay just about anything to keep themselves from going bankrupt. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* “I don’t know why it’s better to use a bigger firm.” When it comes to the latest law firm mega-mergers, some say that it’s not the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* It’s like Groundhog Day for these Biglaw attorneys: Apple and Samsung are preparing for the “patent trial of the century,” part deux, and both MoFo and Quinn Emanuel have enlisted new lineups. [The Recorder]
* SAC Capital’s general counsel is okay, “[a]ll things considered.” His painful appendectomy is nothing compared to the $1.2 billion his hedge fund has to pay the government. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Ted Cruz might be an “AASS,” but he’s done at least one awesome thing in his life. He once drank so much Everclear that he completely ruined a play put on by the Harvard Law drama society. [Boston Globe]
* The Z-list actress who sued IMDb for revealing her age filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit because hey, some of those judges are pretty old. Maybe they’ll sympathize. [Hollywood, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]
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Labor / Employment, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
In Defense Of Dean Lawrence Mitchell
Is Dean Mitchell of Case Western Law the victim of a "smear campaign" by a disgruntled law professor? -
Attorney Misconduct, Breasts, Facebook, Guns / Firearms, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Old People
Morning Docket: 11.08.13
* A proposal to raise the retirement age for judges in New York was crushed by voters, but Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has vowed to continue fighting the requirement — just like a stubborn old man. [New York Law Journal] * Which law schools have the highest percentage of graduates working as corporate directors or executive officers of companies? You might be surprised by some of the results. Or you might not. [National Law Journal] * Dean Lawrence Mitchell of Case Western Reserve Law wants parts of the retaliation suit that’s been filed against him tossed for being “scandalous” and “salacious.” But those are the best parts. :( [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * Thanks to a $25 million donation from an alumnus and his wife, Yale Law School is going to be getting dormitories for law students in the very near future. The thought of all of those coed nerdgasms between future SCOTUS clerks is a thing of beauty. [Fox News] * Clark Calvin Griffith, the former adjunct professor at William Mitchell Law, has been suspended from practicing law for 90 days after exposing his penis to a law student. Stiff punishment. [Pioneer Press] * If you were thinking of giving away guns on Facebook, then you should think again. The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun on the internet is with slideshows of the 572 best kitty cat gifs. [Corporate Counsel] * A police officer in Arkansas ordered a woman to flash him her boobs while she was at work, and when she refused, he allegedly Tasered her repeatedly. She’s obviously suing now. [New York Daily News] -
Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 11.06.13
* Always wanted to join the mile high club? Now you can just buy your way in by booking a trip on a sex plane. The seats are… actually just about as clean as standard airline seats. [Vocativ] * State suspends a lawyer for not having an email address because how can you practice law without sifting through hundreds of requests from Nigerian princes? [IT-Lex] * Kids steal a llama and hit the town. The kids got arrested. They should argue that they needed a therapy llama. [Kotaku] * Is the decline in law school applications due to high-profile preaching or students responding to the market? [PrawfsBlawg] * Texans are pushing to require justices of the peace to be licensed to practice law. That’s one new job out there for any out of work Texas attorneys! [San Antonio Express-News] * The Supreme Court reaffirms that pretty much no conduct rises to the level of ineffective assistance of counsel. Defense counsel consider this a sad day for justice, but look on the bright side: your permanent vacation starts now! [The Atlantic] * A new web series about lawyers trying to run a firm. They’re doing just about as a good a job as Dewey. [Lawyers The Web Series] - Sponsored
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Contract Attorneys, Job Searches, Law Schools
This Law School Is Finally Being Honest About Job Prospects
Which law school has created a matchmaking service to place recent grads in contract attorney jobs? -
Labor / Employment, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Law School Dean Accused Of Sexual Harassment Takes Temporary Leave Of Absence
What is the latest news in the Dean Larry Mitchell drama over at Case Western Law? -
Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Updated Official List For October Term 2013, And A Request for Tips
Which law schools and feeder judges produced the most Supreme Court clerks for October Term 2013? -
Bad Ideas, Law Professors, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law Professor Suggests Adding An Extra Year To Law School -- Seriously?
Should law school take FOUR years? One professor thinks so. -
Conferences / Symposia, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law School Deans, Law Schools
7 Notable Quotes About Law School And Legal Education
Here are 7 funny or interesting comments from a recent conference about legal education reform.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Advertising, Law Schools
Phoenix Law School Changes Name, Hopes That Stupid People Can't Google
Law schools are taking marketing tips from Mad Men. -
Advertising, Cheapness, Law Schools
Flagging Law School Needs A New Logo, Budgets Itself A Whole $50!
Which law school is trying to change its image on the cheap? -
Abortion, Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, Fashion, Federal Government, Gay, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Morning Docket: 11.05.13
* The Supreme Court might have dismissed the Oklahoma abortion case as improvidently granted, but not to worry, because the high court may yet get the chance to abort a woman’s right to choose in this new case from Texas. [New York Times]
* Wherein Justice Scalia seems highly concerned about toupees: yesterday, Supreme Court justices put their fashion sense to the test when trying to determine what ought to count as clothing under the Fair Labor Standards Act. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* The Senate is forging ahead with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, but the bill will likely fail in the House because discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is still cool with John Boehner. [CBS News]
* Wherefore art thou, ladness? According to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, profits per partner at top firms in the U.K. are behind profits per partner in the U.S. America, f**k yeah! [Businessweek]
* Bill de Blasio, the Democratic candidate in the NYC mayoral race, apparently has “deep ties” to Gibson Dunn, the firm behind Citizens United. Gather round, conspiracy theorists. [International Business Times]
* An InfiLaw school is changing its name to Arizona Summit Law. How kind to tip law students off to the fact that even if they climb all the way to the top, there’s nowhere to go but down. [National Law Journal]
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Bad Ideas, Job Searches, Law Schools, Romance and Dating
The Recruiter You Dated At Your Firm Turns Out To Be Crazy, Now What?
Don't have sex with your colleagues, just trust us. -
Law Schools, Politics
How Not To Make An Energy Lawyer: Law Students Object To The Politicization Of Their Studies
School wants more Big Oil lawyers, but students protest. -
Law Schools, Money
Lawyer Offers Money To Discourage People From Going To Law School
How much would somebody have to pay you to NOT go to law school? -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools
Clerkship-Seeking 2Ls, Start Your Engines
What do you think of the latest change to the law clerk hiring process?