Law Schools
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Asians, Law School Deans, Law Schools, listserv
Closing the Loop on the Case of Bro Versus Thailand
Earlier this week, we told you about the Northwestern Law student who made a joke about Thailand on the Northwestern listserv. The joke was in poor taste, especially given that it was in response to a solicitation for charitable donations after a deadly flood in Thailand. I thought the penalty would be a chorus of […] -
Canada, Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Music
Open Thread: What Would You Have Done Instead of Going to Law School?
Given all of the other opportunities that you may have had, was going to law school the best choice you could have made? If you knew then what you now know, would you still have signed on the dotted line and accepted your seat in the class? What would you have done instead of going to law school? - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Email Scandals, Evan Caminker, Law Schools, LSAT
The Life and Death of the Michigan 'Wolverine Scholars' Program
Way back in 2008, Elie noted with derision the University of Michigan's "Wolverine Scholars" Program. He wasn't the only one. The initiative allowed Michigan undergraduates with very high GPAs to get into Michigan Law without having to take the LSAT. There's been much less fanfare about the end of the program than there was about its start, but we obtained some FOIA documents....
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Celebrities, Drinking, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Money, Morning Docket, Pornography, SCOTUS, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 11.17.11
* Grassley, if you think a letter will get the SCOTUS health care arguments on TV, then you probably think the ABA is going to do something about your letters to them, too. Aww. [Blog of Legal Times] * When in doubt, get the f**k out. Take this expert advice from Judge Paul Hawkes: the […]
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Crime, Deaths, Kids, Law Schools, Murder, Police, Pornography, Prisons, Violence
Stephen McDaniel Indicted for Murder of Lauren Giddings
This should not come as a great shock, since he’s been in jail since July, but Stephen Mark McDaniel has been indicted by a grand jury for the murder of Lauren Giddings. McDaniel and Giddings graduated earlier this year from Mercer Law School, where they were classmates, and they were also neighbors in the Barristers […] -
Law Schools, Religion, Women's Issues
Which Law School Needs to Give Thanks for Birth Control?
Word on the street is that people have been saying that I’m “anti-woman.” Apparently, I might as well get in touch with Al Bundy and join NO MA’AM. And while sitting around drinking booze and going to strip clubs would be fun, it’s just not my thing. I’m sorry to disappoint our readers, but I’m […] -
Blogging, Constitutional Law, Fat People, Food, Insider Trading, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Money, Morning Docket, Pro Bono, Violence
Morning Docket: 11.16.11
* One of the reasons that members of Congress are so filthy rich is because they’re only technically breaking the law, but Scott Brown wants to try to curb Congressional “insider trading.” [CBS News] * In other Congressional news, pizza is now considered a vegetable. And fat people the world over rejoiced by stuffing their […]
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Federalist Society, Law Schools, Violence
Did You Attend Today's 'Killing Spree'?
If you're a law student, you probably checked your email first thing this morning for one reason or another. Maybe you were waiting to hear back from a professor. Maybe you were praying for a snow day and hoping that classes were canceled. Either way, you probably weren't expecting to see something like this from your law school.... - Sponsored
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Asians, Law Schools, listserv
Northwestern Law 'Bro' Offends Most Of Law School, All Of Thailand
We've gotten a lot of mileage out of the "PC Police" at Northwestern Law School. The school seems to have a number of students who are easily offended. Some of the kids there overreact at the slightest provocation. Do you want to see how they react when something actually offensive happens? -
Blind Item, Law Professors, Law Schools, Romance and Dating, Weddings
Law School Blind Item: Hot for Teacher
Romances between law professors and law students: they happen. Law students are adults, after all, and they should be allowed to make their own decisions in matters of the heart. Our latest blind item has to do with the extracurricular activities of a prominent law professor.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Is a Senate Hearing on the Way for Law School Transparency?
Law schools have faced an incredible amount of public scrutiny this year. Three law schools — Thomas Jefferson, Cooley Law, and New York Law School — are facing lawsuits over their allegedly deceptive employment statistics. Fifteen more lawsuits of the same variety may be filed soon. Three senators have demanded action from the American Bar […] -
Free Speech, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Military / Military Law
Suffolk Law Supports the Troops, and Free Speech, and the Constitution, and Everything Else!
On Friday, we told you about Michael Avery, a professor at Suffolk University Law School who objected to a school-wide solicitation for care packages for American servicemen fighting in Afghanistan. Both the dean of the law school and the president of the university are now weighing in and defending, well, everything.... -
Airplanes / Aviation, Food, Football, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Nauseating Things, Paralegals, Prisons
Morning Docket: 11.14.11
* Pennsylvania may have new child abuse reporting requirements by the year’s end. Apparently the key to efficiency in state government is to sully the reputation of the state’s pride and joy. [CNN] * “There is always room for a good law school, regardless of the climate.” Say hello to Peter C. Alexander, the founding […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Bar Exams, Conferences / Symposia, Federalist Society, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools
Law School Accreditation: What Is To Be Done?
Critics of the current legal-education model, including my colleague Elie Mystal, have accused the American Bar Association of failing to uphold sufficiently stringent accreditation standards. ABA-accredited law schools proliferate, even though thousands of law school graduates find themselves unemployed or underemployed. The ABA was recently chided by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and […] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Pictures
Caption Contest Winner: Have a Seat...
Want the backstory on these uncomfortable-looking couches? Last week, we asked our readers to submit possible captions for this photo. Readers then voted on the finalists, and now it’s time to announce the winner of our most recent caption contest.... -
Free Speech, Law Professors, Law Schools, Military / Military Law
Law Professor Objects to Solicitations to Help Our Troops in Afghanistan
On Wednesday, a law professor wrote a screed objecting to a solicitation to send care packages to troops deployed in Afghanistan. Let me say that again: the professor was pissed off that students were asked if they could send care packages to soldiers serving abroad. Yeah, happy Veterans Day.... -
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.... -
Cardozo Law School, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyer Advertising, Summer Associates, Technology
An Interview With the 2L Who's Advertising Himself on Google
Yesterday we brought you the story of a 2L at Cardozo Law School who has taken out Google ads promoting himself, in an attempt to find a summer associate job. We reached out to Eric Einisman to ask him: What was he thinking? -
Abortion, Law Schools
Abortion: Exactly the Kind of Thing You Want to Talk About in a Bitchy Email
You know what's never happened? A rational discussion about abortion rights that started because a Student Bar Association president sent an email. Luckily, the SBA email about a defaced abortion poster that we're about to show you is so over the top that it's more funny than annoying.... -
Law Schools, Parties, Romance and Dating
What Kind of a Law School Has a 'Man Auction'?
We recently found out that a student group from a New York area law school is holding a Man Auction this Friday. We hear that this event has gone off without a hitch in the past, but this year, the group has changed the name of the event to the “Cake Sale.” Maybe they got […]