Law Schools
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Money
Clients Won't Pay For What Law Schools Churn Out
You spend three years of your life going to law school. You spend over a hundred thousand dollars on getting that education. You take a difficult entrance exam to prove that you are qualified to practice law. You'd think that after all that you'd be able to convince sophisticated clients of your value as a lawyer. You would, of course, be wrong.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Law Schools, Small Law Firms, Venable
New York Law School Files Motion to Dismiss Suit Over Employment Data
In August, New York Law School was hit with a class action lawsuit over the school's allegedly deceptive post-graduate employment data. The suit accused NYLS of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and deceptive business practices. Now, two months later, NYLS is packing some Biglaw heat against two small firms, and moving to dismiss the complaint.... - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Election 2012, Law Schools, Politics, Student Loans
Another Senator Wants to Hop on the Occupy the ABA Bandwagon
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), come on down! Okay, I’m sure Senator Coburn wouldn’t put it this way, but you can count him as the latest Senate member who has joined the fight for something that the Occupy Wall Street people should really care about. He wants there to be more transparency when it comes to […]
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Bar Exams, Law Schools, UVA Law
Recent Bar Exam Results: Open ThreadPennsylvania, Virginia -- any others?
Today, we have news that both Virginia and Pennsyltucky Pennsylvania have released the results of the July 2011 bar exam. Our congratulations go out to everyone who passed. And for those who didn’t, better luck next time (but on the upside, it’s Friday, so it wouldn’t be completely inappropriate for you to drink yourself into […] -
Books, Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians
Caption Contest Finalists: Ugh, Our Library Is Such a Dump
Earlier this week, we asked readers to submit possible captions for this trashy photo: Let’s have a look at what our readers were able to come up with, and then vote on the finalists…. -
Education / Schools, Law Schools, Student Loans
A Picture of How the Student Loan Industry Took Advantage of You
Today, we have a great infographic that explains the student loan "racket." Government secured loans, collection agency premiums, non-dischargable debts through bankruptcy -- this graphic has everything. Let's check out the graphic.... -
Biglaw, Blackberry-Crackberry, Election 2012, Food, Insider Trading, iPhone, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Nauseating Things, Politics, Rape, Sentencing Law, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.14.11
* Members of the Occupy Wall Street brigade were allowed to continue to be dirty hippies living in a park without toilets this morning. So fresh and so clean! OMG, yippee! [Wall Street Journal] * French prosecutors have dropped another yet another rape charge lodged against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Seriously? It looks like nothing sticks to […]
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law School Dean/Martyr Did Not Lose His Job In Vain
You might remember the story of brave Philip Closius. He is the former dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He gets to be called “brave” because he went down fighting for the financial security of his students and future UB Law students in the face of another university president who treated the […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Law Schools, Legal Ethics, State Judges, Student Loans
New York Post Tells Law Grads to Go Away
A lovely editorial in the New York Post showed a total lack of understanding about the problems lawyers and recent law grads are facing. You should see it, because sometimes it's easy for lawyers to forget just how much the outside world hates them. Maybe if more prospective law students knew how much everybody else dislikes them, there would actually be fewer unemployed lawyers walking around in need of help.... -
Books, Law Professors, Law Schools, Shameless Plugs
A Helpful New Resource for Law Students
We’re already into the middle of October. In the law firm world, associates are starting to think about bonuses. Meanwhile, at law schools, exams will be here before you know it. If you’re a law student looking for guidance about preparing for and taking exams, you might want to check out Open Book: Succeeding on […] -
Books, Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians
Caption Contest: Ugh, Our Library Is Such a Dump
Every year at the end of finals, law students contemplate doing crazy things with their books. While some people want to set them on fire, others want to roll up a page or two and just blaze. These are creative options for creative people. Others will settle for the simplest solution possible, tossing those babies straight into the nearest trash can. But what happens when a law school does it for you? Here's the photo for our latest caption contest.... -
John Marshall Law School, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Trendspotting
Trendspotting: Will Law Schools Continue to Defend Questionable Employment Data?
It was just last week that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska announced that in addition to their class action suits against Cooley Law and New York School of Law, they intended to sue 15 more law schools over their allegedly deceptive post-graduate employment statistics. In the days that followed, everyone wanted to know when these […] -
Bar Exams, Fabulosity, Kids, Law Schools, Pregnancy / Paternity
Quote of the Day: The Fruits of Her Labor
It’s impossible to know what would have happened if I had done something differently. Ultimately, I have what was, and remains, most important to me — a happy, healthy son. — Elana Nightingale Dawson, the recent Northwestern Law graduate who went into active labor during the bar exam, commenting on the good news of her […]
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Law Schools
Do People Choose Law Schools Based On Subway Ads?
On Friday, we told you about the administrator at New England Law who embezzled over $170,000. That was the first time Elie had heard of New England Law School, and he thought he knew all of the ABA-accredited law schools. But evidently, he hasn't taken the "T" (the Boston subway system) in quite awhile. Apparently, regular T passengers know of New England Law. If you are the kind of person who believes subway ads, you might have a totally different impression of New England Law than anybody else.... -
Law Schools
Law School Controller Embezzles Funds: Turns Out, This Is Still a Crime
I think we get so used to law schools taking money out of the hands of their students that we forget that there can actually be a crime when you appropriate student funds for yourself. The Boston Globe reports that the controller of a Massachusetts law school admitted he embezzled more than $170,000 from the […] -
Contests, Hotties, Law Schools, LLMs, Media and Journalism, Tax Law
Are Male Lawyers Getting Less Attractive?
Are male lawyers and law students getting uglier? Whether male lawyers are decreasing in attractiveness seems subjective. But there's actually some evidence that the men of the legal profession are 66 percent less hot than they were last year.... -
Kids, Law Schools
Parents Just Don't Understand
Last week, we received a fairly provocative question in the Above the Law inbox. A reader asked us to assess the role that parents play -- or should play -- in their children's decision to go to law school. Elie don't think that parents are allowing their kids to go to law school because they want to be supportive of their kids' dreams. He thinks that more parents are forcing their kids to go to law school. Absent parental meddling, there wouldn't be nearly as many people applying to law school.... -
Email Scandals, Law Schools, Money, Vicious Infighting
NYU Law SBA Scandal Resolution: Administration Throws Former Treasurer Under The Bus
Remember the recent NYU Law SBA squabble between its President and former Treasurer? You'd think something of this magnitude would just kind of fade into the background, but the NYU administration decided to give this thing new life. The administration conducted an investigation into the dispute. And the administration is coming down on the side of President Party Law.... -
Affirmative Action, Bar Exams, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Money, Racism
Start Socioeconomic Affirmative Action Now
According to a new study by UCLA law professor Richard Sander, discussed in an article in the Denver University Law Review, “the vast majority of American law students come from relatively elite backgrounds; this is especially true at the most prestigious law schools, where only five percent of all students come from families whose SES […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, John Marshall Law School, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day
Fifteen More Law Schools to Be Hit with Class Action Lawsuits Over Post-Grad Employment Rates
Kurzon Strauss, the law firm that brought us some of the most prolific class action lawsuits of the year has split up. Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you've got major cases to deal with. So, what's a lawyer to do? Apparently the solution is to file fifteen more class action lawsuits against law schools with questionable post-graduate employment data. Is your law school or alma mater a defendant?