Law Schools
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Law Schools, Money, New York Times, Student Loans, Stupid Lawyer Tricks
Quote of the Day: Law School Scholarship Funny Money?
By the middle of second semester of that first year, everyone saw the system for what it was. We were furious. We realized that statistically, because of the curve, there was no way for many of us to keep our scholarships. But at that point, you’re a year in. They’ve got you. You feel stuck. […] -
Disasters / Emergencies, Law Schools
Alabama Law Dean: Efficient Manager or Callous Task Master?
Yesterday, we devoted some coverage to the devastation down in Alabama due to the terrible storms there earlier this week. In the National Law Journal, Karen Sloan has an excellent report about how the tornadoes are affecting operations at the University of Alabama, including its law school. It appears that the storms affected the college […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Looks Like The U.S. News Law School Rankings Cost Someone A Job
Many people, especially law school administrators, bemoan the U.S. News law school rankings. Sure, they have their pedagogical reasons for hating the rankings, but there are larger issues here. When schools drop in the rankings, heads tend to roll. Of course, law schools deans rarely admit they were ousted because of the U.S. News. But […]
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Abortion, Drinking, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Nude Dancing
Lawsuit(s) of the Day Potpourri
Lat’s at NALP – 2011. If you don’t believe me, see Above the Law, April 26, 2011. If he was here, maybe we’d have the resources to give each of these entertaining lawsuits the full posts they deserve. Instead, it’s just me, and I’m a little pressed for time now that Harvard has decided to […] -
Bar Exams, Job Searches, Law Schools, William and Mary School of Law
Law School Seeks One-Eyed Man To Lead Blind
You don’t see this every day. We have one law school offering the recent graduates of more prestigious law schools the job of teaching its law students how to pass the bar. It’s probably a great opportunity for people with only limited experience to get into legal academia, but man, I think it would make […] -
Evan Caminker, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Politics
Closing the Loop on Michigan: Rob Portman Is Speaking, But I Bet This Won't Happen Again
Michigan Law Dean Evan Caminker has issued what appears to be his final decision about the Rob Portman fiasco. The Dean has listened to all the relevant constituencies and decided that pulling Rob Portman might cause more long term harm. And so Portman is going to be allowed to speak. Dean Caminker announced this in […] -
Commencement, Law Schools
Embarrassing Commencement Typo
Oh, I kid the grammar nazis because I’m really bad at it and making jokes is easier than contemplating my own shortcomings. But even I can acknowledge that some typos are distracting. Give me another sentence and I’ll show you — or maybe I have already (that’s an honest question: I’ve got no damn clue […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law Schools Lie Like A Dog... Or A Rug. A Dog On A Rug.
I graduated from Northwestern Law in 2009. It is now 2011, my loans are coming due (real due — not the fake, put ‘em in forebearance, due of yesteryear), and I am currently “employed” doing two things: reviewing documents at an embarrassing hourly wage on projects that start and stop without any sort of consistency, […] - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work. -
Law Schools, Money
If Tuition Stays Down, I Don't Give A Damn What They Call It
If your law school sells its naming rights but keeps tuition flat, would you protest? That’s the question facing students at the University of Maryland School of Law. They woke up on Monday morning to find out that instead of going to an easily identifiably state law school, they’ll soon be going to something called […] -
Law Schools, Videos, YouTube
One Person's Law School 'Decision'
Despite the waves of people trying to show me the humor and humanity of stomping a bird to death, I prefer my laughs to come in more traditional formats. Something light: like YouTube videos, made by prospective law students, that are both intentionally and unintentionally funny at the same time. And it just so happens […] -
Animal Law, Email Scandals, Law Schools, listserv, Pets, Violence, Weirdness
Sicko Mass-Emails Animal Death Fantasy To Law School Classmates
Yesterday, there was a wonderful story coming out of Kansas Law School (gavel bang: @VaultLaw). A student there is starting the first animal cruelty prosecution clinic in the country. That’s what the scholars call “awesome.” There are simply not enough lawyers who are even familiar with animal cruelty laws. If more people know how to […] -
Grade Reform, Law Schools
Notre Dame Goes for Two
It’s been a rough year in South Bend. A promising new head football coach led the Fighting Irish to a disappointing 7-5 regular season. The #5-ranked basketball team forgot to show up during March Madness (but at least the women’s team exceeded expectations). It was a year that many Irish fans would like to rewrite. […] -
Advertising, Job Searches, Law Schools, Practical Law Company (PLC), Shameless Plugs, Summer Associates, This Is an Ad, Videos
ATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 1)Introductions, and how to find a summer job.
Earlier this month, Above the Law recorded a webcast, We Know What You Should Do This Summer. We convened a panel of career experts to discuss how law students can make the most of their summers. The panel was sponsored by our friends at the Practical Law Company. (We previously explained PLC and its mission […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work.
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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.
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Federalist Society, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Continuing Misadventures in Law School Decor: Is This Poster Racist?
Another day, another controversy over something hanging in a law school. Why is law school decor such a charged issue these days? As some of may already know, I served as vice president of the Yale Federalist Society when I was in law school. My campaign was non-controversial. At the time, the VP was responsible […] -
Bar Exams, Law Schools, Money, UVA Law
This is How A Top Law School Should Look Out For Unemployed Grads
A couple of days ago, we told you that NYU 3Ls without jobs lined up are receiving discounts on tickets to their law school formal. It’s a nice gesture, but some NYU Law School students wanted more action from the NYU administration regarding the soon-to-be-unemployed students. Well, maybe the NYU kids should have gone to […] -
Law Schools, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism
Finally! Pictures of the Unwelcoming African-Americans at Indy Law
If you had told me at the beginning of the week that something happening at Indiana School of Law – Indianapolis would turn into a three-day Above the Law story, I would have said, “No dude, I’m not going to race-bait the Jews during Passover.” But it turns out that my powers of racial inflammation […] -
Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Indianapolis Dean Shows How Indy's 'Invisible Man' Was Merely Blind
Gary Roberts, the dean of Indiana School of Law – Indianapolis, is a bad ass. We’ve mentioned him before: we featured him in a Quote of the Day, when he said, “If you’re a law student and think you’ll make $140,000 right out of law school, you’re an idiot.” At the time I thought the […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Old People, Violence
A Real Life 'Blue' and a Pushy Prof Spice Up Life at a Top 50 Law School
It’s been a while since we have had a good ol’ Flori-duh story. I mean, that Miami kid came up with a ridiculous student bill of rights ages ago. We’re all overdue for some Everglades antics. We’ll need to do a Florida potpourri here, but together these two stories have everything we’ve come to expect […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Giant Pictures Of African-American Males Make Law Student Feel Unwelcome
I think we’ve all seen law schools or law firms conduct a “diversity campaign” through extremely selective photography. There might be only four people of color at your law school, but you can best believe that all four of them will show up in the brochure for prospective students. Your 100-person law firm might have […] -
Crime, Law Schools, Vanderbilt
Ode to the Guy Stealing Power
We’ve done a lot of stories about alleged thievery at law schools and law firms, and we’ve posted many funny messages from the victims of these crimes looking to get their stuff back. But we haven’t seen anything this elegant before. Law students tend to ask for their stuff back in an argumentative, logical way, […]