Racism
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Affirmative Action, Law Schools, LSAT, Minority Issues, Privacy, Racism, Screw-Ups
Baylor Law Screw-Up Reveals Personal Data of Entire Admitted Class: Data That We've Got
Baylor Law accidentally releases personal information of admitted students... -
Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Hoodie Law Follow-Up: More Law Students Want Justice For Trayvon Martin
Law student protests over Trayvon Martin are truly going on from coast-to-coast... - Sponsored
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Deaths, Intellectual Property, Minority Issues, Racism, Trademarks, Violence
Trayvon Trademark? An ATL Debate
A Trayvon trademark? Your Above the Law editors debate.
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Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Hoodie Law? Law Students Around the Country Stand Against Profiling.
Law students try to scare you... -
Crime, Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Minority Issues, Racism
Are 'Stand Your Ground' and 'Defense of Home' Laws Racist?
Now that everybody is being reminded of stand your ground statutes, are we still sure they're a good idea? -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Racism, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs, Yolanda Young
Covington Prevails in Discrimination Suit Brought by Yolanda Young
Remember Yolanda Young, who alleged that Covington & Burling relegated minorities to a "staff attorney ghetto"? Whatever happened to her lawsuit against the elite D.C. firm? -
Harvard, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
Allegations of Racism Fly As Harvard Law Braces for Today's Student Government Elections
Hey Harvard Law School, high school called, it wants its drama back.... -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Barack Obama, Election 2012, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Minority Issues, Politics, Racism
Richard Cebull Day Two: Time for the Cebullsh** Apology
Chief Judge Richard Cebull of Montana, the judge who sent around a racist and sexist email about Barack Obama and the president's dead mother, has started the "damage control" process that will never really end. What steps has he taken to address the situation? - Sponsored
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Barack Obama, Election 2012, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Politics, Racism, Rudeness
Judge of the Day: Montana Chief Judge Forwards Racially Charged Joke About Obama
The chief judge for the District of Montana sent around a racially charged joke about President Obama. Was the joke offensive? You be the judge. -
Barack Obama, Billable Hours, Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 02.29.12
* Now prison inmates will literally be able to listen to the jailhouse rock. Dancing to it is a different issue. [USA Today] * Why do students surf the web in class instead of taking notes? Probably because their professors are boring. [Legal Skills Prof Blog] * The current Supreme Court justices have less time […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Can A Law School Force You To Be Racially Sensitive?
Is it right for a law school to send its students to tolerance camp? Mandatory tolerance camp? Mandatory tolerance camp, where unexcused absences will result in an intolerant notation placed in students’ permanent records? When I came across the story of a state law school holding a “mandatory” diversity seminar that students were required to […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Lawsuit of the Day, Pro Se Litigants, Racism, Travel / Vacation
Lawsuit of the Day: Nightmare Vacation for Rich 'Honkeys'
Don’t you just hate it when rude and inefficient airline administrators ruin your vacation by stranding you on the ski leg of your vacation in Aspen, causing you to almost miss your cruise leaving out of Florida? It’s so annoying to have to stay in a series of luxury hotels across the country because the […] -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Racism
What's Going On With Mayer Brown's Title VII Suit?
Back in 2009, we wrote about a Title VII suit that a former associate filed against Mayer Brown. To make a long story short (read our prior posts for the full background), Venus Yvette Springs, an African American woman, alleges that the firm discriminated against her because of her race, and eventually fired her in […]
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Election 2012, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey, Paul Bergrin, Politics, Prostitution, Racism
Morning Docket: 01.13.12
* What’s funnier here? The fact that Stephen Colbert is running for “president of the United States of South Carolina,” or the fact that he’s already beating Jon Huntsman in the polls? [Washington Post] * Notorious New Jersey defense attorney Paul Bergrin’s second racketeering trial has been postponed and may be delayed indefinitely, but he’s […]
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Bar Exams, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Reader Polls, Small Law Firms, UVA Law
An Update On Johnathan Perkins: Did He Get His Law Degree?
What transpired here is a mystery. -
Affirmative Action, English Grammar and Usage, Minority Issues, Politics, Racism
Grammer Pole of the Weak: The Meaning of 'Diversity'
In Grammer Pole of the Weak, we typically tackle issues of English grammar and usage, as well as questions of style (in terms of legal writing, not fashion). Last week, we delved into the fun topic of em-dash spacing, and learned that our readers are essentially deadlocked on whether to use a space before and […] -
Benchslaps, Biglaw, Minority Issues, Pro Se Litigants, Racism
Benchslap of the Day: A Case of Having Too Much Flair
Remember Venus Springs? She's the former Mayer Brown associate who alleged discrimination and filed a Title VII complaint against the firm after being fired in September 2008. Well, she's back, and she's brought a whole new lawsuit to the table. So, who is Springs suing this time, and what are her allegations? We'll give you that information, plus the details of the benchslap associated with her latest case, after the jump.... -
Drinking, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Letter from London, Media and Journalism, Racism, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Letter from London: Port, Nazis, and In-House Lawyers
To qualify as a lawyer in the U.K., you first have to eat 12 dinners. Seriously. OK, it’s only barristers (British trial lawyers) who must meet this requirement. And they have to pass legal exams as well as eat. But the essence of my slightly sensationalised opening sentence is true: no dinners, no qualification. Here’s […] -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Racism, S.D.N.Y., Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Yolanda Young
Staff Attorney Claims Discrimination at Quinn Emanuel
We're starting to think that staff attorneys are being discriminated against because they are staff attorneys. A racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed against Quinn Emanuel by a former staff attorney. We're not sure if racism really fits into Quinn's work hard/play hard firm culture. We feel like the only color Quinn cares about is green.... -
Animal Law, Insider Trading, Law Professors, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Music, Racism, Sentencing Law
Morning Docket: 10.26.11
* Rajabba is appealing his insider trading convictions and prison sentence, but someone needs to suffer for this outrage. Where are Solo and the Wookiee when you need them? [Bloomberg] * PETA is suing SeaWorld on Thirteenth Amendment grounds for enslaving killer whales. Oh, so the only marine animals you’ll help have to be black […]