If you’ve got an ice-cream cone and a trench coat, you might be considered armed and dangerous at this law school.
* Congratulations to Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft! The firm saw its first revenue increase in three years, with profits per partner jumping up 11.6 percent, yet they didn’t top Cravath’s bonuses. Rude. [Am Law Daily]
* Thanks to the firm’s association with Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro, Shook Hardy & Bacon was accused of aiding and abetting in securities law violations and is facing a multimillion-dollar suit. [Miami Herald]
* Lawyer glut? What lawyer glut? Let’s open some new law schools, yayyyy!!! Despite the fact that applications are at their lowest in a decade, new schools are still throwing their doors open wide. [Wall Street Journal]
* With the dean of Seattle University School of Law stepping down, Annette Clark, she of the most epic St. Louis University Law resignation letter, may get a second bite at the proverbial deanship apple. [National Law Journal]
* “Flattery doesn’t get you anywhere in this court.” Wooing the judge won’t work, so Lindsay Lohan’s new lawyer has a tough row to hoe — he had to pick up Shawn Holley’s pieces AND deal with his client. [Fox News]
* Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and judge of “The People’s Court,” RIP. [New York Times]
New law school dean tells reporter he’s not the university president’s “butt boy.”
We check back in with Jim Foley, Washington state judicial candidate and star of a sweet campaign rap video.
Today, the lawyers leading the law school litigation squad announced that they are planning to target 20 more law schools for class action lawsuits over their allegedly deceptive post-graduation employment statistics. This time around, you may be surprised by some of the law schools that appear on their list….
| Student | Alumni | |
|---|---|---|
| Academics | B+ | B- |
| Practical/Clinical Training | B | C |
| Career Counseling | C | C+ |
| Financial Aid Advising | B+ | B |
| Social Life | A- | B+ |
| School Funded | 0.00% | |
| Large Firm | 3.70% | |
| Federal Clerkships | 0.30% | |
| Government | 11.11% | |
| Public Interest | 7.94% | |
| Tuition | $39,810 | |
| Total Investment ? | $214,303 | |
| LSAT (25/75) | 156/161 | |
| GPA (25/75) | 3.14/3.60 | |