Recent Headlines from Above the Law
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Law Schools
Heather Gerken Is Yale's First Female Dean, But Hopes She Won't Be The Last
She's using her time as dean to inspire more women to pursue leadership roles. -
Law Schools
Top Law Schools Change The Dates Of Their Virtual Interview Programs
Yale and Stanford are moving their virtual interview programs to June -- and other law schools may be forced to do the same. -
Law Schools
ABA's New Law School Free Speech Requirement Just Makes Everything Worse
The ABA's new accreditation requirement doesn't live in a vacuum. -
Government
Ron DeSantis Claims Victimhood For Having Attended Yale And Harvard Law
The world would have been better off if he went to a real law school, like Temple. -
Law Schools
Yale Law School Director Resigns And Apparently We Need To Keep Reminding People Not To Hit On Their Students
There are other fish in the sea outside of your own school. -
Courts
Yale Law Professor Writes Weirdest Defense Of Clarence Thomas Yet
Not sure the professor is grasping the actual issue here. -
Law Schools
U.S. News Law School Rankings Preview Is Here: Major Shakeup Or Much Ado About Nothing?
Quite often, much fanfare signals nothing. This is one of those times. -
Law Schools
U.S. News Lashes Out At Law Schools That Don't Want To Play Their Silly Little Rankings Game Anymore
U.S. News tries to stem the tide of law schools fleeing the ranking. -
Government
J.D. Vance's Bold Statecraft Strategy Of Not Being An 'Assh*le'
An unexpected strategy for the freshman senator. -
Courts
Antitrust Suit Sets Stage To See If Yale, Columbia, And Others Are Institutes Of Higher Learning Or Higher Income
The first red flag was the frequent mentioning of their parent's deep pockets in their diversity statement. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Isn't A Cancel Culture, It's A Business That Cares More About Money Than Your Feelings
If love means never having to say you're sorry, then surely 'cancel culture' means never having to take responsibility. -
Law Schools
Yale Law School Had So Much Fun The First Time, They've Brought Recognized Hate Group Back To Campus!
What could possibly go wrong? -
Law Schools
With Law Schools Dropping Like Flies From Its Ranking, U.S. News Revamps Its Formula
Backed into a corner, U.S. News is making some changes. -
Law Schools
Has Yale Changed The Law School Rankings Game?
How will most of the T14 schools spurning U.S. News change the legal profession? -
Law Schools
Federal Judges All But Admit Yale Law School Boycott Was A Ruse And The School Fell For It Hard
Free speech means the freedom to listen quietly to people with power. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.1.22
* While transparency laws are a step in the right direction, the journey is far from over. [Forbes]
* Did you wake up wondering what federal judges thought about diversity in the field? Here’s your primer. [Wa Po]
* Judge’s scare tactic toward Yale is already crumbling. Learn to commit, people! [Bloomberg Law]
* California’s DOJ made an oopsie. [KTVU]
* Prepare for layoffs. Maybe prepare less if you’re in Employment law or Bankruptcy — they’re kind of always in business. [Law.com]
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Law Schools
Are Top Tier Law Schools Pulling Away From US News Because Of Concerned Action Or Concerted Action?
Sure would be cool if we all just independently did the same thing as each other within a very short period of time such that it would be as if we all decided to do the same thing together... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.21.22
* And then there were 6: More big names are opting out of U.S. News. [Inside Higher Ed]
* Stop Woke keeps getting stopped. Funny outcome, that. [The Guardian]
* A law adopted decades ago is still impacting Black adoptions. [Slate]
* AirBnB keeps getting the wind taken from its wings. [Axios]
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Law Schools
Law Schools Dropping Out Of US News Rankings Like It's A Crypto Exchange
Everyone wants out these days. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.18.22
* Here’s a snippet of what Yale Law thinks about race conscious admissions. [Yale Daily News]
* Will Cornell opt out a la Yale and Harvard? Your guess is as good as mine. [Cornell Sun]
* No need to be curious about UC Berkeley though. [WSJ]
* Brittney Griner has been transferred out of Moscow to begin her sentence. [NYT]
* Been looking for a way to study contracts without being bored to sleep? Consider this…religious angle. [Tampa Bay]