Student Loans
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Barack Obama, Election 2012, Politics, Student Loans
Barack Obama Takes To Reddit And Answers A Question About Law Student Debt... I Didn't Say He Answered It Well.
Obama answered a student loan question on Reddit yesterday in a vapid, uninformed manner... -
Bar Exams, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
The So-Called 'Best Value' Law Schools of 2012 -- Which Actually May Not Have the 'Best Value' At All
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Student Loans, Unemployment
ATL Debate: Should This Kid Take A Year Off From Law School?
Should this law student take a year off from school? Your editors debate -- and you can vote in our reader poll.
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Bankruptcy, Federal Judges, Judicial Divas, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Bankruptcy Still Can't Save You From Law School Debt, But That Doesn't Mean Judges Have to Like It
A federal judge calls for systemic change in the law school student loan system... -
Bankruptcy, Clerkships, Crime, Drugs, Election 2012, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Job Searches, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money, Morning Docket, Politics, Pro Se Litigants, Romance and Dating, S.D.N.Y., Sam Sparks, State Judges, Student Loans, Texas, Unemployment
Morning Docket: 08.13.12
* In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Mitt Romney picked Rep. Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate. Putting politics aside, this is a great pick, if only because Ryan is so handsome. Seriously, he’s a total stud. [Wall Street Journal]
* “How can I be the one guy with a good degree who is going to be chronically unemployed?” Sadly, many lawyers are still looking for jobs after (multiple) layoffs, but thanks to a lack of positions, employment is just “not in the cards” for them. [New York Times]
* Deadliest clerkship? The Washington, D.C. judge who presided over one of the most violent mass shooting cases in the nation’s capital was reportedly held up at gunpoint last week, with her law clerk in tow. [Fox DC]
* Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Texas. Judge Sam Sparks “know[s] the smell of bad fish,” and now wants to know why the USADA waited so long to bring charges against Lance Armstrong. [Bloomberg]
* After reversing a bankruptcy court’s decision that loan repayment would be an “undue hardship” for a law-school debtor, a judge took the time to rip law schools a new one over escalating tuition. [Oregonian]
* Match.com class-action plaintiffs found no love in court after a federal judge ruled that the dating website hadn’t breached its user agreement. Much like their love lives, their claims aren’t getting any action. [Reuters]
* A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client: 23% of all cases filed in the federal court for the S.D.N.Y. are brought by pro-se litigants, and the vast majority of them seem to have lost their minds. [New York Post]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Rank Stupidity, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law Schools Misreport Debt Figures to the ABA; To No One's Shock, the ABA Does Nothing
Which law schools have reported inaccurate figures for their graduates' average indebtedness? -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Quote of the Day, Student Loans, Unemployment
Quote of the Day: You Should Have Known This Would Haunt You for the Rest of Your Days
The outgoing ABA president attempts to make amends with law students and young lawyers.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Cass Sunstein, Drugs, Fast Food, Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Law Professors, Law Schools, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, Sam Sparks, Sports, Student Loans, Ted Frank, UVA Law, Violence
Morning Docket: 08.06.12
* From the White House to the ivory tower: Cass Sunstein is leaving OIRA to return to Harvard Law. Perhaps his thoughts on behavioral economics and public policy will be appreciated in academia. [New York Times]
* It’s too late to apologize this time, Cesar. Greenberg Traurig has been sanctioned in the TD Bank to-do for the firm’s negligent failure to bring forth documents during discovery. [Tampa Bay Business Journal]
* Jared Loughner is reportedly set to plead guilty in the Arizona shooting attack that killed six people, including Judge John Roll, and injured 13, including former Representative Gabrielle Giffords. [Los Angeles Times]
* Lance Armstrong is going for the gold against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, this time with a bid to Judge Sam Sparks for a restraining order blocking the USADA from forcing the cyclist into binding arbitration. [Bloomberg]
* “[T]his is not the time for us to become an international accrediting agency.” The ABA will remain a faulty U.S. accrediting agency, because the Legal Ed Section voted against accrediting foreign law schools. [ABA Journal]
* Apparently Texas Tech Law has more than beauty queens. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has appointed dean emeritus and current law professor Walter Huffman to the new Defense Legal Policy Board. [KCBD 11]
* Remember Joshua Gomes, the UVA Law student who allegedly broke into the school’s registrar office? As it turns out, there’s no more “allegedly” about it. We’ll likely have more on this news later today. [Daily Progress]
* Law school graduates’ tales of woe are still making headlines in newspapers. Please take heed, 0Ls, and remember that you decided to discount this info if you’re told that you “should have known better.” [Oregonian]
* If you want to eat mor chikin but the thought of supporting Chick-fil-A’s stance on gay marriage is giving you indigestion, now you can eat your fill with the assistance of Ted Frank’s chicken offsets. [Huffington Post]
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Non-Sequiturs, Student Loans
Non-Sequiturs: 08.03.12.
* Another month, another underwhelming jobs report. [WSJ Law Blog] * While not a lot of people graduate with six-figures of debt, a whole bunch of them are lawyers. [The Chronicle of Higher Education] * There is a real live fight going on between District Attorneys and criminal defense lawyers in New York. You're not going to believe this but it seems like wrongful convictions really don't seem to be the top concern among area prosecutors. [Simple Justice] * Congratulations to University of New Mexico Law School dean Kevin Washburn on being nominated by Obama to be the next head of Indian Affairs. [New York Daily News] * Bombarding your clients with emails is one way to show them that you care. [What About Clients?] * Juan Williams (who I think I'm supposed to challenge to a duel in order to get his gig on Fox) is just another person pointing out the fraudulent nature of voter fraud claims from the GOP. [Fox News] -
Commencement, Job Searches, Law Schools, Movies, Student Loans, Videos, YouTube
How The Other Half Graduates: A Cooley Commencement Speech Inspired By 'My Cousin Vinny'
The student speaker at Cooley Law's graduation offers an... interesting perspective... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law School Dean Takes On 'The Blogs' But He Doesn't Have The Facts On His Side
Instead of releasing statements full of spin, law students could demand that their dean owns up and apologizes... -
Law Schools, Money, Romance and Dating, Student Loans
Is Law School Loan Debt Ruining Your Love Life?
You probably never thought that your student loans would be both financially and romantically ruinous, but as it turns out, young adults aren’t keen on getting into bed with six-figures of debt every night. -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law School Over-Promises Financial Aid; Will Have $2.4 Million Shortfall Over Three Years
Law school costs so much that even the law school has to go into debt to finance the education...
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Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, New York Times, Perverts, Prisons, SCOTUS, State Judges, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 07.16.12
* Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one Supreme Court justice thinks that things will be back to normal at One First Street come the start of the next term, despite his colleagues’ loose lips. [National Law Journal]
* Hourly billing rates for associate are on the rise nationwide, while partner and counsel billing rates only saw modest bumps. Is Biglaw back in business, or is this just another “retention strategy”? [New York Law Journal]
* This is a really hard to believe newspaper headline: “Law firm recognizes employees have life outside of work.” Carlton Fields, what kind of gypsy voodoo magic spells are you casting? [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
* Another day, another editorial about the “irretrievably broken” state of legal education in our country. But the ABA admins needn’t worry their oblivious little heads, because people will keep applying. [New York Times]
* And in today’s disturbing law school debtor news, Jason Bohn’s charge was upgraded to first-degree murder after a DA announced via indictment that Bohn allegedly intended to torture his victim. [New York Post]
* “Quite frankly, these are the actions of a dirty old man.” You can look, but never lick: it’s not really a good thing when a judge uses a sentence like this to describe an attorney’s alleged client relations skills. [CBS News]
* For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball fraud game. Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud among a potpourri of other felony counts, and he’ll now face up to 20 years in prison. [CNN]
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Alan Dershowitz, Canada, Guido Calabresi, Laurence Tribe, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Student Loans
Non-Sequiturs: 07.11.12
* Canadian comes to America, goes into $100,000 worth of law school debt, and has no job. Mwahahaha, Canada, let’s see your superior health care system find a cure for that! [Globe and Mail] * Wait, you’re not supposed to take your baby along when you go to see a prostitute? Okay. Got it. See, that’s the kind of tip that isn’t in any of the Dr. Spock books. [Wave3] * Ben Bernanke can time travel… [Dealbreaker] * … While John Mara, owner of the WORLD CHAMPION New York Giants, simply revises history. [Forbes] * Alan Dershowitz received a “D” on his first legal writing assignment. Apparently, his Yale Law School professor, the great Guido Calebresi, told him, “You write like you’re having a conversation with your friends in Brooklyn,” and then helped him work on his technique. Little did Calebresi or Dershowitz know that writing like you’re having a conversation with friends could lead to a successful life as a legal blogger. Boy, did they miss out! [Yale Alumni Magazine] * Kenny Heitz, an Irell & Manella partner and former UCLA basketball champion, passed away. [Daily News] Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe foresaw the Obamacare Tax Holding, and we’ve got video evidence to prove it…. How Appealing pointed us to the link below. This will make Tribe’s Con Law class even harder to get into this fall. Remember HLSers, competing classmates can’t register if both their hands are broken: -
Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Texas
Need Money for Law School? Just Sell Your Machine Gun
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
University of Miami 2Ls Will Get 'Waiver' To Offset Tuition Hikes
Miami 2Ls will not have to pay a tuition hike, because the Dean promised them they wouldn't... -
Crime, Murder, Student Loans
Icy Details Emerge From Debtor/Murder Suspect Jason Bohn
Jason Bohn has been apprehended and charged with murder... -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, UVA Law
Incoming UVA Law Student Asks for Tuition Donations
In tough times like these, sometimes you have to be resourceful to get what you want, and it seems that some people still really want to go to law school. -
Law Schools, Murder, Student Loans
Debt-Laden Law Grad Featured in NYT Article on Perils of Law School Suspected of Murder
Student loan debt can make a man do some pretty crazy things. But what about murder?