Amy Gardner
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Biglaw, Law Schools, Partner Issues, Public Interest
The Ice Bucket Challenge Takes The Legal World By Storm
A round-up of "Ice Bucket Challenge" news from around the legal world. -
Grade Reform, Law Schools
University of Chicago Reminds Students Not To Be Tools About Grades
Continuing our discussion of "elite law school problems," let's talk about grades. If your law school is ranked poorly, waiting for your grades has made you stressed all January. But if you go to a top-ranked law school, it really shouldn't be that stressful, right? Sadly, there are a lot of people at top law schools who are doing it wrong.... - Sponsored
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Crime, Drinking, Law Schools, Parties, Rape, Sex
A Rape Allegation at the University of Chicago Law School
Earlier this week, a tipster wrote to us: “The University of Chicago Law School is suffering from a problem not too different from the one that Antoine Dodson and his neighbors suffered not too long ago.” Chicago is a long way from Huntsville, Alabama, and the University of Chicago Law School is a long way […]
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Education / Schools, Grade Reform, Law Schools
Law School Grading Controversies: Open Thread
We have a message for law school deans and administrators everywhere. To paraphrase Chris Crocker, “Leave… the grades… alone!” Stories about changes to law school grading schemes aren’t much fun for us to write. But every time you deans tinker ever so slightly with your law school’s curve, we here at Above the Law get […]
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