Animals
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Animal Law, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Vermin / Rodents / Pests
If A Raccoon Could Fill Out A FAFSA Application, They'd Totally Let It Into Law School
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Animal Law, Canada, Disasters / Emergencies, Quote of the Day
Lawyer Gets Attacked By Polar Bear And Lives To Tell About It
There's no warding off a polar bear attack. Trust this guy, he would know. - Sponsored
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Animal Law, Courthouses, Pets, Quote of the Day, Vermin / Rodents / Pests
Cute Little Ball of Fur Rescues Courthouse From Shame
Just another reason why cats are better than dogs.
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Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Sentencing Law, Violence
A Final Guilty Plea in the Berkeley Bird Beheading
The sad story of the Berkeley bird beheading comes to a close, as the third and final defendant pleads guilty. -
American Constitution Society (ACS), Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Federalist Society, Law Schools, Pictures, Shameless Plugs, Violence
ATL Field Trip: Viva Las Vegas
Greetings from Las Vegas, where two Above the Law editors will debating legal education tomorrow. While in town, we also paid a visit to the site of a major ATL story. -
Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Violence
Berkeley Bird Brain Pleads Guilty to Animal Cruelty Charge
One of the Berkeley law students charged in connection with the killing of an exotic bird has pleaded guilty. What kind of sentence did he get? -
Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Violence
So Much for Flying South: The Alleged Berkeley Bird Beheaders Have Been Criminally Charged
The bird's the word: two Boalties have been criminally charged in the decapitation of an exotic guinea fowl. -
Alan Dershowitz, Bar Exams, Gloria Allred, Jeffrey Toobin, New Jersey, Non-Sequiturs, Pets, Violence, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 11.20.12
* Better late than never: congratulations to everyone who passed the New Jersey bar exam. You’re just in time to get in on some Sandy class-action litigation. [New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners] * Congratulations to all the honorees from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association conference in D.C. last weekend — including, but not limited to, the Best Lawyers Under 40 awardees. [NAPABA] * And congrats to Professor Sherrilyn Ifill, incoming president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. [Concurring Opinions] * Does every bra made in America have Gloria Allred’s phone number sewn into it? [WSJ Law Blog] * Who is “Portfolio Manager A” in the latest major insider-trading scandal? [Dealbreaker] * You don’t need to be a dog lover to find these allegations abhorrent. [Alabama Live] * Want to avoid dating Democrats (or Republicans)? There’s an app — okay, two websites — for that. [Jezebel] * After the jump, Jeffrey Toobin and Alan Dershowitz discuss Obamacare…. Toobin is the author of The Oath (affiliate link). Dersowitz is the new owner of a $1.7 million Manhattan apartment. Their conversation took place last Friday, November 16, at the 92nd Street Y. - Sponsored
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Crime, Drugs, Pets, Police, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Dog Day At The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is going to the dogs. Today the justices spent their time discussing how and when police can use drug-sniffing canines. -
Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Comment of the Day, Contests, John Yoo, Law Professors
Comment of the Week: The Bird Is the Word
Who won the ATL Comment of the Week contest? -
Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Violence
In Defense of the Alleged Berkeley Bird Murderers
Readers come forward to defend the two Berkeley law students accused of killing an exotic bird in Las Vegas. -
Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Violence
The Accused Berkeley Bird Beheaders: The Arrest Report, The Dean's Reaction, and More
Continuing coverage of the two Berkeley law students accused of beheading an exotic bird -- including comment from Boalt Hall's dean, Christopher Edley, and the full Las Vegas police report, which has all sorts of interesting details. -
Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Department of Justice, Environment / Environmental Law, Law Schools, Violence
A Closer Look at the Alleged Berkeley Bird Murderers
Let's learn more about Eric Cuellar and Justin Teixeira, the two Boalt Hall law students who have made national (and even international) news, after being accused of killing an exotic bird in Las Vegas.
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Animal Law, Boalt Hall, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Violence
Law Students of the Weekend: Alleged Berkeley Bird Beheaders
A pair of men who claim to be law students at Berkeley stand accused of killing an exotic bird at a Vegas resort. The allegations are gruesome. -
Comment of the Day, Musical Chairs, Pets
Comment of the Week: I Don't Think Adopted Means What You Think It Means
Who won the award for Comment of the Week? -
Animal Law, Comment of the Day, Law Schools, UVA Law
Comment of the Week: Let's Talk About the Birds and the... No, NOT THE BEES
Comment of the Week is an homage to one of the greatest actors of our time... -
Animal Law, UVA Law
UVA Law Tries To Attract More Law Students With Honey Than With Collars
UVA Law has a bee infestation. But bees are kind of cute, so it's really not that gross... -
Animal Law, Crime, Deaths, Kids
'Dingo Ate My Baby' Defense Actually Works!
An Australian coroner concludes that a dingo really did eat this woman's baby. -
Animal Law, California, Divorce Train Wrecks, Pets
Custody Battle Costs Man His 'Life Savings' -- We're Talking About A Dog Custody Battle
Pet Court with Judge Elie Mystal... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Animal Law, Deaths, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Pro Bono, Real Estate, Trendspotting
Morning Docket: 05.02.12
* Starting next year, if you want to be a lawyer in New York, you’re going to have to work for free. Because nothing says “we care” like indentured servitude. Thank God for law school clinic hours… maybe. [New York Times]
* Mo’ law schools, mo’ problems? That’s what Dean Wu thinks. Here’s a new trend to watch: UC Hastings will be joining forces with lower ranked law schools in an effort to reduce its incoming class sizes. [USA Today]
* MOAR TRANSPARENCY! Support has been shown for the ABA’s proposed changes to law school disclosure requirements. All the better for those “sophisticated consumers,” eh, Judge Schweitzer? [ABA Journal]
* “Dogs are always happy to see you, no matter how you do on your Evidence exam.” Only real bitches would throw shade. Emory has joined the therapy dog pack for finals. [11 Alive News]
* In trying to dismiss a $50M suit against billionaire George Soros, his lawyer claimed that his ex would have had to suffer an “unconscionable injury.” Dude, she did. She banged an octogenarian. [New York Daily News]
* Ann Richardson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the UDC School of Law, RIP. [Washington Post]