Commencement
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Commencement, Eric Holder, Law Schools, Martha Minow
Commencement Speakers: Coming To A Law School Near You
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Boalt Hall, California, Constitutional Law, John Yoo, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: The Lady Doth Protest Too Much
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Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Ice Is Not The Only One Who Loves Coco
It may be true that all happy families are alike while each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Based on my experience going undercover as V. Katz, I have come to learn that this is also true for associates (Biglaw and small). Based on the comments on the salary survey, there are many […]
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Commencement, Guido Calabresi, Law Schools, Martha Minow, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Even Harvard and Yale Couldn't Pull Off Flawless Commencements
Here are a couple of things I learned last week: 1) Above the Law readers love commencement train wreck stories. 2) Emory Law students feel picked on. Armed with this new information, I bring you stories of commencement ridiculousness at schools with student bodies mature enough to take a little scrutiny. Graduation has come and […] -
Commencement, Job Searches, Law Schools
Emory Law Follow-Up: In Defense of Professor Stadler
Yesterday I wrote about the Emory Law School commencement address delivered by Professor Sara Stadler. In it, she told graduating law student that their own “sense of entitlement” was standing in the way of their happiness. I’ve got nothing against Professor Stadler or Emory Law, but I personally thought this was the wrong note to […] -
Commencement, Job Searches, Law Schools
Possibly The Most Hypocritical Commencement Speech Ever
Honestly, I think it’s time to feel sorry for the Emory Law class of 2011. Things are tough for a lot of graduating law students, but the way the Emory administration and faculty have treated the class of ’11 is simply shocking. If you ranked ABA-accredited law schools based on how the administration reacts to […] -
Drinking, Law Schools
Celebrating With Alcohol? Oh Noes!
I get that the legal profession has a drinking problem, if you will, but today we have an example of how a law school should not go about keeping young, would-be lawyers off the bottle. Imagine you are a 1L. You just finished your first set of finals of your first year of law school, […] -
Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Racism, UVA Law
Is Johnathan Perkins Going to Graduate From UVA Law?
UPDATE (10/3/2017): We now know much more about what happened to Johnathan Perkins back in 2011 than we did at the time, and it majorly changes how he and the situation should be viewed. See this new story, Was UVA Law Alum Johnathan Perkins Pressured By The FBI Into Recanting His Account Of Racial Profiling? […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Commencement, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Screw-Ups
Commencement Speechmaking 101
Is it really that hard to make a commencement speech? I wrote one in high school. It was basically about seizing the day. My friend made one in college. Same theme, only in Latin. You can also make commencement speeches about giving back to your community, the importance of education, or how your generation is […] -
Commencement, Law Schools, listserv
Should There Be a Market in Law School Commencement Tickets?
Are tickets to law school commencement like organs? Or babies? They’re not as necessary as organs, and they’re not as adorable as babies. But are graduation tickets, like organs and babies, so sacred that we should not allow them to be distributed through the free market? (Some folks, like certain Chicago School law-and-economics types, think […] -
Commencement, Law Schools
Embarrassing Commencement Typo
Oh, I kid the grammar nazis because I’m really bad at it and making jokes is easier than contemplating my own shortcomings. But even I can acknowledge that some typos are distracting. Give me another sentence and I’ll show you — or maybe I have already (that’s an honest question: I’ve got no damn clue […] -
Commencement, Evan Caminker, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Politics
Dean Caminker Digs In To Support Anti-Gay-Marriage Commencement Speaker At Michigan Law
We told you yesterday that Michigan Law has decided to invite Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) to speak to its 3L class for senior day. We told you that many Michigan Law students have objected to the choice of Senator Portman, because of his strong anti-gay rhetoric on the issue of gay marriage. We told you […] -
Commencement, Evan Caminker, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Politics
Michigan Law School Invites Ohio Senator With 'Anti-Gay Politics' To Speak At Senior Day
What’s more strange about that headline? That Michigan Law would invite a guy who stands against the civil rights of certain members of the Michigan Law community, or that Michigan Law would invite a representative from Ohio to speak to its outgoing students? I’m going with the latter. Rob Portman graduated from the University of […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Cheapness, Commencement, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Law Schools, Money
Law Students So Broke They Can't Afford to Look Decent at Graduation?
There’s poor, there’s broke, and then there’s whatever you would call the economic state of current law students. They are up against it, and they know it. It’s particularly tough on 3Ls. We’re in March, so graduating law students without jobs lined up are about to get kicked out of school and on to the […] -
Cardozo Law School, Commencement, Cyrus Vance
Cardozo Students Plan to Joust With Manhattan D.A. at Graduation
Grumpy old editor here. In my day, commencement was a simple affair. You showed up massively hung over and baked in the hot sun for a few hours. Eventually someone begrudgingly called your name, and you received your diploma. It was a simpler time. A time when you didn’t have to worry about whether or […] -
Commencement, Law Schools
Open Thread: 2010 Commencement Speakers
It’s May. Soon it will be June. The class of 2010 is about to graduate. And sure, everything will suck for them, but let’s give them their due: Ahh, that’s the good stuff. But sometime after that song is played, and before the students become acquainted with the nutritional properties of mayonnaise sandwiches, somebody will […]