Cornell Law School
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Pro Bono, Public Interest
New York's New Pro Bono Requirement Succeeds in Pissing Off Law Schools Nationwide
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Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Non-Sequiturs, Police
Non-Sequiturs: 06.08.12
* How many cops does it take to kill a man? [Simple Justice] * Professor Paul Campos has been having fun with the NALP numbers. Well, fun for him, and for me. Less fun for anybody unlucky enough to have been part of the class of 2011. [Inside the Law School Scam] * And if you don’t like to read, here’s some video about how bad the job market is for the class of 2011. ARE YOU LISTENING, PROSPECTIVE LAW STUDENTS? CAN YOU TAKE IN AND PROCESS INFORMATION? [Bloomberg Law] * How come my anonymous readers don’t drop $25 million on me? I’d name a whole wing of my new house after them. And give them a T-shirt. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * In the recession, we cling to what we have instead of striking out into the unknown. In related news: if you leave your law job, there’ll be a stampede of people happy to take your spot. [What About Clients?] * I don’t even think you should be allowed to defend yourself pro se. [Underdog] * Southwestern Law’s Dean Bryant Garth is stepping down. One of these days, somebody will let me run a law school. [Southwestern Law School] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Animal Law
Introducing the Law School Llama
A T14 law school has an interesting strategy to combat final stress…
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Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Ridiculousness
Law School Lunch Drama Continues -- From Coast To Coast
Over the last month, we have continued receiving tips from law schools across the country about Hansen's soda heartbreak and the adventures of a refrigerator warrior. Today, we have a round-up of the most recent law school lunch wars, courtesy of UC Davis Law, Cornell Law School, Iowa Law, and of the University of Cincinnati College of Law… -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Unemployment
Quote of the Day: Will a T14 Law Degree Ward Off Unemployment?
Does a law degree from a "top 14" law school protect you against unemployment? One undergraduate at Cornell thinks so. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Career Center, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
ATL Survey Update: We Heart Our Firms, Money isn't Everything, and CSO Seriously Unpopular
Last Thursday, Above the Law opened its ATL Firm & School Insiders Survey and so far, so good. Students at nearly 100 law schools and lawyers at about 200 firms have responded. As previously noted, this survey is one of the first data-gathering tools we’ll be using to create a new, expanded ATL Career Center. As our data accumulates, we look forward to slicing and dicing it in myriad ways, in order to find patterns of interest to our readership, but more importantly, for useful insights for anyone researching legal education and careers. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Police, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 11.23.11
* The American Bar Association can’t handle law schools, yet Obama trusts them to vet potential judicial nominees. Well, seems like they’re doing a bang-up job with that, too. [New York Times] * First the New Jersey bar exam results, and now more MF Global drama. Angry investors want to know if a lawsuit will […]
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Law Schools
Cornell Indirectly Acknowledges the Uselessness of Its Law Degree
Here is Cornell University trying to convince its own graduate students to come back to school and get yet another degree. Yeah, we know, they are being that bold. Arguably, this is just Cornell's aggressive new ad campaign for its business school, but they should at least be more discreet. The JD candidates in the class of 2014 don't even know they're being bamboozled yet.... - 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… -
Bar Exams, listserv
You Have No Scars On Your Face, And You Cannot Handle Pressure
It’s two weeks before the bar, so you know what that means; total freaking panic. Ah yeah: dogs and cats living together, pants on the ground, don’t feed the one-man wolfpack after midnight kind of hysteria. For people who will eventually fail the bar, this is the time that they start choking hard enough to […] -
Boalt Hall, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News, UVA Law
Open Thread: 2012 U.S. News Law School Rankings (7 - 14)
Welcome Texas! As you are all know, the University of Texas School of Law has moved into the “top 14” in this year’s U.S. News law school rankings. It’s a bit of cheat for U.S. News: Texas is technically tied for 14th, which means that the magazine has actually managed to cram 15 schools into […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings
Best Law Schools for Getting a Biglaw Job (2011)
If your goal in life, or at least your near-term career objective, is to land a job at a large law firm, which law schools would best suit your needs? When it comes to minting Biglaw associates and partners, not all law schools are created equal. The National Law Journal has just come out with […] -
Law Schools
Just Read ATL for Six Weeks Instead of Doing Cornell's 'Pre-Law Summer'; We Won't Charge You Five Large
I don’t know how long they’ve been doing this, but I’ve just learned that Cornell offers a “Pre-Law Summer” program aimed at undergraduates who want to know more about becoming a lawyer. Cornell is charging almost $5,000 ($4,970 to be exact) for an “intensive, six-week program taught in New York City.” The program promises to […] -
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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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…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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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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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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Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools
Biglaw Employment Prospects for Graduates of Top Law Schools: A Cornell Case Study (and a Debate)
Cornell Law School recently circulated to its students in the class of 2012 — i.e., rising 2Ls –a list of class of 2010 and 2011 members who landed jobs through the fall recruiting process. Most of these positions, not surprisingly, are at large law firms (aka “Biglaw”). The class of 2010 graduates will presumably be […] -
listserv, Rankings
Cornell Law Ranked #4 By Cornell Student Who Reads Above the Law
Last week, we told you about a Cornell contracts exam gone bad. It’s just one exam, but you know that Cornell law students can be somewhat skittish. The school is ranked #13 by U.S. News, and so their spot in the top-14 is always under attack. After our story about the contracts exam, one Cornell […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools, Suicide
NYU Law and Cornell on Suicide Watch?
How big of a problem is suicide on law school campuses? Recently, a suicide tragedy affected the UNC Law community. In December, a student at Michigan Law took his own life. And there have been sad and high-profile suicides in Biglaw too. It’s impossible to assess the precise role the recession may have played in […] -
Bad Ideas, Intellectual Property, Law Schools
Did Cornell Law School Violate IP Law with its 'Nard Dog' Ad?
Cornell’s use of Andy “The Nard Dog” Bernard to promote its law school was a questionable decision. Alumni are saying it makes their toolish reputation even worse, and some are calling for someone at the law school to be fired. After news outlets like TMZ and Entertainment Weekly picked up our story, the school rethought […] -
Celebrities, Law Schools
Is Cornell the Lady Gaga of Law Schools?Plus: celebrity comparisons for other law schools.
This is not a typical lede for a post on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. Ashby Jones writes: Cornell is the Lady Gaga of the law-school world. Both are white hot, but the explanations behind each’s popularity don’t fully add up. Dem’s fighting words, Ashby. You’re not a bad guy, but Lady Gaga has […]