Don LeDuc
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.01.18
* President Donald Trump may be putting an “indelible conservative stamp” on the judiciary, but really, it’s Senator Mitch McConnell who’s been responsible for pushing these controversial candidates through just because “it’s the longest-term sort of impact we can have on the future of the country.” [New York Times]
* MAGA hat in the streets, reaonable human being in the sheets? Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has privately told senators that he thinks Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel in the Russia probe is “appropriate.” [CNN]
* The ABA is planning to disband its law school accreditation and standards review committees to save some money. Don’t worry, all of those duties will be assumed by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. [Law.com]
* “Why am I still here?” Women are heading for the exits at Ogletree Deakins in the wake of the $300M gender bias suit that was filed against the firm. FWIW, Ogletree was just named as one of the 60 best law firms for women. [American Lawyer]
* Getting out while the getting is good: Don LeDuc, Cooley Law’s longtime president and dean, will be retiring soon. He’s being replaced on an interim basis by former Michigan Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Martlew. [Lansing State Journal]
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Law Schools
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Law Schools
Cooley Law May Be Forced To Close One Of Its Campuses
Will Cooley Law be one of the first schools to succumb to the pressures of the new normal?
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Law Schools, LSAT
Cooley Law Plans To RAISE Tuition, Will Consider LOWERING Standards
Cooley makes no apologies for jacking up tuition on students who are bad at logical reasoning. -
Bar Exams, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Sorry, Dean, Those Bar Results Are 'For Real'
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Law Schools
Admissions Plummet At Cooley As Low-Hanging Fruit Matriculates Elsewhere
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Defamation, Law School Deans, Law Schools
Law School Litigation Update: Kurzon LLP Sues Cooley Law School for Defamation
Cooley Law School gets sued for defamation on Friday the 13th... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Bad Ideas, Law Schools
Because Cooley Law Really Needs Another Campus
Boasting four campuses and more than 15,000 graduates in Michigan isn't enough for Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The nation's #2 law school needs MOAR CAMPUSES (and unemployed graduates). So, yet another Cooley Law campus will soon be invading a state near you on the east coast.... - Sponsored
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Defamation, Free Speech, Law Schools
Cooley Lawsuit Update: One Of The 'Cooley Four' Responds To The Law School's Complaint
One of the anonymous internet commenters who has been sued by Cooley Law School - who spent some time as a Cooley student, by the way - gives the school a piece of his mind. -
Defamation, Free Speech, Law Schools
Thomas Cooley Sues A Law Firm And Four 'John Does' On the Internet
Thomas M. Cooley Law School is heading for court to protect its reputation. The school is suing a New York law firm and four anonymous "John Doe" commentators on the internet, claiming that they made false and damaging statements about Cooley's student-loan default rates and graduate employment data.