Education / Schools
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Law Schools
How Do You Eliminate Affirmative Action In Higher Education? By Improving The Quality Of All Schools
Unfortunately, that solution costs money and will likely result in more nondischargeable student loans for students. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.12.18
* Proskauer tells the EEOC that there’s nothing “sinister” about employers demanding that sexual harassment victims sign away their legal rights to be railroaded through employer-chosen kangaroo courts and then forcibly silenced. Welcome to 2018. [National Law Journal]
* In emoluments news, Judge Peter Messitte asked the Justice Department if, based on their chosen defense, “Wouldn’t that be bribery?” which he seemed to think would be a bad thing as if the Supreme Court hadn’t legalized bribery in McDonnell. [US News]
* Chris Christie is starting his own law firm and somehow Rudy Giuliani has already managed to lie about that. [NJ.com]
* Betsy DeVos succeeded in keeping fraud victims indebted to the government. She was also ordered to stop pursuing collection actions against the victims, but she still gets to destroy their credit ratings, which is still a great day for kleptocracy. [Courthouse News Service]
* Nelson Mullins merging with Broad and Cassel as part of the growing trend of super-regional firms designed to keep the Am Law elite at bay. [Daily Report]
* In a lesson on putting carts ahead of horses, the former general counsel for Portland, Oregon’s public school district was just admitted to the bar… after the state bar lodged ethics violations against him for serving in that role without a law license in the state. [Portland Tribune]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.22.18
* A full 85 percent of companies aren’t ready for the GDPR implementation deadline later this week, meaning… well probably nothing, but let’s freak out about it anyway. [Corporate Counsel]
* Jones Day’s Dana Baiocco tabbed by Trump administration to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to end Democratic leadership on that board. So get ready for exploding bottles and nails just sticking out of stuffed animals… because “freedom.” [National Law Journal]
* DOJ tests new investigative tactic of just telling suspected criminals everything before interviewing them. [Huffington Post]
* We’re deregulating banks again because that’s historically worked out so well. [Wall Street Journal]
* South Carolina has repealed its “disturbing school” law, which was really just a vague catch-all provision to allow cops to harass and imprison black kids. [ACLU]
* Paul Manafort looks to suppress more evidence. Hey it’s worth a shot. [Courthouse News Service]
* In sad news, groundbreaking attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree has passed away at 104. [Washington Post]
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Government
You Realize Arming Teachers Is Going To Lead To Black Students Getting Murdered By Their Teacher, Right?
If you give public employees guns, they will turn them on black people. -
Government
'Free Speech' Means Stifling Protestors: DOJ Leadership Reveals True Colors
The DOJ thinks free speech demands that we punish free speech. -
Intellectual Property
The Case For Teaching IP Literacy
The time for us to do our part for American students is now, in collaboration with educators and parents. -
United Kingdom / Great Britain
An Epidemic Of Knife Attacks, And The Outrage Of $12,000 Per Year For College
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.17.17
* The Federalist Society is proposing a court-packing scheme because that’s what the Founders would have, you know, never wanted. [Think Progress]
* A deep dive into Justice Kennedy’s likely role in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* New York may not be having a constitutional convention, but that’s not going to stop the state’s chief judge from reforming its “byzantine” court system. [New York Law Journal]
* Frugal or a failure to launch? You be the judge. [Corporette]
* One of the finest sentences of the week: “a free-speech advisory group at Ohio University ‘discussed the critical importance of transparency’ — and then unanimously voted to close its meetings to the public.” [Chronicle of Higher Ed]
* There really is nothing like Above the Law out there. [Law and More]
* Savoring the small moments that bring joy to a lawyer. We all need to find what keeps us happy and grounded. For me, it’s Trent Garmon’s writing. [Joy in the Law]
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Education / Schools
Nasty Roommate Arrested For, Essentially, Bio-Terrorism To Get Rid Of Her Black Roommate
University didn't seem to take the allegations serious until it went... viral. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.30.17
* Former President Barack Obama has been called for jury duty in November, and unlike most Americans, he’s not looking for a way to get out of serving. [ABC Chicago]
* The pivot you’re looking for is in another castle: Now that a grand jury’s approved the first charges in the Russian collusion investigation and someone’s about to be taken into custody, President Trump took to Twitter to demand that Hillary Clinton be investigated. [New York Times]
* Paul Manafort is turning himself in. Surprise! (Is this really a surprise?) [CNN]
* Like it or not, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is planning to be around for the long haul. Don’t count on this “flaming feminist litigator” retiring any time soon. [The Hill]
* Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court, the state’s Tweeter Laureate, hasn’t tweeted a single time since he was nominated to the Fifth Circuit. How long will this god-awful silence from everyone’s favorite Twitter judge last? [Texas Lawyer]
* So long, borrower-defense rule? Betsy DeVos is thinking about only partially forgiving loans for students who were defrauded by for-profit schools. [AP]
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Pro Bono
After A Major Civil Rights Victory, La Raza Has Even More Reason To Celebrate During Hispanic Heritage Month
Congratulations to the lawyers behind this major win! -
Biglaw, Education / Schools
16 Colleges Decide To Share A Law Firm To Cut Costs, But Will Other Schools Follow?
The law school tuition bubble gets the most attention because this is a legal audience and there are also real access to justice issues involved in pricing students out of pursuing public interest and other lower paying roles. But we’ve all gone to college too and the undergraduate tuition bubble is just as real and […]
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Deaths, In-House Counsel
UC Berkeley's Chief Counsel Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash
Terrible news. We hope that his killer is swiftly brought to justice. -
Education / Schools, Justice
UNC Says Law Is 'Unclear' About Removal Of Confederate Statues
Is Now The Time For Some Old School Civil Disobedience? -
Asians, Department of Justice, Minority Issues
As Asian Americans Become More Pivotal In The Affirmative Action Debate, Both Sides Weigh In
Two opposing viewpoints on affirmative action, from Cory Liu and Jenn Fang. -
Education / Schools
If You Care About Kids, This Is A Pretty Important Lawsuit
Kansas faces an interesting new challenge to its effort to strip tenure from public school teachers. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.19.17
* The Supreme Court’s latest ruling in the travel ban litigation: good news for grandparents, bad news for certain refugees. [How Appealing]
* And in the travel ban battle, the parties aren’t pulling their punches. [Democracy in America / The Economist]
* Nor does Joshua Matz: “The Supreme Court is now a co-owner and co-author of the travel ban.” [Take Care]
* Justice Goodwin Liu and a team of Yale Law School researchers have issued an important new report about Asian Americans in the legal profession today. [The Portrait Project]
* A defense of that controversial David Brooks column about salami. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]
* And a defense of due process when it comes to allegations of sexual assault on college campuses. [The Federalist via Instapundit]
* In other higher-education news, here’s the tweet that got Nick Lutz suspended from the University of Central Florida. [Althouse]
* How do millennials view the legal industry? Drew Rossow and Elan Fields discuss. [Legal Tookit / Legal Talk Network]
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Education / Schools, Federal Judges, Job Searches
Judge Merrick Garland For President -- Of Harvard University
The former Supreme Court nominee would make a perfect leader for the great university. -
Education / Schools, Justice, Sex
Columbia Settles With 'Mattress Girl' Victim, Who Is Not Mattress Girl, Somehow
Even if Columbia is apologizing to the right person, it's for the wrong thing.