Education / Schools
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Education / Schools, Supreme Court
What Law Students and Young Attorneys Can Take Away From Chief Justice Roberts’s Unconventional Advice
Columnist Renwei Chung highlights key life lessons from the Chief Justice's recent remarks. -
Education / Schools, Student Loans
Betsy DeVos Sued By Coalition Of States Over Failure To Protect Student Loan Borrowers
This may be the first of many lawsuits of this kind. - Sponsored
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… -
Fashion, Politics, United Kingdom / Great Britain
The Leather-Trousered Philanthropists
Behold the genuine demise of common sense decision making.
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Politics, Supreme Court
Is The Chief Justice Throwing Shade At Donald Trump?
The head of at least one branch of government knows that being a f*cking good sport is an important life skill. -
Politics, White-Collar Crime
Bernie Sanders Investigation Is The New 'Lock Her Up'
The fall of Burlington College has turned into a federal investigation, and could get ugly (whether nonsense or not). -
Law Schools, Sexism
Wonder Woman And Academia
There is so much one can learn about academia from watching the subtle (and not-so subtle) sexism in this movie. -
Football, State Judges
NFL Player Has Unpaid Summer Internship With State Judge
Will he get bitten by the law school bug? -
R. Ted Cruz, Social Media
When Did We Become A Country? The (Not So) Great Chaplin/Cruz Debate
Traditional debate is becoming an increasingly lost art. The loss will eventually destroy us, if it hasn’t already. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Education / Schools, Free Speech, Law Schools
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: One Dean's Take On Public University Speech Suppression
Dean Vik Amar analyzes one proposal to protect free speech on campus. -
Public Interest
The Biggest Bully Is The School Itself — And Lawyers Can Help Put An End To This
Children are going hungry because schools refuse to serve them lunches... and then publicly shame them. -
Education / Schools, Law Schools
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Can U Talk To Ur Professor Like This?)
Respect must be earned, but sometimes it will not be given even if earned. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.05.17
* What does Biglaw firm Cozen O’Connor share in common with Brooklyn hipsters? [Philadelphia Business Journal]
* Glenn Reynolds offers concise commentary on Comey. [Instapundit]
* “Kozinski, circuit judge, ruminating” — yeah, you know you want to click…. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* Professor Ann Althouse does not “like” punishing high school students for their Facebook activity. [Althouse]
* And Professor Orly Lobel questions the use of noncompetes, especially in terms of low-wage workers and women. [New York Times via PrawfsBlawg]
* How many Jewish justices have we had in Supreme Court history? [U.S. National Archives via How Appealing]
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Education / Schools, Kids
Sex Abuse In Elite Schools: What A Surprise!
Choate has thrown down the gauntlet. We fessed up, now it's your turn.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Crime, White-Collar Crime
Everything You Think You Know About Campus Sexual Assault Is Wrong: A Review Of 'The Campus Rape Frenzy'
The touchstone statistics underlying the discussion of campus sexual assault have shaky foundations. -
Education / Schools, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
A Potential New Standard For Our Country's Education Benefits, And How Tony Nguyen Plans To Shape It
Meet a young lawyer with an inspiring boutique practice. -
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Education / Schools, Justice
This Betsy DeVos Thing Seems Close
Poor education is how we got into this mess, and that's not going to change any time soon. -
Education / Schools, Politics
Do You Know More About Federal Education Law Than Betsy DeVos?
The prospective Secretary of Education has some questions gaps in her knowledge. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.03.17
* Kellyanne Conway, President-elect Trump’s campaign manager, has accepted a position as his counselor once his administration takes over at the White House, and now her husband, George Conway of Wachtell Lipton, has found himself on the shortlist to become the U.S. solicitor general. He’s argued only one Supreme Court case, which is unusual for those being considered for the position. [Bloomberg Politics]
* In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts managed to steer clear of controversial topics — such as the high court being short handed since Justice Scalia’s death or the Senate’s failure to confirm Judge Merrill Garland — instead choosing to focus on the “underappreciated” role of district court judges, writing that “[t]his is no job for impulsive, timid, or inattentive souls.” [Washington Post]
* “There’s no legitimacy to a Supreme Court justice in a seat that’s been stolen from one administration and handed to another. We need to do everything we possibly can to block it.” When it comes to the confirmation process for President-elect Trump’s SCOTUS nominee, we can expect to see a battle thanks to Senate Democrats in the wake of Senate Republicans’ obstruction of Judge Garland’s nomination. [The Guardian]
* One day before they were set to go into effect, Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction on the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s protections for transgender and abortion-related healthcare services. O’Connor is the same judge who issued a nationwide injunction on the enforcement of the Obama administration’s transgender protections in schools. [BuzzFeed]
* Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, who is representing himself for the penalty phase of his trial, has rejected a defense based on mental illness because he is “morally opposed to psychology.” He’ll make an opening statement, but won’t call any witnesses or present any evidence. If Roof is sentenced to death, it will be the first time a jury has done so in a case involving a federal hate crimes law. [New York Times]