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.
‘Free Speech’ Means Stifling Protestors: DOJ Leadership Reveals True Colors
The DOJ thinks free speech demands that we punish free speech.
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.
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.
An Epidemic Of Knife Attacks, And The Outrage Of $12,000 Per Year For College
When you view these things with cross-cultural eyes, they look different -- and quaint.
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]
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.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
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]
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!
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 […]
UC Berkeley’s Chief Counsel Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash
Terrible news. We hope that his killer is swiftly brought to justice.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
UNC Says Law Is ‘Unclear’ About Removal Of Confederate Statues
Is Now The Time For Some Old School Civil Disobedience?
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.
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: 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]
Judge Merrick Garland For President — Of Harvard University
The former Supreme Court nominee would make a perfect leader for the great university.