Education / Schools
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Education / Schools, Free Speech
University Of Chicago Takes Tough Stand Against 'Safe Space' Strawman
No, "safe spaces" aren't ruining education. -
Celebrities
Professor Tyra Banks Will Deign To Educate Lowly Stanford MBA Students
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.23.16
* We’re very sorry about this, reporters, but Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Jeffrey E. Ostrow is not Ryan Lochte’s lawyer. Stop contacting him seeking comments about Lochte’s Olympic misdeeds. Get in touch with Jeffrey M. Ostrow of Kopelowitz Ostrow with your inquiries instead. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Per a new report, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico pulled off what Vice President Joe Biden did back in his law school days by allegedly plagiarizing about a third of his law school thesis, chalking it up to some “style errors.” We’ll have more on this later today. [New York Times]
* Transgender children, teenagers, and young adults returning to school will have one more thing to be anxious about now that an Obama administration policy that would have allowed them to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice has been blocked by a nationwide injunction. This issue may wind up before SCOTUS. [Reuters]
* As it turns out, it’s not just King & Wood Mallesons that’s been holding off on paying profit distributions to partners. London-based Ashurst has also forced partners to wait to receive their quarterly due, citing a double-digit percentage drop in annual revenue and profits per equity partner careening to an 11-year low. Ouch! [Law.com]
* Many first-year law students are kicking off their law school careers this week, and they seem to be very nervous. First things first: Calm down, and take a deep breath. Here are some tips and tricks to help you out as you try to adjust to your new lives in the hallowed halls of law schools across the country. 🙂 [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Bad Ideas, Education / Schools
Party Foul! Sorority Sisters Duel Over 'Mean Girl' Allegations In Federal Court
Perhaps you should think twice before taking a pledge of evil... errrr... joining a sorority. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.22.16
* “You’re going to make a federal case out of this – a dispute between two sorority sisters?” A fight between two sorority sisters recently landed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, but it turns out the suit was dropped quicker than a misbehaving pledge. We’ll have more on this later today. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* “Generally, it is God who decides whether presidents get Supreme Court appointments.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may be the oldest member of SCOTUS, but that doesn’t mean she’s preparing to step down, even if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency. She’s already hired clerks for the October 2017 term. [Washington Post]
* The Eastern District of Michigan has ruled that in cases of employment discrimination, religious rights trump transgender rights. The ACLU says this case has set a “dangerous precedent,” in that it has “exempted [a business that was “not a particularly religious operation”] from civil rights law with regard to transgender people.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* The ABA has closed a probe regarding allegations of religious discrimination (i.e., expulsion of students who left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and bans of sexual activity between students of the same sex) that were said to have occurred at BYU Law School. The school is said to have changed its honor code. [ABA Journal]
* Infamous Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has lucked out thanks to some actions taken by the Sixth Circuit. A new state law removed the names of clerks from marriage licenses, thus enabling the appeals court to refuse her claims, allowing a judge to toss a suit she was facing over her unwillingness to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [WSAZ]
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Affirmative Action, Minority Issues
Affirmative Action Is Here To Stay (For Now); How Will This Benefit The Legal Profession?
The reasons for affirmative action have not gone away in today’s environment, according to columnist Renwei Chung. -
Law Professors, Law Schools
Law Professor Speaking Out In Defense Of Black Lives Matter Identified
Now we know who wrote the letter that went viral... -
Education / Schools, Sports
Chicago Public Schools' Use Of Outdated Football Equipment Could Lead To Future Lawsuits
Last football season, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) escaped a potential doomsday scenario when Cook County Judge Leroy K. Martin, Jr. dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by former Chicago high school athlete, Alex Pierscionek, who alleged that the organization’s concussion polices were negligent and dangerous. Pierscionek sought logical, but expensive, protections for athletes such as mandatory baseline testing […] - Sponsored
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Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Teaching The Basics
What litigator Gaston Kroub learned from teaching IP law to high schoolers. -
Education / Schools, Sports
Irony Alert: Ken Starr Should Lose His Job For Not Investigating Real Sex Crimes
As reports emerge of routine coverups of alleged Baylor football sex crimes, one wonders: where was Ken Starr? -
Politics
Let The Donald Trump Political Show Trial Begin!
New York is putting a Donald Trump business venture on trial for "improprieties" that law schools get away with every day. -
Crime
10-Year-Old Obliterates Criminal Justice System In 30 Seconds
Little kid knows his way around the criminal justice crisis. -
Education / Schools, Quote of the Day, Sex
Good News For Columbia In A Controversial Case
And congrats to the prominent Columbia Law alum who handled the matter.
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Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Law Schools, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
What You Can Do While You’re A Lawyer (Part 1): Teaching
Once you’ve been a lawyer for a while, opportunities to teach are out there if you want them, according to columnist Gary J. Ross. -
Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
This Kid's Supreme Court Quiz Answer Probably Not Getting Credit
A student's test answer flunks on a key Supreme Court fact. -
Education / Schools, Kids
Lawyer With $1 Million To Spare Sacrifices Boat Purchase To Pay Kids' College Tuition
Hop aboard the S.S. Full Ride, thanks to this generous lawyer. -
White-Collar Crime
Punishment Instead Of Education, The Campus Sexual Assault Version
Universities are changing the rules on sexual assault. That's good. How they're implementing it? That's bad. -
Supreme Court
Farewell Unions -- It's Been Real!
Yesterday's oral arguments could have gone worse for teachers, but it's hard to say how. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.30.15
* According to the Law Firm Group of Citi Private Bank’s year-end predictions for the legal profession, profit growth for this year and next is once again going to be anemic. This is the “new reality for the foreseeable future.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* “[T]hese guerilla marketers believe they are above the law.” Uh-oh! What has The Biebs done now? Pop star Justin Bieber has pissed off the San Francisco, California, legal community with sidewalk graffiti ads promoting his new album. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* If you thought that the highest ranked law school in Virginia would’ve fared the best on the state’s July 2015 administration of the bar exam, you’d be wrong. With a 93 percent passage rate, congratulations to Jerry Falwell’s finest at Liberty Law! [One News Now]
* Ay dios mio! Escándalo! In a recently filed lawsuit, a former faculty member at Amherst College claims that teaching assistants in her department were encouraged to “prostitute themselves” to increase enrollment in Spanish classes. [Washington Post]
* “Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur…” The ear worm lullaby featured on The Big Bang Theory is now at the center of a copyright dispute, and it seems like this kitty could actually win. Showrunners probably wish they left this one in the litter box. [USA Today]
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Free Speech
Yale Students Sign A Petition To Repeal The First Amendment... Stop Being Stupid
If you freaked out over a viral video showing students eager to abolish the First Amendment, you're probably a bigger threat to American democracy than those kids.