Georgetown Law School
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools
'Scaliagate' Continues: A Professor Brings A Defamation Action Against His Dean
Instead of going away, the infighting at Georgetown Law is only escalating. -
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ATL March Madness: And Then There Were 16 Law School Scandals
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Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Georgetown BLSA Exposes The #WhitePeopleProblems Of Scalia Mourners
In an open letter to the school, BLSA did the best version of "turning it around on them" that we've seen in a while.
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Antonin Scalia, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Rest Of Georgetown Law Faculty To Quarreling Colleagues: OMG Stop
Sometimes you just have to laugh. -
Antonin Scalia, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
'Scaliagate' At Georgetown Law: The Conservatives Strike Back
Two prominent conservative professors come to the late justice's defense. -
Antonin Scalia, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Controversy Erupts At A T14 Law School Over How (Or Even Whether) To Mourn Justice Scalia
Who's in the right here, the two law professors or the dean? -
Law Schools, Rankings
Which Law Schools Accepted And Lost The Most Students As Transfers?
Surprisingly, one of the top transfer schools is also one of the top law schools in the nation. -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Elite Law School Dean Says Grads Don't Need To Worry About Debt If They're Willing To Be Poor
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Law Revue Video Contest 2015: Honorable Mentions
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Law Schools
Parents' Weekend? Is This A Top-14 Law School Or Camp?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.17.15
* A ballsy decision dripping with prestige? It seems that a few too many students at Yale Law School requested access to their student admissions evaluation records under FERPA, so instead of handing them over, Yale deleted them. [New Republic]
* Here’s some good news for women attorneys visiting clients in Massachusetts jails: you’ll no longer be forced to lift up your shirt and shake out your bra if your underwire makes the metal detector go off. Instead, you’ll get
felt upa pat down. [Boston Globe]* According to early data culled for the Am Law 100 rankings, from revenue to profits per partner to revenue per lawyer, Winston & Strawn posted record financial results in 2014. Perhaps the days of no-offers and layoffs are long gone for this firm. [Am Law Daily]
* Just because more people took the LSAT in February, it doesn’t mean that the law school crisis is over. It does, however, mean that law school administrators may soon be wishcasting the year-over-year growth of their first-year classes. [National Law Journal]
* Rahul Gupta, the graduate student who used the tried and true “my girlfriend did it” defense during his trial for the fatal stabbing of a Georgetown Law student, was convicted on first-degree murder charges yesterday. He’ll be sentenced on April 16. [WJLA]
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Law Schools, Murder
Man Accused Of Murdering Georgetown Law Student Says His Girlfriend Was The Real Killer
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Student Loans
The Most And Least 'Creditworthy' Law Schools
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.18.15
* Could it be? Did Justice Clarence Thomas ask a question during oral arguments at SCOTUS? No, but he did ask a question at Yale Law during a presentation, noting that he doesn’t ask “irrelevant, useless questions” at the high court. [Legal Times]
* Per NALP, gains were made by women and minorities in law firms for the first time in years, but be careful, because Jim Leipold is watching you: “Individual law firms should not be allowed to hide behind the national figures.” [National Law Journal]
* Meet Judge Robert C. Brack of the District Court of New Mexico, who recently earned quite the accolade. Judge Brack has sentenced more defendants than any other federal judge in the past five years. He won’t be celebrating his achievement. [WSJ Law Blog]
* This Georgetown Law professor, who happens to be the cofounder of one of the country’s largest litigation finance firms, wants to see a law firm IPO, but others wonder if lawyers would be able to ethically practice while reporting to shareholders. [Washington Post]
* A Chadbourne & Park employee has been banned from ever working for another law firm again following his theft of $15,360 from C&P’s coffers. Not to worry, no client money was pilfered from the firm — the cash was taken from an open office account. [Am Law Daily]
* If you haven’t heard, David Lat wrote a book called Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link), and “[w]riting the novel was almost therapeutic for [him] in a way” — he’s “kind of over” the fact that his résumé doesn’t include a SCOTUS clerkship. [Chicago Daily Law Bulletin]
* Martha Africa, name partner of Major Lindsey & Africa, RIP. [San Francisco Chronicle]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.08.14
* The NAACP Legal Defense Fund took to Twitter to name every unarmed person of color killed by the police since 1999. Gawker compiled short bios on each. [Gawker]
* Texas planning to ban the “affluenza” defense. [Lowering the Bar]
* Pillsbury just moved into a cozy little office. Emphasis on “little.” [The National Law Journal]
* Georgetown Law students of color raise similar concerns as Columbia students. Again, I don’t understand emotional trauma and I definitely think extensions should be measured in days and not weeks, but it strikes me all the people complaining about the extensions are just exposing themselves as bad students. If you think your neighbor getting 2 more days will hurt your grade, you’re the one with the studying problem. [Georgetown Law Coalition]
* And now Harvard. [Harvard Law Coalition]
* If you rent a refrigerator, you consent to an arbitrator hearing your case after a repairman robs and beats you. Sounds about right. [Public Justice]
* Uber ban after rape allegations. [Redline]
* The Supreme Court told BP that no matter how much it tried, it can’t slip out of its settlement agreement like an oil-soaked seagull. [Think Progress]
* Finally, in the wake of the Eric Garner case, it’s worth looking back at what Justice Marshall told us about police chokeholds. [Mother Jones]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.03.14
* As we’ve addressed, the grand jury declined to indict the officer in the police-cause homicide — per the medical examiner — of Eric Garner. [New York Times]
* This is a good time to remember Eric Garner was killed for the horrible crime of selling loosies, a product that developed a black market in NYC in response to rising cigarette taxes. Evading cigarette taxes should be a crime. But, like, a “here’s your $50 ticket” crime, not the death penalty. [Huffington Post]
* An anonymous Georgetown law student has filed suit against the school and one of its instructors, Rabbi Barry Freundel, for “luring her to the bath as part of her studies at the school.” And who didn’t have that lesson in Civ Pro? [Washington Post]
* Another in the continuing series looking back on a decade of Chief Justice Roberts. This time looking back at the slow and steady drive to curtail women’s rights. [Constitutional Accountability Center]
* Remember the woman suing the owner of the dog that her dogs killed? She’s dropped her suit. [ABC News]
* The Bar Association of San Francisco is hosting an event next Tuesday featuring Chief Judge Alex Kozinski entitled: The Wizard of Koz. Um, may not be the best time to use to “Cos” sound in a title. But that aside, it promises to be an interesting event if you’re in the area. [San Francisco Bar]
* Brian Finch of Pillsbury Winthrop talks cyberattacks and admits what everyone else wants to deny: law firms are a weak link in cybersecurity. [Bloomberg TV]
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Law Schools, Lunacy, Ridiculousness
T14 Law Student Expects You To Answer 185 Crazy Questions To Join His Elite Club
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Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drugs, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Pregnancy / Paternity, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trials, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Morning Docket: 11.10.14
* “I think the court has to take a case now. This is their job.” It’s time to hurry up and wait: SCOTUS is running down the clock when it comes to taking a gay marriage case this Term. [National Law Journal]
* Zach Warren will be tried separately from the former leaders of D&L on criminal charges in the wake of the firm’s failure. Dewey think lawyers still care about him? [DealBook / New York Times]
* Good news, everyone! According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector added 300 jobs in October. This sure is exciting for the fraction of the class of 2014 that number represents. [Am Law Daily]
* A Long Island attorney requested that one of her trials be postponed during her high-risk pregnancy, but lawyers from the S.D.N.Y. allegedly “shouted at and insulted” her in response. Wow. 🙁 [New York Times]
* Since enrollment dropped off, law schools are competing to attract transfer students. Georgetown, for example, recently took more than 100 transfers — a 75 percent increase in two years. [Washington Post]
* Just because your state puff, puff, passed the vote to legalize smoking pot, it doesn’t mean you won’t be fired for doing it. Careful with your dope, unless you’d like to see your career go up in smoke. [CNN Money]
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Graduate Of Elite Law School Forced To Live Off Welfare Due To Terrible State Of Job Market
Which law school left this woman penniless and destitute? -
Events, Law Schools
D.C. Law Students: Who Wants To Party With Us And Get Some Free Stuff?
When: November 6. Where: Washington, D.C. Be there or be square.