Georgetown Law School
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Sports
Which World Cup Team Is Your Law School?
You can understand a lot about the World Cup when you realize every team is basically a law school. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Reader Polls, Summer Associates, Weirdness
A Summer Associate's Premature Departure: 'I Would Rather Be Farming'
Why would a summer associate quit just a few weeks into the program? - Sponsored
Attention Buyer: Not All Legal AI Models Are Created Equal
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Ask the Experts, Job Searches, Law Students, Technology
From Across the Desk: An Apprenticeship to Practice -- That Works
Bruce MacEwen discusses one apprenticeship that seems to be working for law school graduates.
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime, Williams & Connolly
Why Did Zachary Warren Talk To Law Enforcement?
Why would a smart lawyer talk to law enforcement about matters that could expose him to criminal liability? -
Drinking, Food, Law Schools, Litigators, Pro Se Litigants
Muscle Milk + Pro Se Litigant = Hilarity
Muscle Milk + Pro Se Litigant = Hilarity. -
Celebrities, Law Schools, New Jersey, Quote of the Day, Sports, Violence
Judge Compliments Olympic Athlete's Hair After He Bites His Lawyer
Fame certainly has its perks. -
Barack Obama, Biglaw, Celebrities, Department of Justice, Elena Kagan, Eric Holder, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Joe Biden, Parties, Partner Issues, Politics, Samantha Power, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, White House Counsel
18 Legal Celebrities At The White House State Dinner
Who were some of the famous lawyers at Tuesday night's White House State Dinner? -
California, Legal Ethics, Media and Journalism, Paralegals
Stephen Glass Isn't A Lawyer Just Because Of The Whole 'Serial Lying' Thing
California refused to admit Stephen Glass. Were they right? - Sponsored
How To Maximize Productivity With Westlaw Precision With CoCounsel
Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel helps legal professionals get a faster start to their research. Over time, that added productivity can lead to higher-quality research and… -
Ave Maria School of Law, Cardozo Law School, Jews, Law Schools, Rankings, Religion
'Religious' Law School Rankings: Does Your Law School Make Jesus Happy?
Which law schools are the best for the faithful? Or is that the dumbest question you've heard today? -
Barack Obama, Drinking, Insider Trading, Magic Circle, Morning Docket, Supreme Court, Videos, YouTube
Morning Docket: 12.04.13
* Law professors testify to Congress that President Obama is abusing his power by circumventing Congress. Is this the Congress that takes 239 days of vacation each year and set a record for being the least productive in history? I wonder why any chief executive would circumvent them… [The Blog of the Legal Times] * […]
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China, Law Professors, Law Schools, Wikipedia
T14 Law Professor Wildly Plagiarized Wikipedia In Expert Report, Say Defense Lawyers
The fight of an expert report turns ugly when the defense charges that a prestigious law professor lifted large sections off Wikipedia. -
Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Reality TV, Television
The Price Is Right -- For This Georgetown Law Student
Congratulations to this Georgetown 2L on her game show success! -
Law Schools, Media and Journalism
Super-Serious Law Student Gets Out Of The News Business
Law student newspapers are one big teachable moment.
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The Ethical use of Generative AI
What’s the key to empowering your legal team with the efficiency and insight of AI while protecting the integrity of their work? Read this article…
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Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
Why M&A cybersecurity due diligence?
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Airplanes / Aviation, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Deaths, Non-Sequiturs, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Sports, Technology, Twittering
Non-Sequiturs: 10.14.13
* Referees go on a power trip and get arrested. [Legal Juice] * Lawyers enjoy LinkedIn. They may not like it as much if these allegations are true. [IT-Lex] * A New York lawyer is using Twitter to complain about Obamacare. This is what happens when there aren’t enough billable hours to go around. [New York Post] * TSA lets 9-year-old through without a ticket or adult help. Our security is top-notch in this country. [Lowering the Bar] * New York attorney Bradley Dizik is the working to save Detroit’s Masonic temple from its financial woes. How screwed is Detroit? Even the international Freemason conspiracy can’t help. [Detroit News] * Interested in national security — and getting CLE credit? [Lawfare] * A Georgetown Law student was killed over the weekend. On a personal note, I knew Mark and he was truly great guy and my thoughts go out to his family and friends. [Washington Post] -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Law School Dean Responds To Accusations of Inflating Tuition at Taxpayer Expense
A week after accusations surfaced that a top law school was gaming the federal government, the dean responds -- not very persuasively. -
Boalt Hall, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Videos, YouTube
Law Schools Devise Trick To Game Taxpayers
Washington Post catches on to what many of us have been predicting: law schools are using debt-forgiveness programs to line their own pockets. -
Baseball, China, Clerkships, Craigslist, Janice Rogers Brown, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 08.09.13
* This gem of a listing just showed up in the “legal/paralegal jobs” section of Craigslist. Be sure to send a “nude picture” with your résumé! Perhaps someone has been watching too many Maggie Gyllenhaal films. If it gets taken down a screenshot is here, and the klassy alternative picture in the listing is here. [Craigslist] * From the “no good deed goes unpunished” department, Georgetown Law has figured out how to bilk taxpayers into covering the costs of increasing tuition. The federal government forgives law school debt for those in the public sector if they agree to make an income-based payment. Georgetown is covering those costs, passing it on to future students (who also won’t be paying it back), and then encouraging students to shelter income to guarantee the school comes out ahead. This is why we can’t have nice things. [Wonkblog / Washington Post] * The always outspoken Judge Kopf shares his thoughts on Shon Hopwood’s selection as a clerk for Judge Janice Rogers Brown. Judge Kopf sentenced Hopwood to 147 months in the 90s. [Hercules and the Umpire] * A delightful “man bites dog” story: a bank didn’t read a customer’s amendments to a credit card application before issuing him a card and went to court whining about how hard it is to pay attention to the fine print. Boo hoo hoo. [The Telegraph] * How to deal with your mistakes. This only applies to associates, though. Partners have two steps: (1) find an associate; (2) blame the associate. [Associate's Mind] * Everything’s bigger in Texas, including their misreading of the Supreme Court’s precedent. [Election Law Blog] * China is way serious about prosecuting corruption. [Legal Juice] * The Mets muscle man whose comic inability to open a water bottle went viral on YouTube is actually a lawyer from White Plains. If you haven’t seen the clip yet, it’s after the jump. Watching the water bottle battle is the only excuse for subjecting yourself to a Royals-Mets game… -
Bankruptcy, Books, International Law, Law Firm Mergers, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, O.J. Simpson, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 07.31.13
* Daniel Chong, the student that the DEA locked in a cell and forgot about for a few days, has settled his lawsuit against the government for $4.1 million. No snark here, congratulations. [CNN] * Meanwhile, O.J. Simpson is getting parole (but not quite getting released yet). Here comes Naked Gun 4! [ABC News] * A Kenyan lawyer is challenging the trial of Jesus Christ at the International Court of Justice. [Legal Cheek] * Professor Paul Campos notes that from 2004-2013, it’s gotten much easier to get into law school. This year 80 percent of students applying to law school will get in somewhere. At least the profession is upholding its high standards. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * DMX declared bankruptcy because bankruptcy actually makes it easier to get a passport. How is DMX broke? Are the residuals from Exit Wounds not paying the bills? [Grantland] * King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin LLP are merging to create one of the largest law firms in the world. Dewey think a merger is a good idea? [WSJ Law Blog] * A follow-up on a previous item, checking in on the status of the petition to save the federal defenders one week in. [PrawfsBlawg] * A profile of the “eighth governor” of the Federal Reserve and Georgetown Law grad, General Counsel Scott G. Alvarez. I would say this is a fascinating look at a prominent regulatory staff member, but the article makes it clear that “regulation” is not exactly the Alvarez agenda. [DealBook] * Watch the dean of a law school defend a 0 percent bar passage rate. [ABC 33/40] * Another new resource out there — LawTrades. Basically, it’s ZocDoc for lawyers where lawyers can register and prospective clients can search for an attorney who meets their needs. [LawTrades] * What are the greatest legal novels of all time? The ABA Journal assembled a panel including our own David Lat and provided a list. You can disagree, but I see one of Archer’s favorites made the list (clip after the jump)… -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, LSAT, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: Three Law School Admission Myths Debunked
Ann K. Levine, Esq. of Law School Expert dispels three common myths about law school admissions. -
Law Schools, Quote of the Day
As the Ivory Tower Crumbles, New Leadership Emerges
It's a scary time to step into a leadership role at the Association of American Law Schools...