Georgetown University Law Center
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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. -
Law Schools, Quote of the Day
As the Ivory Tower Crumbles, New Leadership Emerges
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Harold Baer, Labor / Employment, S.D.N.Y.
Uh-Oh! Federal Judge Says We Might Have to Start Paying Interns
Two big rulings strike a blow for the rights of interns.
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Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Law School Applicants Are Down, Again, And We're Shocked
Not surprisingly, law school applications are down, again. -
Biglaw, Books, Facebook, Federalist Society, General Counsel, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, In-House Counsel, Law Professors, Morning Docket, Murder, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Politics, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Tax Law, Technology
Morning Docket: 05.13.13
* Given the name and origins of the Tea Party movement, it actually makes perfect sense that their groups got grief from the IRS. [Washington Post]
* Wachtell Lipton weighs in against the practice of shareholder activists offering special compensation to director nominees. [Dealbook / New York Times]
* A law professor, Joshua Silverstein, argues that schools should embrace grade inflation. (But haven’t most of them done this already?) [WSJ Law Blog]
* Facebook shareholders might not “like” this news, but Ted Ullyot is stepping down as general counsel after almost five years. We’ll have more on this later. [National Law Journal]
* The Brooklyn DA’s office is reopening 50 murder cases that were worked on by retired detective Louis Scarcella (who looks oh-so-savory in the NYT’s photo of him). [New York Times]
* In news that should shock no one, Nicholas Speath’s dubious discrimination case against Georgetown Law has been dismissed. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]
* Not long after leaving Cravath for Kirkland, Sarkis Jebejian is putting together billion-dollar deals for private-equity clients. [Am Law Daily]
* Professor Jeffrey Rosen reviews an interesting new book, The Federalist Society (affiliate link), authored by Michael Avery and Danielle McLaughlin. [New York Times]
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Caption Contests, Contests, Libraries / Librarians, Pictures
Caption Contest Winner: Stretching Does a Student Body Good
Just how far can a law student bend before she breaks? Let's find out... -
Celebrities, Commencement, Law Schools, Media and Journalism
Commencement Speakers (2013): Any Controversial Choices?
Which school has made students unhappy with its choice of commencement speaker? -
Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Videos, YouTube
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Appetizing Shop Owner
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Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Vanderbilt
Which Law Schools Had the Most Clerkship Placements?
Believe it or not, there are some surprises in the top 10 of this list! -
Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Old People, Sex Scandals, UVA Law
Crazy D.C. Lawsuit Potpourri: A Discrimination Case Against Georgetown Law, and a Sidwell Friends Sex Scandal
Is Washington, D.C., the capital of... crazy lawsuits? -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings
Which Top Law School Has the Highest Percentage of Underemployed Graduates?
All hell breaks loose at the bottom of the T14 -- we're talking double-digit underemployment figures! -
Federal Government, Job Searches, Law Schools, Public Interest, Rankings, UVA Law
The Best Law Schools for Government and Public Interest Career Placement
If you'd like to work in government or public interest, you'd better be going to law school in D.C. or Virginia. -
Constitutional Law, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Law Students Show Themselves As The Smartest People Out On First Street
Law nerd protest is the best protest.
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Crime, Deaths, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 03.26.13
* Illinois rules that young people’s tweets are not statements of fact. Are you suggesting people aren’t really rolling on the floor laughing? [IT-Lex] * One Manhattan financial firm thinks Ally McBeal’s unisex bathroom is a good idea. Or they’re sexist dicks. One or the other. [Jezebel] * The owner of the Boston Bruins is completely terrible, placing a small, but wealthy town in the middle of litigation costing hundreds of thousands of dollars… all so he can promote horse dancing. What is it with Massachusetts people and dressage? [SB Nation] * Shoplifter busted with earrings swallows the evidence, but is ultimately foiled by Marie Curie. [Legal Juice] * GULC students protest standards of review outside the Supreme Court, an important and overlooked issue. But it’s also throwing down the biggest legal dorks gauntlet to other law schools. [DCist] * And as the legal world parses the transcripts of a big day for the Supreme Court, we also lament the loss of the man who basically created Supreme Court coverage. R.I.P. Anthony Lewis, sometimes called the “Tenth Justice.” [New Yorker] -
Books, Career Alternatives, Food, Jews, Law Schools, Oy, Quote of the Day
The Georgetown University Law Center for Bagels and Lox?
With a law degree from Georgetown, you can be a famous... bagel shop owner? L'chaim! -
Conferences / Symposia, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, David Sentelle, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Laurence Silberman, Merrick Garland, Money
New D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Dreading the Sequester
The D.C. Circuit's new chief judge and two of his colleagues spoke at a conference over the weekend. What did Their Honors have to say? -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Legal Ethics, Trials, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Lawyer Busted Barrister of the Day: Liar Liar, Wig on Fire?
A Georgetown Law graduate finds herself in very hot water.... -
Biglaw, Facebook, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
Some Of Facebook's First Users Work In Biglaw, But Where?
Thanks to some expert stalking, we now know that some of Facebook's first members became lawyers. Let's invade their privacy and find out about them! -
Crime, Drugs, Law Professors, Law Schools, Randy Barnett, Sentencing Law
Breaking Bad at a Leading Law School: T14 Law Student Sentenced to Four Years for Meth Dealing
If you were a student at a top 14 law school with an above-average GPA, why would you risk it all by selling meth? -
Andrew Cuomo, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Guns / Firearms, Holland & Knight, Non-Sequiturs, State Judges, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 12.27.12
* I don’t fully understand this story, but it involves the beautiful and deadly Zhang Ziyi and a SLAPP suit. [Techdirt] * I’m interested in who Andrew Cuomo appoints to the New York Court of Appeals, just because I’m interested in how Cuomo picks judges. You know, just because 2016-2020 could be an interesting time when it comes to shifting the balance of power on the Supreme Court. [WiseLaw NY] * A Holland & Knight partner is leaving to start teaching an “Indigent Defense” class at Georgetown. I’m not sure who is teaching the companion class: “Blood From A Rock: How To Get Fees Out Of Indigent Clients.” [Legal Blog Watch] * I swear I was absent the day they explained that the NRA is the fifth branch of government in civics class. [PrawfsBlawg] * Mmm… negative liberty. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * This seems like a good time to say that I watch This Week with George Stephanopoulos instead of Meet the Press. But I really think that DCPD has better things to do than investigate David Gregory’s ammo clip prop. [Slate]