Gunners
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Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools
Clerkship-Seeking 2Ls, Start Your Engines
What do you think of the latest change to the law clerk hiring process? -
Politics, R. Ted Cruz, Rudeness
Harvard Law Should Start Giving Out The 'Ted Cruz Award' To The Most Annoying Student
HLS should crown its biggest jerk. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Ask the Experts, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students
From The Career Files: Should You Join A Study Group?
Law students: thinking of joining a study group? Here are some things to consider.
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Law Schools
Proto-Gunner Starts Gunning Over The Summer
Consider this a public service announcement: the more you know about gunning.... -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y.
A Quick Update on Law Clerk Hiring
The Southern District of New York provides a model for other courts to follow. -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y.
What's the Latest News in Law Clerk Hiring?
Some S.D.N.Y. judges have made a sensible tweak to (what remains of) the Law Clerk Hiring Plan. -
Basketball, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, David Boies, Drinking, Drudge Report, Election Law, Eugene Volokh, Free Speech, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Police, Politics, Racism, Sports, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 05.03.13
* Eugene Volokh analyzes the free-speech issues raised by the prosecution of Anya Bargh, the UConn law student accused of sending anti-Semitic and racist emails. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Lawyerist thinks you suck, not the gunners. Discuss. [Lawyerist] * Law and the Multiverse now has CLE courses about comic books. Maintaining this license just got that much easier. [Law and the Multiverse] * Some new developments in the Ed O’Bannon case against the NCAA. Basically, discovery has not been kind to the NCAA. [Bloomberg] * All the editors-in-chief at Michigan Law are women. Now, if another 90 or so journals follow suit, Staci’s article will seem outdated. [Michigan Law] * Ruh-roh. Did David Boies blow the lid off campaign spending limits last cycle? [Huffington Post] * No, Mike Bloomberg was not denied a slice of pizza yesterday. [Gawker] * WARNING: If you understand math, the latest from NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly will annoy the hell out of you. [PrawfsBlawg] * Man injured in a drunken fight sues the bar that he says should have cut him off. [Overlawyered] -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law Schools
Clerkship Hiring Is Getting Earlier and Earlier
So how early can law students apply for clerkships under the just revised Law Clerk Hiring Plan? Pretty darn early.... - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Interview Stories, Law Schools
Master Class Douchery: 3L Gunner Schools Classmates in Interviewing
Sometimes the line between helpful and annoying is hard to see. -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Rudeness
Gunner Storms Out Of Class, Sends Pissy Email To His Law Professor
How boring does class have to be before you are within your rights to stomp out? -
Cardozo Law School, Federal Judges, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices
Law Student Doesn't Totally Get Shut Down In Quest To Make Her Note-Passing Mistake Live On Forever
The Cardozo law student who sued the U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshals didn't get totally shut down. She should quit while she's not incredibly behind... -
Bad Ideas, Cardozo Law School, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., Trials, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Some Law Students Learn From Their Mistakes; Others Sue The U.S. Marshals Over A Cell Phone
Some people learn from their mistakes. This isn't one of those times... -
Bad Ideas, Cardozo Law School, Federal Judges, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., Trials
Unemployed Cardozo Gunner Receives Public Lesson From Jed Rakoff
Wherein an unemployed Cardozo Law School student decides to give evidentiary advice to Judge Jed Rakoff....
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Biglaw, Canada, Cars, Guns / Firearms, Kids, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Twittering
Non-Sequiturs: 02.23.12
* Apparently attorneys at a “prestigious firm” in Washington, D.C. are fans of hobo hunting. What the hell does that mean? Well, there’s an app for that (one that Apple has rejected three times for its outrageous offensiveness). [VICE] * “I want to (blank) Michelle Bachmann in her (blank) with a Vietnam era machete.” First […] -
Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Job Searches, Law Schools
How to Succeed in Law School Without Really Trying? Make a College Kid Do Your Work
Hey 1Ls, is law school getting you down? Are you tired of doing your 1L bitchwork, like briefing cases? Then have we got a deal for you! For the low, low price of a weekly cup of coffee, you can outsource all of your undesirable tasks to an up-and-coming sucker! Because why try your hardest to succeed when you can get someone else to do it for you? -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Politics
Law Student of the Day: The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Gunners
Don't you wish that gunners would just disappear? Yesterday's Law Student of the Day has an idea that, if set into motion, will revolutionize and forever change the law school experience. What's his plan, and where does he go to law school? -
Asians, Blogging, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Privacy, Transfer Students
Aspiring Yale Transfer Student Explains and Defends Her Blog
Shortly after writing about a blog entitled Confessions of an (Aspiring) Yalie, its author, Tammy Hsu, reached out to Above the Law with a defense and explanation of her blog's origins, which we will now share.... -
Asha Rangappa, Asians, Blogging, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Privacy, Transfer Students
Confessions of an Aspiring Yale Transfer Student
Law student Tammy Hsu, a first-year student at Wake Forest University School of Law, seeks to harness public exposure for her own benefit. Hsu writes a blog built around her goal of transferring into Yale Law School. Sounds like a great idea, right? Not when the internet isn't on your side....