Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School Lets Kavanaugh Take The Gentleman’s Way Out

If there's a way Harvard can allow a white man to save face, they're going to take it.

Feeling Left Out, Now Harvard Law School Is Building Up Some Brett Kavanaugh-Related Shame

Kavanaugh earns a hefty paycheck from Harvard Law.

Lessons From Law School’s GRE Experiment: Harvard Law School Speaks Out

The GRE has passed its first, all important test.

Harvard Law Can Afford To Eliminate Tuition, But Will It? Or Should It?

It would be awesome if this ever happened, but it sure seems unlikely.

How Much Garbage Can Lawyers And Lobbyists Shove In One Agreement? Actually, Quite A Bit According To This Harvard Law Grad

Do you know what's in your trade agreements?

Harvard Law School Gives Terrible Sexual Harassment Advice

The law school probably has good intentions, but the advice they give leaves a lot to be desired.

Harvard Law School Graduate Accused Of Murdering His Mother Wants To Represent Himself

Police found his mother's skeletal remains, including her crushed skull, in a fire pit in the backyard.

Alan Dershowitz Is The Saddest Man In Martha’s Vineyard

The Trumpist law professor is complaining that people don't seem to appreciate his stumping for the president.

Law Student Who Took Final Exam While In Labor Has Now Graduated From Harvard Law School

Mom and baby in matching caps and gowns -- too cute!

Republican-Appointed Racism Tacks On About Three Months When Sentencing Black Defendants, According To Law School Study

New study reveals that Republican-appointed federal judges are harsher to blacks, more lenient with women.

Morning Docket: 05.30.18

* Guess which Biglaw firm has decided to bring back on-campus recruiting for its summer associate program? Here's a hint: You're going to need a pair of flip flops. We'll have more on this later today. [American Lawyer] * With an estimated $11 million annual salary, Sandra Goldstein, who recently left Cravath for Kirkland & Ellis, may be the highest paid female partner in all of Biglaw. You go, girl! [The Careerist] * Speaking of female Biglaw partners, Bracewell partner Barbara Jones's $700 per hour rate as special master in the review of materials seized from Michael Cohen's office has added up to a pretty YUGE bill for just one week's worth of work: $47,390. [New York Law Journal] * The Justice Department approved a merger between Bayer and Monsanto, but only after the companies agreed to dump $9 billion in business assets. "Today’s news makes it clear that our antimonopoly laws are completely worthless," said one farm group that's just thrilled by the news. [Washington Post] * Eduardo M. Peñalver, the first Latino dean of an Ivy League law school, has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of Cornell Law after achieving quite a few milestones for employment and bar pass rates at the school. [Cornell Chronicle] * Briana Williams, a single mother who requested an epidural while she was in labor so her contractions wouldn't interfere with her completion of a final exam, recently graduated from Harvard Law School. Much respect from one law mama to another. Congratulations and best of luck in all that you do! [Yahoo!]

Morning Docket: 04.25.18

* The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on the Trump travel ban case. What's at stake here, aside from the high court potentially allowing the travel ban to become permanent? The legacy of the Roberts Court also hangs in the balance. A decision upholding the ban could very well be the next Dred Scott, Plessy, or Korematsu, and forever marring this Court's record. [Take Care] * Is AG Jeff Sessions recusing himself from the investigation into Michael Cohen, or isn't he? According to the DOJ, Sessions isn't involved in any investigations "related in any way to the campaigns for president," but according to news sources, he hasn't decided to recuse himself from the Cohen probe quite yet. [Politico; Bloomberg] * Judge John Bates of the District of Columbia has ruled that the Trump administration's decision to end the DACA program was "arbitrary and capricious" and "virtually unexplained," and therefore "unlawful." Judge Bates ordered that the government must not only continue DACA, but accept new applicants. He stayed his ruling for 90 days to give DHS a chance to explain itself. [Washington Post] * Kyle Duncan, President Trump's fifteenth federal appeals court nominee who's known for litigating disputes involving voter ID requirements, same-sex marriage bans, transgender bathroom access, and the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, was very narrowly confirmed to the Fifth Circuit. [Big Law Business] * According to the Harvard Law Women's Law Association, there's a glass ceiling at the school. The faculty is "overwhelmingly male," and the administration is "turning a blind eye" to the success of women once they're enrolled. Something has to change so women can achieve as much success as their male classmates. [Harvard Law Record]

Only Harvard Law Would Still Care About Something Like This

The school dropped its Royall Crest as an unnecessary vestige of a racist past. But the school can't quite figure out what to do without a coat-of-arms because pretentiousness is a hell of a thing.

The ‘Grisly Reality’ Behind Mental Health Issues At Harvard Law School

Will Harvard Law lead in the area of mental health?

Lindsay Lohan Punks Harvard Law School

April Fools'!