Harvard Law School
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Law Schools
3 Law Schools In The T14 Now Accept The GRE
We're watching the methodical destruction of the LSAT by the GRE. -
Politics
Scaramucci Falls Face First Into Some Holocaust Denial
What in the dystopian hellscape is this? - Sponsored
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Law Schools, Women's Issues
For The First Time In History, The Majority Of The Harvard Law Review's New Editors Are Women
Will more top law schools welcome majority-women editorial classes?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.16.17
* Colin Kaepernick, who remains unsigned six weeks into the season, has filed a grievance against the NFL and its owners alleging collusion under the latest collective bargaining agreement, claiming that he’s been deprived of employment in retaliation for “bringing awareness to peculiar institutions still undermining racial equality in the United States.” [Bleacher Report]
* Harvey Weinstein was planning to file suit against the New York Times for defamation, but Charles Harder, the hot-shot lawyer who brought down Gawker, has left the media mogul’s legal team. Harder is the third lawyer to step away from this representation, following moves made by Lisa Bloom and Lanny Davis. [Deadline]
* Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rolled back protections for transgender people in the workforce and in education, but the Department of Justice is taking a hard line when it comes to federal hate crimes that have been committed against the very people his policies have thrust into potential danger. [New York Times]
* Harvard Law students and alumni want major improvements to be made to the school’s public service loan assistance program, saying their alma mater has “fallen behind its peer schools” when it comes to supporting graduates who work in public interest. Will HLS act to preserve its stature, or to help its own? [Harvard Crimson]
* Even though women account for more than 40 percent of the school’s student body, there aren’t enough women’s bathrooms at the University of South Dakota School of Law, and students who’ve been forced to wait in long lines are pretty pissed that the administration has done such a piss-poor job of handling this issue. [Wichita Eagle]
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Women's Issues
Fulbright Scholar And HLS Alum Lauren Weinstein On Bright Women Lawyers
It is particularly hard to be a young, woman lawyer. How can they make their voices heard? -
Law Schools
What In The World Is The ABA Doing About The GRE?
The ABA's decided to ... decide nothing. -
Law Schools
Move Over LSAT -- As Of Today 6 Law Schools Accept The GRE
A sixth law school presents students the option of taking the GRE. -
Bar Exams, Biglaw
Biglaw Associate Fails Bar Exam, Gets Fired, Sues Bar Examiners For Causing Job Loss
If the bar examiners hadn't denied her testing accommodations, perhaps she'd still have a job. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Law Schools
25 Percent Of Law Schools Say They Plan To Accept The GRE
The landscape of legal education is shifting before our eyes. -
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Law Schools, Military / Military Law
Harvard Law Students Protest Military Trans Ban During JAG Interviews
Even the dean thinks this violates the school's antidiscrimination policy. -
Law Schools, Rankings
The Best Law Schools For Prestigious Government Jobs
Did your school make the list? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.07.17
* Harvard Law School unveils new plaque recognizing the contributions of Isaac Royall’s slaves. [Smithsonian Magazine] * In an open letter, 47 high-profile conservatives, including Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, blast the Southern Poverty Law Center for using the […]
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Constitutional Law, Donald Trump
Constitutional Law In The Age Of Trump: Law Professors React
Being a Con Law professor has never been more important. -
Law Schools
LSAC Unintentionally Proves Why Law Schools Need The GRE
They are NOT happy about schools accepting the GRE. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.01.17
* Apparently Donald Trump dictated the Donald Trump Jr. statement that’s going to land his son in trouble. Here’s a bit of free advice: when you’re the subject of a criminal probe, let your lawyers draft your statements as opposed to washed up steak salesmen. [Washington Post] * Hooboy! Ad links Airbnb to terrorism. That’s… […]
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Law Schools, Politics
Anthony Scaramucci Fired By White House, Killed Off By Harvard Law School
Life comes at you fast. So does death. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.31.17
* After the spectacular failure that was the “skinny repeal” bill, President Trump has called for the filibuster to be abolished to prevent Senate Republicans from “look[ing] like fools.” Sorry, but a bipartisan majority has already opposed eliminating the filibuster for legislation, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has no desire to do away with it. [CBS News]
* “If we are not careful, when we wake up from the Trump presidency, our justice system may be broken beyond recognition.” Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general who refused to enforce President Trump’s travel ban, wrote an excellent op-ed piece for the newspaper of record on the need to protect the Justice Department — and the rule of law — from Trump. [New York Times]
* A preemptive congratulations? Word on the street is that Deputy White House counsel Gregory Katsas is currently leading the pack when it comes to consideration for the vacancy on the D.C. Circuit. As mentioned previously here at Above the Law by my colleague David Lat, “If Greg Katsas wants it, then he’ll probably get it” — and right about now, it seems like Greg Katsas wants it. [NPR]
* White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s expletive-laced public meltdown has people wondering what he was really like when he went to Harvard Law. Aside from the “leaked tapes” from Professor Laurence Tribe’s constitutional law class, we bet you didn’t know that Scaramucci once fouled President Obama on a basketball court before he graduated. [Law.com]
* “Drain the swamp. Drain the sewer that is the DOJ. MAGA.” Jury deliberation begins today in Martin Shkreli’s fraud trial. Will the disgraced pharma bro be sent to jail for his alleged crimes, or will he be set free into the wilds of Manhattan to relish in his own douchebaggery? We suppose we’ll soon find out. Best of luck to Mr. Shkreli, as he may need it. [DealBook / New York Times]
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Donald Trump, Justice, Politics
Anthony Scaramucci Answers Socratic Questions at HLS
To be a fly on the wall of Scaramucci's Con Law class. -
Constitutional Law, Law Schools
Harvard Professor Has Bone To Pick With Anthony Scaramucci About Constitutional Law
Hmm, perhaps the Mooch didn't jot this crucial point down in his notes.