Law Professors
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9th Circuit, Clerkships, Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Law Professors, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
Professor Dan Markel: Some Personal Recollections
What do friends and former colleagues of Professor Dan Markel have to say about him? -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Law Professors, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
A Prominent Law Professor Is Shot At Home And Killed
What do we know -- and what do we not know -- about Professor Dan Markel's terrible and tragic death? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Bill Clinton, Dan Markel, Deaths, Document Review, Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Law Schools, LSAT, Morning Docket, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Tobacco / Smoking, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.21.14
* NO, NO, NO, NOTORIOUS! Previously unpublished documents from the Clinton White House have been released, and it looks like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was criticized for her “laconic” nature. Not cool, Bill. [Legal Times]
* Document review jobs aren’t going anywhere, folks. Exhibit A: Winston & Strawn’s e-discovery practice is bringing in the big bucks, earning the firm more than $20 million in revenue last year. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* More lawyers are being treated for substance abuse for drugs and alcohol than ever before. In fact, a founding partner of Farella Braun + Martel, one of California’s largest firms, was once a “functioning alcoholic.” [Am Law Daily]
* A Florida jury apparently set on “sending a message” to tobacco companies awarded $23.6 billion in punitive damages to a chain smoker’s widow against RJ Reynolds. That was a costly message. [Reuters]
* June 2014 marked the fewest people who sat for the LSAT in 14 years, but it may get even lower if a new ABA proposal which would allow the test to be waived for 10% of students passes. [Central Florida Future]
* Dan Markel, FSU Law prof, criminal law theorist, and PrawfsBlawg founder, RIP. [Tallahassee Democrat]
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Barack Obama, Contract Attorneys, Laurence Tribe, Law Professors, Marijuana, Non-Sequiturs, Trademarks, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 07.09.14
* Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes took advantage of Washington state law and purchased himself some legal pot yesterday, making him the highest-profile lawyer in the country. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] * DC Comics blocked plans to build a memorial to a murdered 5-year-old Superman fan dressed in costume. Realizing that this was awful and stupid, they’ve reversed themselves. [Gawker] * New York Justice Roger Barto said he was attacked and beaten with a toilet seat. The police disagree. [WHAM] * Laurence Tribe recounting his experiences with a young Barack Obama. [Fiscal Times] * Remember when Justice Scalia screwed up that decision and quietly edited it hoping we wouldn’t notice? Well the days of the secret editing of SCOTUS opinions are over. [CREW] * The continuing coverage of the Donald Sterling trial: Sterling takes the stand. [mitchell epner] * We talk a lot about work-life balance among lawyers, but we don’t think much about the work-life balance among law professors. [TaxProf Blog] * If you wanted to understand the UK legal market, this infographic is basically “choose your own adventure” for a legal career across the pond. [Gorvins] * What do the former Biglaw Bigshot and Joan Rivers have in common? [Law and More] -
Labor / Employment, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
A Super-Salacious Lawsuit, Settled
What do the parties have to say about the settlement in Professor Raymond Ku's lawsuit against Larry Mitchell, former dean of Case Western Law? -
Alex Kozinski, Antonin Scalia, English Grammar and Usage, Federal Judges, Law Professors, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Westlaw
Black's Law Dictionary: An Interview with Bryan A. Garner
David Lat interviews Professor Bryan A. Garner about the newest edition of Black's Law Dictionary. -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Layoffs
Much Maligned Law School Cuts First-Year Class, Announces Layoffs
Which law school seems to be in full-on disaster mode right now? -
Books, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies
A Popular Institution Makes A Major Move
What's motivating this move? - 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. -
Bar Exams, Law Professors, Law Schools, Orin Kerr
Former Law Prof Says, 'The Socratic Method Is A Sh**ty Method Of Teaching'
The fact that some students manage to figure out the Socratic method is no reason for professors to pat themselves on the backs. -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Law Student Sues Over Bad Grade That Destroyed His Legal Career
Did we mention that he wants $100,000 in damages for "years of not being in a legal career"? -
Gender, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Women's Issues
This Law School Pays Male Faculty $44K More Than Female Profs
Even bastions of self-described enlightenment willingly participate in gender inequality. -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Books, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Headhunters / Recruiters, John Roberts, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Travel / Vacation
Underneath Their Robes: A Detailed Dive Into The Justices' Financial Disclosures
How well are the Supreme Court justices doing financially? Pretty darn well.... -
Andrew Cuomo, Craigslist, Law Professors, Law Schools, Politics, Quote of the Day, Tim Wu
Two Prominent Professors Plunge Into Politics
Which high-profile law professors are running for governor and lieutenant governor of New York?
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Law Professors, Law Schools, Racism
Bigmouth Law Professor Flubs Research, Defends Racists
Brian Leiter went off half-cocked on the Internet? Wonders will truly never cease... -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Susman Godfrey
Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They Now?
What are the SCOTUS clerks from October Term 2004 up to nowadays? -
Benchslaps, D.C. Circuit, Federal Judges, Laurence Silberman, Litigators, Litigatrix, Quote of the Day
Benchslap Of The Day: The D.C. Circuit Calls Out A Top Law School Professor
Which professor got publicly reprimanded, and why? -
Alan Dershowitz, Books, Celebrities, Law Professors, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, O.J. Simpson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Trials
An Evening With Alan Dershowitz
The celebrated litigator and law professor looks back on his life and career. -
Blogging, California, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law, State Judges Are Clowns, Supreme Court, Ted Olson
Morning Docket: 06.03.14
* “I don’t think the government should be in the credentialing business.” Thanks to the whims of politicians, SCOTUSblog is having trouble getting media credentials to continue its coverage of the Supreme Court’s cases. [New York Times]
* How you like me now? In Redeeming the Dream (affiliate link), a new book co-authored with David Boies, Ted Olson says he experienced “some blowback” when he announced he was taking on the Prop 8 gay marriage case. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Steve Davis and Steve DiCarmine of failed firm fame think it’s “unfair” they have to defend themselves in a criminal case and an SEC case at the same time. They want the SEC case to be halted. Dewey think the judge will say yes? [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* Back in 2011, Pillsbury decided to ship its back-office operations to Nashville, and now it’s hiring a small contingent of lawyers to work there. FYI, an Ivy League degree may not be necessary. [Washington Post]
* Only in Florida would a judge allegedly challenge a public defender to a fight out back during a hearing and start throwing punches. We’ll definitely have more on this fiasco later today. [WFTV Eyewitness News]
* Peter Mutharika, a former law professor who taught at Washington University in St. Louis Law for about 40 years, is now the new president of Malawi, where it’s illegal to fart. Congrats! [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
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Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Insider Trading, Labor / Employment, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 06.02.14
Crim Law exam features Fifty Shades of Grey prequel as fact pattern. [Legal Cheek] * You’d think being in jail would be a pretty good alibi. But that’s not the Chicago Way! [Overlawyered] * How many law professors have wished they could say this before? “Don’t give me any of your s**tty papers and you get an A.” [Critical-Theory via TaxProf Blog] * Lawyer powerlifting to raise money for mentoring programs. Because donating to charity is more fun when it comes with the risk of severe groin injuries. [Chicago Tribune] * U.S. News has a list of ways being a paralegal first can help with law school. It’s dumb. There’s only one reason paralegal experience helps and that’s to meet practicing lawyers and figure out whether or not law school is even worth it. [U.S. News] * In the past, Professor Nancy Leong was accused of narcissism. But she doesn’t seem to be attention-seeking at all based on this publicly posted shot. Maybe she can post that on Ashley Madison and see what happens… [Instagram] * Regulating imports could drastically improve labor conditions around the world (and potentially bring more jobs back home). But that could curtail profits by a smidgeon so let’s table that discussion. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * A former AUSA on the Phil Mickelson/Carl Icahn insider trading case and wiretaps. [mitchellepner] * John Oliver made a powerful appeal to the Internet to take action in defense of Net Neutrality. If you want to know what you can do (or don’t even understand the issue) and laugh at the same time, the video is embedded below… [Huffington Post] -
Biglaw, Deaths, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Munger Tolles & Olson, Securities and Exchange Commission, Technology, Texas
Morning Docket: 05.30.14
* As you may have heard, Apple is buying Beats Electronics for $3 billion. Apple is being represented by Weil, but don’t worry, no one forgot about Dre — he’s got Munger Tolles and Skadden Arps on his side. [Am Law Daily]
* Haynes and Boone will have a new managing partner as of January 1, 2015, and to make sure he fulfills the good old Texas stereotype of things being bigger, he wants to grow the hell out of the firm’s Houston office. [Dallas Business Journal]
* Stephanie Avakian, a WilmerHale partner in the New York office, was tapped by the Securities and Exchange Commission to become its deputy director of enforcement. Yay! [DealBook / New York Times]
* “We can’t turn law schools into graduate school for the study of law,” says a law prof who thinks legal education is straying from being professional education. Aww, write a paper about it. [Harvard Crimson]
* A Los Angeles couple has been accused in the hit-and-run death of Judge Dean Pregerson’s son. The judge isn’t “looking for blood,” but some jail time would probably help. [L.A. Now / Los Angeles Times]