Law Professors
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Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Fabulosity, Law Professors, Pictures, Politics, Samantha Power, Slideshows
ATL World Exclusive: Paparazzi Photos of Cass Sunstein and Samantha Power!
The world is obsessed with celebrity professors Cass Sunstein and Samantha Power, who recently left the ivory tower to take high-ranking positions in the Obama Administration. He might someday sit on the Supreme Court; she’s a winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and together, as we previously reported (see the update), they’re creating the World’s Smartest […] -
Celebrities, Fabulosity, Law Professors, Law Schools, New York Observer, Real Estate
The James Bond of Columbia Law School: Philip Bobbitt
We have a soft spot for Columbia Law School, especially after our excellent visit there on Wednesday (“our” = Lat + Kash). Thanks to the CLS Federalist Society, the sponsor of our talk, for the warm welcome. We also have a soft spot for celebrity professors. Meet Columbia law prof Philip Bobbitt — no relation […] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Professors, Politics, Samantha Power, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch (Bonus Edition): Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein Get Hitched
Back in May, we broke the news of the engagement of celebrity professors Cass Sunstein and Samantha Power. Both are Harvard-trained lawyers and high-profile advisers — current in Sunstein’s case, and former in Power’s case (see Monstergate) — to fellow HLS grad Barack Obama. In the fall, Professor Sunstein will be teaching law at Harvard, […]
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Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Rudeness, Samantha Power, Screw-Ups
'Hillary Clinton's a monster.'
That statement was made by Samantha Power, a top foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama and new-ish love interest of Professor Cass Sunstein. Sunstein recently accepted a position at Harvard Law, leaving behind in Chicago his ex, philosopher Martha Nussbaum. Bossman David Lat posted all the gossip about the academic love triangle here. Power, pictured, […] -
Asians, Harold Koh, Kenji Yoshino, Law Professors, Law Schools
NYU Hires Kenji Yoshino as Permanent Faculty Member
NYU School of Law announced today that it has hired Professor Kenji Yoshino as a tenured faculty member. He was a visiting professor at the school last year and again this spring. Professor Yoshino graduated from Yale Law in 1996 and is influential in the fields of constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature. […] -
Cass Sunstein, Celebrities, Harvard, Hotties, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Martha Nussbaum, Musical Chairs, Romance and Dating, Samantha Power, Sex
The Real Reason Cass Sunstein's Going to Harvard? He's Got the Power
We greatly enjoyed our recent visit to the University of Chicago Law School. The U. Chicago students were very welcoming and made us feel right at home, even inviting us to their law school musical — which, by the way, was delightful. (We added many of them as friends on Facebook before we were mysteriously […] -
Email Scandals, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Politics, Vicious Infighting, William and Mary School of Law
Turmoil at William & Mary - Law School Dean Takes Over as President
We love internecine warfare at law schools and in other academic settings. As the old saying goes — our cursory Googling doesn’t immediately generate the exact wording or source, so we’ll paraphrase — fights in academia are so vicious because the stakes are so small. As Hillary and Barack do battle in Virginia today, so […] -
Bad Ideas, Blogging, Drudge Report, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 01.10.08
* Actually, Judge Lamberth, calling a presidential candidate as “a European socialist” constitutes an endorsement — at least at most American law schools. [AP via WSJ Law Blog] * News you can use: under the “Free File” program, opening tomorrow, the IRS and its private-sector partners will provide free tax preparation and electronic filing services […] - 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. -
Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Law Schools, Prostitution, Racism, Sex Scandals
The Nutty Professor: A Commemorative Graphic
We’ve written a fair amount about D. Marvin Jones, the University of Miami law professor who has been accused of soliciting an undercover officer for sex. He allegedly offered her a tantalizing $20 for her services. But a picture is worth a thousand words. And a picture is what’s been making the rounds among UM […] -
D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Prostitution
U of M UM Hits the MSM
It’s time for a brief update on the possibly propositioning professor, D. Marvin Jones of the University of Miami School of Law. We first reported the news of his arrest for allegedly soliciting a prostitute last week. Now it’s in the Miami Herald. Most of the piece will be familiar to those of you who […] -
Barack Obama, Education / Schools, Gay, Hillary Clinton, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.07
* If you received Jesse Wegman’s invitation to join Shelfari, please accept his apologies. [NYO] * Yet another law professor who’s out of touch with the real world. [TaxProf Blog] * Going north of Westchester = Going south of the Mason-Dixon line? [QuizLaw] * Is Hillary a Commie? [Althouse] * Eh, who cares? She’s unstoppable! […] -
Cars, Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Prostitution, Racism, Sex Scandals
The Possibly Propositioning Professor: Here's the Incident Report
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Crime, D. Marvin Jones, Law Professors, Lawyer of the Day, Prostitution, Sex Scandals
Lawyer of the Day: D. Marvin Jones
Several commenters to our recent post about the University of Miami law student who got benchslapped on the People’s Court pointed out another news development involving the law school: the recent arrest and arraignment of a popular professor, D. Marvin Jones, on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a prostitute. See here: Check out his bio […]
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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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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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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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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Fabulosity, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Columbia Law Professor Now Wants $30 Million for His Mansion
One year ago, we wrote about how Columbia law professor Hans Smit was trying to unload his 12,000 square foot home — the only freestanding single-family mansion in Manhattan — for a cool $29 million. One year later, the good professor’s home is still on the market. Its white-marble-clad facade greeted us when we visited […] -
Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Law Professors, Old People, Robert Bork, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Robert Bork Hearts Plaintiffs?
Who says that conservative judicial icon Robert Bork, of the famously ill-fated Supreme Court nomination, is anti-plaintiff? Judge Bork is all in favor of punitive damages — when, for example, he’s demanding them in his Complaint (PDF). The distinguished law professor and former judge has filed a slip-and-fall lawsuit against the Yale Club of New […] -
Bad Ideas, Dan Markel, Isn't It Ironic, Law Professors, Law Reviews
Law Professor of the Day: Victoria Dawson
A legal writing teacher who can’t spell? From the St. Petersburg Times (gavel bang: Paul Caron): In 2004, the woman who would become legal writing director at Florida A&M University’s law school posted a working paper online so legal scholars nationwide could see her work. The subject was heady: environmental dispute resolution. But Victoria Dawson’s […] -
Asians, Guido Calabresi, Kenji Yoshino, Law Professors, Law Schools
Kenji Yoshino: Tied to a Chair?
We recently passed along the rumor that Professor Kenji Yoshino, one of Yale Law School’s most promising young scholars, might be leaving New Haven for one of the New York City law schools. It’s no secret that Professor Yoshino vastly prefers New York to New Haven. As noted on his website, he already splits his […] -
Book Deals, Books, Jed Rubenfeld, Law Professors, Money
Jed Rubenfeld May Be Hot, But His Book Is Not
Or so says the Wall Street Journal, in a fascinating front-page article about the disappointing sales for the Yale law professor’s debut novel, The Interpretation of Murder. The strikingly handsome Jed Rubenfeld is a con law professor and deputy dean at Yale Law School (as well as a contestant in our Law School Dean hotties […] -
Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Law Professors, Law Schools, Tax Law, Weddings
Tax Professors in Love
This just in, from TaxProf Blog: Tax Profs Miranda Perry and Vic Fleischer tied the knot Saturday at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, followed by a reception at the Kitchen [Upstairs], a Boulder wine bar. A photograph of the two good professors appears above. Fashion props to Professor Perry for the understated elegance of […] -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Nauseating Things, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Professor Smit's Uptown Mansion
Yesterday we put out a call for submissions for Lawyerly Lairs. We look forward to your responses. In the meantime, here’s some real estate porn that we were able to obtain on our own — since the property in question is for sale. The Schinasi Mansion is the only freestanding single-family mansion in Manhattan. It […]