Law Professors
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Law Schools
Law Professor Totally Screws Up This Torts Exam By Taking The Lazy Route
Law prof demonstrates the humiliation lurking when you try to cut corners. -
Law Schools
White Professor Who Wore Blackface Teaching About Race Because There Are No Consequences For Anything Anymore
Is there any transgression serious enough to get someone fired anymore? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Crime, Law Schools
The Dan Markel Case: A Billionaire Speaks Out In Defense Of Wendi Adelson
Wendi Adelson 'had nothing to do with this tragic event,' he claims.
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Law Schools
Are Law Review Articles A Waste Of Time?
Are law review articles too long? Are they even scholarly? Do you care? Maybe you should. -
Crime, Law Schools
The Dan Markel Case: The Markels Break Their Silence
If you've been following this case, tune in to Dateline NBC on Friday night. -
Law Schools
Law Professor Band Puts Student Law Revue Submissions To Shame
The deadline for our tenth annual Law Revue Video Contest is fast approaching, so hurry up! -
Law Schools
It Ain’t Random If It Happens 50 Percent Of The Time, TSA
Why is this law professor being continuously profiled and screened at the airport? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.04.18
* Amal Clooney, the acclaimed lawyer who is working a side hustle as a visiting professor at Columbia Law, left her apartment while wearing clothes. This is apparently a very big deal. Oh, did we mention she’s married to George Clooney? Because she is. [Daily Mail]
* Both Microsoft and the Department of Justice have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile data privacy case even though oral arguments have already been heard due to the fact that a new law, the CLOUD Act, has made it moot. [Reuters]
* Villanova Law students got the day off yesterday to continue celebrating the Wildcats’ 79-62 win in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The team’s chaplain who delivers a prayer before every game is a lawyer. [Legal Intelligencer]
* “She’s created the impression that I’ve done something wrong and I haven’t even had final adjudication.” Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea of DePaul Law has canceled Professor Donald Hermann’s class in the middle of the semester after he used the N-word during a lecture. We may have more on this later. [Chicago Sun-Times]
* In the lead up to the release of the 2018 Am Law 100, the American Lawyer has been publishing articles about firms’ impressive financial feats. One of the latest articles is about Strasburger & Price’s 9 percent jump in net income — which likely means that Strasburger may have made it (at least into the Am Law 200). [American Lawyer]
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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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The Future Of Legal Scholarship
Registration information and a list of speakers for this conference can be found here. -
Intellectual Property
3 Questions For IP Law Professor Jacob Sherkow
Gain some insight from an up-and-coming IP personality with a big role to play in developing the next generation of IP lawyers. -
Law Schools
Law School Will Slash Faculty By 25 Percent To Free Up Funds For Recruiting Better Students
Best of luck to this law school as it seeks out smarter students at the cost of its professors' jobs. -
Law Schools
The Reason Why Litigious Law Professors Lose Their Cases In Court
If you're a law professor, you'll probably be shocked. -
Law Schools
ABM: Always Be Mentoring
Send us your additional suggestions for mentoring in the legal academy.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Arrest Made After T14 Law Professor Receives Envelope Filled With Suspicious White Powder
The man arrested also targeted Donald Trump Jr., who he called an 'awful person.' -
Law Schools
Law Professors Get Drawn Into Twitter Nerd Fight
If you're going to make legal threats, you should at least know the law. -
Intellectual Property
Celebrating Fair Use Week: An Interview With Peter Jaszi
In recognition of Fair Use Week, we're sharing an interview with a true leader in the field of copyright and fair use. -
Law Schools
A Grandmotherly Reply To Some Faculty Scholarship Brochures
Goodness, dearies, grandma can’t imagine what the world will be like in 2050 and how many articles you'll be publishing then! -
Law Schools
Law School Dean Sets World Cycling Record, Gets Profiled On ESPNW
She's been referred to as a 'good role model for women navigating a healthy lifestyle and an ambitious career.' -
Courts
Is It Time To Stop Worshipping Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg As A Legal Celebrity?
Some would agree to disagree with this law professor. -
Law Schools
Law Review Rankings As Proxies For Quality
The quest to be published in the highest-ranked law review knows no bounds.