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Rutgers Law Dean Offers Nonsensical Response To Transparency Criticism
The Rutgers Law Dean defends the school's statistics, regardless of how many people might have been misled by them... -
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Top Law School Finally Commits To Getting Grades In On Time; Will Fine Late-Grading Faculty
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Texas Hires Another Yankee To Run Its Law School
Let's learn more about the new Dean of UT Law...
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9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Deaths, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Law School Deans, Law Schools
The Passing of Two Federal Judicial Giants
Two distinguished federal judges recently passed away, after many years of dedicated service. -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, listserv, Screw-Ups
More Finals Week Ridiculousness: Law Prof Rips Final Exam Straight from Commercial Outline
What should happen when a professor doesn't even write her own exam -- and just takes it straight from a widely available outline? -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
The Hastings Gambit
Hastings Law Dean Frank Wu announced that his school would be voluntarily reducing its enrollment by 20% over the next three years, and the press has taken notice.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Animal Law, Deaths, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Pro Bono, Real Estate, Trendspotting
Morning Docket: 05.02.12
* Starting next year, if you want to be a lawyer in New York, you’re going to have to work for free. Because nothing says “we care” like indentured servitude. Thank God for law school clinic hours… maybe. [New York Times]
* Mo’ law schools, mo’ problems? That’s what Dean Wu thinks. Here’s a new trend to watch: UC Hastings will be joining forces with lower ranked law schools in an effort to reduce its incoming class sizes. [USA Today]
* MOAR TRANSPARENCY! Support has been shown for the ABA’s proposed changes to law school disclosure requirements. All the better for those “sophisticated consumers,” eh, Judge Schweitzer? [ABA Journal]
* “Dogs are always happy to see you, no matter how you do on your Evidence exam.” Only real bitches would throw shade. Emory has joined the therapy dog pack for finals. [11 Alive News]
* In trying to dismiss a $50M suit against billionaire George Soros, his lawyer claimed that his ex would have had to suffer an “unconscionable injury.” Dude, she did. She banged an octogenarian. [New York Daily News]
* Ann Richardson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the UDC School of Law, RIP. [Washington Post]
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Bail, Bar Exams, Biglaw, California, Crowell & Moring, Deaths, Football, Kids, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Sexual Harassment
Morning Docket: 04.30.12
* He may not have authoritah to respect! George Zimmerman received more than $200K in donations for his legal defense fund, but Judge Lester isn’t going to increase his bail just yet. [New York Times]
* Is Joe Amendola’s client, Jerry Sandusky, rubbing off on him? First he advises people to call a gay sex hotline, and now he’s spilling loads (of info) on boys all across Pennsylvania. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Thanks to an inquiry by the New York Post, Columbia Law has changed how it reports its post-grad employment statistics. Perhaps more publications should get their b*tch-slappers out. [New York Post]
* If every day were filled with science experiments, laser demonstrations, and art projects at Crowell & Moring, then maybe lawyers would think twice about allegedly embezzling millions. [Washington Post]
* Lawyers need to know how to be lawyers before they can be lawyers? “Way too meta, dudes,” say law school deans in California. Maybe next time, bar examiners, maybe next time. [National Law Journal]
* “With these grades, you could be a stripper.” That’s quite the report card! Guys Teachers in my high school used to allegedly sexually harass former students all the time, it was no big deal. [Connecticut Post]
* Walter L. Gordon Jr., a groundbreaking lawyer in the era of segregation, RIP. [Los Angeles Times]
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Musical Chairs: Dean Chen To Step Down at Louisville Law
Dean Jim Chen is stepping down at the University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law. What prompted the move, and what will he be doing next? -
9th Circuit, Facebook, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Michael Chepiga, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
Non-Sequiturs: 04.10.12
* Professor Brian Tamanaha: “Not since 1986-1987 have law schools seen total applicant numbers this low.” Good news, or bad news? Actually, a bit of both. [Balkinization via Instapundit] * Musical chairs: Michael Chepiga, the retired Simpson partner and erstwhile Broadway playwright, has a new and unusual job. [Am Law Daily] * Elsewhere in job […] -
Contests, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Reader Polls
ATL March Madness (2012): Michigan Is The Most Honest Law School
A win for the salt of the Earth? -
Law School Deans, Law Schools
Yale to Everybody Else: Stop Scamming People
Dead of Admissions at Yale Law teaches other law schools a lesson in ethics... -
Boalt Hall, Contests, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, March Madness, Reader Polls
ATL March Madness (2012): The Most Honest Law School FINAL
It's the final of Above the Law's March Madness competition. Which is the Most Honest Law School?
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
What Happens When Elite Law School Deans Go Out To Stud
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Larry Kramer Is Stepping Down as Dean of Stanford Law School
Dean Larry Kramer of Stanford Law is stepping down at the end of the summer. What will he be doing next? -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs
Musical Chairs: From Patton Boggs Partner to Brooklyn Law School Dean
Going from a law firm partnership to a law school deanship is an unusual move. What’s behind Nick Allard’s career shift? -
Contests, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, March Madness
ATL March Madness (2012): The Most Honest Law School Final Four
The most honest final four... -
Biglaw, DUI / DWI, Health Care / Medicine, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, New Orleans, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Morning Docket: 03.26.12
* It’s Obamacare week at the Supreme Court, and people have been waiting in line since Friday morning to see the oral arguments. It’s kind of like Black Friday, except more people care about affordable TVs than affordable health care. [New York Times]
* Growth in the NLJ 250 increased by 1.7 percent in 2011. That’s fantastic for Biglaw, but associates at these firms care more about the growth of their bank accounts. Seriously… where are the spring bonuses already? [National Law Journal]
* George Zimmerman’s lawyer says he doesn’t think the “stand your ground” law applies to Trayvon Martin’s shooting. This was just self-defense — against Skittles. [MSNBC]
* The finalists for deanship at Baltimore Law include a Patton Boggs partner, an assistant attorney general, a law school dean, and two law professors. But which will be able to stand up to Bogomolny? [Baltimore Sun]
* Since blogging allows “big personalities” to run free, does the prosecommenter, Sal Perricone, have a bright future ahead of him here at Above the Law? Let’s see what David Lat has to say about that. [Times-Picayune]
* Millionaire John Goodman has been convicted of DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges, and now he’s facing 11.5 to 30 years in prison. Boy is his girlfriend-slash-daughter going to miss him. [CNN]
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Contests, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, March Madness, Reader Polls
ATL March Madness (2012): The Most Honest Law School Round 2
In this post, we'll check out last week's winners and set up the next round of the Most Honest Law School bracket.... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Early Reactions to the U.S. News Rankings: Deans and the Excuses They Make
The U.S. News Law School Rankings are out, which means it's open season on law school deans. While deans from schools that dropped are trying to save themselves, deans from schools that went up in the rankings are crowing from the rooftops.