Law School
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Canada, Food, Law Schools, Weirdness
Student With Weird 'Other People Eating' Disorder Harangues Entire Law School
Law student has a nutty over people eating in class. -
Law School Deans, Law Schools
Your Mother Is . . . Going to Law School
U.C. Hastings Dean Frank Wu, who will be writing about legal education in our pages, explains why he's here. - Sponsored
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Basketball, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Sports
Working for the Kings Is Like Going to Law School: You're Investing Time in a Lackluster Product
The team's new GM is a law school graduate. And he thought law school was tough...
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Football, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Pro Se Litigants, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.13
* Maker’s Mark will not get diluted after all — likely causing a shortage. Start hoarding mediocre bourbon, folks! [Wonkblog] * If you’ve ever wondered what the Supreme Court feels like to a pro se petitioner, here’s your answer. “Simply put, the Supreme Court uses its desktop publishing and printing guidelines as a weapon against the American public.” So much for “the least dangerous branch.” [Aaron Greenspan] * “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Russia’s taking that phrase to a whole new level by pushing forward with a criminal tax evasion trial against a dead man. This is the first case of its kind since United States v. Bernie Lomax. [Reuters] * Is the pressure mounting on the Washington Redskins to change their name? It’s an interesting take, but overlooks one important detail: Dan Snyder is a tone deaf jerk. [Sports Law Blog] * Computer science students realize that taking collective action to intentionally fail the test was better than trying to pass it. It’s like The Producers of education. And if this grading policy applied to 1Ls, there’d be at least one jerk who defected to ruin everyone else’s curve. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Ten points to Gryffindor if you know what “tumid” means. Because you’re going to have to know before you pass through Ohio again. [Legal Juice] -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, New York Times, Student Loans
Students and Recent Graduates Speak Out About Dean Mitchell's Defense of Law School
Students react to the law dean's op-ed claiming that law school is still a good investment... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, New York Times, Student Loans
Law Dean Takes to the New York Times Op-Ed Page to Blame Media for Declining Law School Applications
This law dean doesn't just hope New York Times readers are idiots, his school's business model relies on people being idiots... -
Career Alternatives, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
From the Career Files: How To Tell Your Parents You're Not Going to Law School
Are you being pressured into law school by your parents? Here are some tips for making the case against law school. -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Breasts, Dewey & LeBoeuf, H. Rodgin Cohen, Morning Docket, Pictures, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 09.17.12
* Come on, people, Dewey really think that it’s fair that these proposed partnership clawback settlements blame only us for the firm’s implosion? The Steves and ex-CFO Joel Sanders don’t think so. [Bloomberg]
* “[E]ven if partners’ capital contributions were used to repay Dewey’s indebtedness—so what?” Well, that’s certainly one way to defend a suit alleging Citibank’s participation in a Ponzi-like scheme. [Am Law Daily]
* A $280K bonus sure seems nice, but do all Supreme Court clerks choose life in Biglaw once they’ve completed their stints at the high court? As it turns out, the answer is no — some view the money as “golden handcuffs.” [Wall Street Journal]
* Because nobody can ogle these crown jewels except Prince William: the royals’ potential suit against Closer magazine over topless pics of Kate Middleton has turned into full-blown privacy proceeding. [New York Times]
* If you’re struggling in law school, it may be wise to take some advice from those who’ve been there before you, like SullCrom’s Rodge Cohen, the Ninth Circuit’s Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. [National Law Journal]
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drinking, In-House Counsel, john quinn, Lateral Moves, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, Partner Issues, Senate Judiciary Committee, Technology, Texas, Trials
Morning Docket: 08.07.12
* Dewey know why the deadline to sign up for D&L’s proposed “clawback” settlement for former partners has been pushed back again? This time, the liability release is at issue. [WSJ Law Blog]
* In Pennsylvania, there’s been a spurt of lateral movement from people leaving in-house positions for law firms. Memo to laterals: you’re doing it wrong. No really, you are. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
* The Senate confirmed four nominees to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, but they won’t be able to do much because they don’t have a chairman. Oh, government. [National Law Journal]
* Here’s a list of gunnerific tips for a successful first semester of law school. Too bad it’s missing the most important tip of all: read Above the Law daily. [Law School Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* With drinks flowing and asses shaking, Rick’s Cabaret can do no wrong — except when someone dies. The club’s drink-sales policy is currently the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit in Texas. [Houston Chronicle]
* Chris Danzing will be attending and live tweeting the Apple v. Samsung trial today. Follow him! [Twitter]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Unemployment
ABA Employment Stats Are Just As Dire As We Expected
One last, final look at the terrible reality for the class of 2011... -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Career Center, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
ATL Survey Update: We Heart Our Firms, Money isn't Everything, and CSO Seriously Unpopular
Last Thursday, Above the Law opened its ATL Firm & School Insiders Survey and so far, so good. Students at nearly 100 law schools and lawyers at about 200 firms have responded. As previously noted, this survey is one of the first data-gathering tools we’ll be using to create a new, expanded ATL Career Center. As our data accumulates, we look forward to slicing and dicing it in myriad ways, in order to find patterns of interest to our readership, but more importantly, for useful insights for anyone researching legal education and careers. -
Law Schools, listserv, Transfer Students
You Can Transfer the Student into Stanford, But You Can't Transfer the Stanford into the Student
When you are a transfer student, you are constantly fighting for respect. We know how transfer students talk to non-transfers, but we don't often get to see how transfer students talk among themselves. But today, we've got a whole transfer student email thread from Stanford Law School, and boy, like Fredo in the Godfather, they really want respect.... -
Law Schools, Minority Issues, Pictures, Racism
Finally! Pictures of the Unwelcoming African-Americans at Indy Law
If you had told me at the beginning of the week that something happening at Indiana School of Law – Indianapolis would turn into a three-day Above the Law story, I would have said, “No dude, I’m not going to race-bait the Jews during Passover.” But it turns out that my powers of racial inflammation […]
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Law Schools, Videos
So You Want to Go to Law School: The Backstory, and a Sequel
Remember the hilarious So You Want To Go To Law School video? The genius behind it, Virginia lawyer David Kazzie, recently sat down with The Careerist to share the backstory behind the video (which was one of the 25 most-viewed videos last month in YouTube’s film/animation section). So who is David Kazzie? And has he […] -
Drinking, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Student Loans
Quote of the Day: You Can Drink Away Your Sorrows, But Not Your Student Loans
I just bought 4 bottles of wine in sweats at 530 on a monday night. F**k law school. — a poster at Texts From Last Night -
Bankruptcy, Charlotte, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Student Loans
Student v. School: Charlotte School of Law Sued by Student Seeking Admissions for Bankruptcy Proceeding
I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often. A student is demanding that his law school admit to scamming him out of money in open court. Please note the UPDATE below. And why? The student isn’t trying to recover tuition dollars directly from the school. Instead, the student is involved in the arduous process of trying […]