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Legal Career Growth: Why Continuous Engagement With Legal Recruiters Is Key
Discover how engaging with a legal recruiter, even when you're not actively job hunting, can offer unparalleled insights, guidance, and opportunities to advance your legal career. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.29.23
* Law students are the worst people at the club. [LegalCheek]
* Lawyer sues Harvard for defamation because… well, you’re not gonna believe this one. [Daily Report Online]
* ADF just makes up plaintiffs. [Washington Post]
* Trump can’t stay trial just because his financial house of cards collapsed. [Law360]
* Don’t know who still needs to hear this, but don’t try to bomb lawyers. [Roll on Friday]
* Shira Scheindlin moves to Boies Schiller. [New York Law Journal]
* Longest serving clerk reflects on yet another shutdown. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Lawsuit against OpenAI to determine if AI training amounts to a copyright violation continues apace. [Reuters]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.28.23
* Democrats ask Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from case run by Koch attorneys because they’re under the mistaken impression that Thomas has any shame. [Law360]
* Adapting trial practice to persuade the TikTok generation. [DBR]
* Tanya Chutkan politely declines Trump’s bonkers demand that she leave the case. [Reuters]
* Former MLA recruiter’s bankruptcy estate pursuing sexual harassment claims. [American Lawyer]
* Just how much has Ron DeSantis cost Florida taxpayers? [New Republic]
* Law school routinely punching above its perceived weight class. [Bloomberg Law News]
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Podcasts
It Was Only A Matter Of Time Before We Had To Talk About This Again
This week we chat about the First Amendment, sexual harassment, and, yet again, Blackface in the legal community. -
Law Schools
Law Professor Bashes 'Fragile Children' In Classes Without Cold Calling... Internet Erupts
How can students learn if they aren't frightened and humiliated all the time? -
Announcements
Get Ready: ATL's Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest Will Be Here Soon
Use this time wisely to create a spectacular costume. We can't wait to see it! -
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It Just Got More Expensive To Try To Become A California Attorney
The state bar is expected to rake in an extra $7.4 million annually. -
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The Best Biglaw Firms, Ranked By Summer Associates (2023)
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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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New Jersey Officially Rolls Back Mental Health, Addiction Questions From Its Bar Exam Application
This is an important change that will eliminate a barrier to mental health treatment. -
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This Top 50 Law School Dean Is Also Of Counsel At A Top Biglaw Firm
That’s some side hustle. -
Biglaw
A Different Kind Of Player Draft
Younger lawyers are not just ATMs for senior partners, they are not just billable hours, but people who have lives outside of the law. -
Law Schools
Accusers Slap Counterclaim On Joshua Wright's SLAPPy Suit
Most defamation suits allege some kind of false statement, but this one tries a bold new strategy! -
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.20.23
* Federal courts have two weeks of funding if the government shuts down. So there’s a silver lining to a shutdown? [Reuters]
* Joshua Wright’s accusers respond to his massive defamation suit against them noting that the complaint fails to include any defamatory statements and… kind of admits to everything. [Law360]
* Former Obama administration officials tell FCC not to pursue net neutrality because conservatives in the judiciary might strike it down. At that rate, just go ahead and preemptively stop enforcing all laws because Sam Alito once read a medieval scroll that he thinks applies to the Chevron doctrine. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Sid and Cheesy get to interview grand jury members who returned their indictments. But with some key conditions. [Fox Atlanta]
* Lawrence Lessig is unimpressed by the Fourteenth Amendment case against Donald Trump. Not for the loony “just because the presidency is an office of the United States doesn’t make the president an officer of the United States” stuff from Mukasey, but because lowering the bar for insurrection all the way to January 6 would open up a dangerous precedent that bad actors could use to shut down dissent. [Slate]
* The Supreme Court specifically excluded military academies from the latest affirmative action cases, reflecting in part the military’s stance that national security requires a diverse officer corps capable of managing an increasingly diverse enlisted force. The folks who brought that case have now sued West Point because they care way more about bigotry than national security. [Reuters]
* Temple’s acting president, former law school dean JoAnne Epps has died after collapsing on stage. [NY Times]
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Law Schools
Good News, Everyone: Bar Exam Pass Rates Are Officially Up Over Last Year
Congratulations to everyone who passed the test! -
Law Schools
Imagine If Law Schools Cared As Much About Affordable Tuition As They Do About ChatGPT!
We get that AI is important to the future of lawyering... but let's not lose perspective here. -
Law Schools
Law Review Creates Blackface Trophy For Bluebooking And It's As Awful As It Sounds
How did it take over a week for anyone to notice how wildly inappropriate this was? -
Law Schools
Yale Law School Director Resigns And Apparently We Need To Keep Reminding People Not To Hit On Their Students
There are other fish in the sea outside of your own school. -
Law Schools
Efforts Underway To Bring A Law School To Charlotte... Did Everyone Forget What Happened To The Last One?
Charlotte is the largest city without a law school. There's a story there.