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All The Cool (And Smart) Kids Are Staying Away From Law School
If you're smart, you probably want to steer clear of law school. -
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The GRE Is Taking Over Yet Another State's Law Schools
About half of all Illinois law schools will now accept the GRE. - Sponsored
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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The 'Grisly Reality' Behind Mental Health Issues At Harvard Law School
Will Harvard Law lead in the area of mental health?
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Legal Institutions Are Not Prepared For More Student Loan Bankruptcies
Things must change, or law students and lawyers burdened by student debt might not feel truly empowered to declare bankruptcy to erase their student loans. -
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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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Pepperdine And U.S. News: A Problem Of Unregulated Monopoly?
U.S. News ought to have a leniency program to report innocent violations. -
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Things That Should Be Changed To Make The Bar Exam More Realistic
Forcing examinees to commit to memory the elements of every test and crime does not seem to mimic the reality of practice. - Sponsored
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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Above The Law's 10th Annual Law Revue Video Contest
Send us your submissions by FRIDAY, APRIL 27, at 5:00 P.M. (Eastern time). -
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of ABA Reaccreditation Of Law Schools
A law school dean's observations about the current state of the ABA accreditation business.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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alt.legal: Legal Analytics Is Heating Up In Hotlanta
This law professor is using analytics to identify patterns in legal documents and predict future outcomes. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.18
* Attorney General Jeff Sessions won’t be appointing a second special counsel to examine political bias in the handling of investigations by the FBI and DOJ just yet, but not to worry, because the Inspector General and the U.S. Attorney for Utah are on the case. [Politico]
* Lawyer.com spokesperson Lindsay Lohan lost her invasion of privacy case against the maker of “Grand Theft Auto V” at the New York Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision penned by Judge Eugene Fahey, who said the video game character LiLo alleged was based on her was “not reasonably identifiable as plaintiff.” [Reuters]
* As it turns out, Savannah Law School won’t be immediately ceasing operations in early June. Now, the law school plans to move to another location within the city, and will close over the next five years without admitting any new students. [Savannah Morning News]
* Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast “Serial,” had his murder conviction vacated by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. His case has been remanded for a new trial on all charges. [New York Times]
* “Mark, it hurts! You’re hurting me… Don’t be so rough.” In case you missed it, a juror fainted during trial after watching a video of graphic sex between a Texas attorney who traded sex for legal services and one of his clients. Yeehaw… [FOX News]
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Howard 3L Allegedly Earns $430,000 In Last Year... Though The Legal Term Would Be 'Embezzled'
He was also set to work in Biglaw, but I don't think that's going to happen now. -
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Cover Letter Basics That You Should Probably Know By Now -- But Somehow Don't
Cover letters should serve as a supplement rather than a prose rehash of your résumé. -
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'Are We There Yet?' Navigating The Legal Profession's 'New Normal'
Ten years have passed since the Great Recession, and our profession is forever changed.