Law Schools
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Quote of the Day
Law Professor Wastes RAGE On Faculty Raise Cancellation Plan That's Dead On Arrival
That takes care of that. Oregon Law professors will be able to keep their “paltry raises” after all. -
Contract Attorneys, Health Care / Medicine
The Downward Drift
This slow, inevitable slide downward in terms of social class affects lawyers with serious mental health diagnoses more often than you'd think. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Law Schools, Layoffs, Morning Docket, Murder, Prisons, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Staff Layoffs, Supreme Court, Tax Law
Morning Docket: 04.16.14
* Noah “Kai” Newkirk, the protestor who disrupted Supreme Court arguments in February, was sentenced to time served and barred from the court. Don’t worry, we’ll get you all the SCOTUS clerk news you need, cutie. [Associated Press]
* “There are still a lot of firms out there hoping the good old days are going to return, and are finally coming to the realization that that isn’t going to happen.” More on Biglaw layoffs. [Am Law Daily]
* Yet another law school gets its rating downgraded by Moody’s. As a standalone school with “substantial declines in JD enrollment,” Vermont Law’s outlook is now negative. Sad trombone. [Moody’s]
* Jason Bohn, the heavily indebted law school grad once profiled by the New York Times, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend last month, and now he’s been sentenced to serve life in prison. [New York Post]
* “Is the Tax Code really 70,000 pages long?” No, not really. We wonder who started the rumor that it was so long, because in reality, it’s only about 2,600 pages long — which is still way, way too long. [Slate]
* It appears that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree with this celebrity family. Lindsay Lohan’s mother, Dina Lohan, pleaded guilty yesterday to drunken driving and speeding charges in New York. [CNN]
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Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Wherein Black People Have To Go To School With Confederates
Racial controversy brewing at a school named after a Confederate general. -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, New York Times
Yet Another Defense Of Law Schools (Yawn)
Who's coming to the defense of legal academia in the New York Times now? -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
Law Professor Outraged By Plan To Use His Raise To Fund Jobs For Unemployed Graduates
This law professor is ENRAGED at the thought of not getting his raise. -
Biglaw, Celebrities, Christopher Christie, Crime, LSAT, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey
Morning Docket: 04.15.14
* Gibson Dunn released the records for all interviews it conducted in order to clear Gov. Christie’s name in the Bridgegate scandal. They all said he was too busy working out to know. [New Jersey Star-Ledger]
* Maryland Law named Donald B. Tobin its new dean. We hope he’ll assist in not jumping the gun on mourning the death of civil rights leaders before they’ve actually died. [Baltimore Business Journal]
* “You understand that you can’t have two defenses?” The prosecution is accusing Oscar Pistorius of changing his testimony mid-trial, and it seems at this point he’s got no leg to stand on. [Bloomberg]
* If you’re still thinking about going to law school, you should probably brush up on the logical reasoning section of the LSAT… because you’re not very good at it now. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* If you feel like stepping out on your spouse, you might consider moving to New Hampshire. The state is about to repeal its adultery law which makes the act of cheating a Class B misdemeanor. [Post-Standard]
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Law Schools, Rankings, Reader Polls
The Decision: Jersey Boys And The Book Of Mormon
Where should these two aspiring law students matriculate? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Law Schools, Movies, Quote of the Day
Blast You, Elle Woods!
Legally Blonde cost some people much more than a movie ticket. -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Layoffs, Old People
Yet Another Law School Is Offering Buyouts To Its Tenured Professors
Which law school put this offer on the table, and how many professors are expected to take it? -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Haters Gonna Hate On Tuition-Cutting Law School
When a tuition cut doesn't make everybody happy, I'm the voice of reason. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Canada, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 04.14.14
* “[T]he one thing Windsor does not do is clearly establish a nationalized definition of marriage.” No one will be surprised when the same-sex marriage cases wind up before the Supreme Court. [National Law Journal]
* Law firm mergers continue to hum along at a record pace, but whether they’ll actually work out is another question entirely. Only time will tell if we’ll see another “spectacular flameout.” [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* “The billable hour’s day has passed.” Eighty percent of law firm leaders believe hourly billing may soon be going the way of the dodo in favor of alternative billing arrangements. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* Despite its anti-gay policies, Trinity Western University Law has been granted approval from the Law Society of British Columbia to open its doors. And here we thought Canadians were supposed to be polite. [GlobalPost]
* If you want to take an “Law and _____” class, sign up for Law and Traumatic Brain Injuries at GW Law. Having a TBI yourself seems like a requirement for enrollment, but shockingly, it’s not. [New York Times]
* Times are so rough that God can’t even get a credit card. Instead of casting plagues upon the earth, he’s suing Equifax — though we’re sure he wouldn’t mind if the credit agency reps caught lice. [New York Post]
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Commencement, Law Schools, LLMs
Top Law School Offers Graduation Tickets To LLMs First -- All Hell Breaks Loose
Guess What Happens When School Revokes Grad Tix It Accidentally Sold Early? I'll Spoil It: Students Act Like Entitled Tools
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Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 04.11.14
* SeaWorld lost its appeal. Apparently it’s not safe to lock murderous animals in a small pool and have people swim with them. [Blog of the Legal Times] * Do you know what “Heartbleed” is? If the answer is no, you need to click on this immediately for the 10 things every lawyer needs to know about the latest computer security crisis. [Versus Texas] * We’ve been hearing about declining law school applications, now let’s look at new projections of law school graduates. [The Faculty Lounge] * Professor Orin Kerr explains that it might be time for courts to adopt computer-specific Fourth Amendment rules. Adapting 18th Century thinking to meet modern times? That’s crazy talk. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * These guys must be the best Grand Theft Auto players ever. [Legal Juice] * Being nice is a strength rather than a weakness. I’m incredulous. [Katz Justice] -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
From The Career Files: How To Spend Your Summer Before Applying To Law School
Ann K. Levine of LawSchoolExpert.com gives some guidelines to pre-law students on how to most effectively use their summer to prepare for law school. -
Admin, Drinking, Events, Law Schools
Thanks To D.C. For Another Great Night Of Trivia
Washington-area students turned out in droves to eat, drink, and try to win some sweet prizes. -
NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Quote of the Day, Unemployment
Survey Says: The Class Of 2011 Is Screwed, Forever
Our sincere condolences if you were a member of the law school class of 2011. -
10th Circuit, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Social Media, Sports, Trademarks, Twittering, Utah
Morning Docket: 04.11.14
* A three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit seemed a bit torn as to the constitutionality of Utah’s same-sex marriage ban during oral arguments yesterday. This one could be a contender to go all the way to the Supremes. [New York Times]
* Another concussion lawsuit has been filed against the National Hockey League by a group of former players, this time alleging a culture of “extreme violence.” The pleadings are a bit… odd. We’ll have more on this later today. [Bloomberg]
* “We’re not going back to 2006 anytime soon,” says NALP executive director Jim Leipold. The legal sector lost lots of jobs in the recession, and they’re not likely to come back. Happy Friday! [National Law Journal]
* It’s never too soon to start writing your law school application essay. Please try not to bore the admissions officers — make sure you have a “compelling” topic. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* Katherine Heigl (remember her?) probably needed some cash, so she filed a $6M lawsuit against Duane Reade for posting a picture of her carrying one of the drugstore’s bags on Twitter. [Hollywood Reporter]
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Law Schools, Sports
Funny Or Inappropriate? Law School Intramural Team Name Edition
A controversy is brewing over an intramural softball team name. Cast your vote on whether it's funny or inappropriate! -
Christopher Christie, Crime, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey, Privacy, Shoes, Technology, Texas, Violence
Morning Docket: 04.10.14
* In consideration of Africa’s “growing economic prowess,” Biglaw firms like Dentons and Baker & McKenzie are opening up shop. Don’t make DLA’s mistake: Africa isn’t a country. [Am Law Daily]
* Stopped like traffic: Two of Gov. Chris Christie’s former aides properly asserted their Fifth Amendment rights and won’t have to give up docs relating to the Bridgegate scandal. [Bloomberg]
* Armed with a privacy curriculum developed at Fordham, several law schools are trying to teach middle-schoolers how to manage their online reputations. Selfies and the Law should be fun. [Associated Press]
* Alex Hribal, the suspect in the Pennsylvania stabbing, was charged as an adult on four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault. Our thoughts remain with those injured. [CNN]
* A Texas woman was convicted of murdering her boyfriend by bludgeoning him in the head with the 5-inch stiletto heel of a pair of blue suede pumps. The true crime is that they weren’t peep-toes. [ABC News]