Last Friday’s Lesson In Unwanted Email
Here's the craziness that happens when lawyers encounter unwanted listserv emails...
How Long Does It Take A Law Student To Buy A Suit?
3Ls fight their law school for the right to a bartering economy.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
The Secret Law Dean Rules For Participating On The Deans’ Listserv
What are the rules for when deans email in secret?
Yale Students Avoid ‘Most Impressive’ Competition, Win Award For ‘Most Self-Important Snowflakes’ Unopposed
Don't try identifying the "most impressive" Yale Law School students, 'cause they're ALL awesome....
Student Sends Open Letter To Classmates Explaining, In Detail, Why He Hates Them
A very angry law student professes his undying hatred for the people he goes to school with...
How Many Yale Law Students Does It Take To Figure Out How To Pee?
It's fun to see Yale Law students learn how to use the bathroom...
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Adventures in Babysitting: Does Babysitting Count As ‘Employed Upon Graduation’?
A babysitting gig that almost taunts the law students who will undoubtedly apply...
U. Chicago Law School Listserv War: ‘How Embarrassing’ for Everyone Involved
Some University of Chicago law students get a little testy on the school listserv...
Morning Docket 02.20.12
In today's Morning Docket: updates on the Justice Breyer robbery, security for the Supreme Court justices, and the Stolen Valor Act goes to SCOTUS.
A Contraception Controversy — and an ATL Debate
Getting upset over inadequate access to contraception is one thing. What about getting upset -- at a Catholic law school, mind you -- over a discussion of birth control? Can you imagine what kind of comments about contraception could cause a law school community to get all riled up? Let's look at -- and argue about -- the email that caused students at one top-ranked Catholic law school to get their diaphragms all scrunched up proverbial panties in a wad. Even the dean had to get involved....
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Administrative Law for All at Yale!
Wednesday, we covered a controversy at Yale Law School over an Administrative Law class with an oversubscription problem. The course wound up with a waitlist of about 100 students. Some 3Ls who were denied admission into the class were quite upset, since this represented their last chance to take Admin Law. The situation was described to us as a "near riot." Yesterday morning, we brought you an update to this story -- which has a happy ending, we're pleased to report....
On the Real Differences Between Law Schools
Right now, students at one top law school are in a "near riot" -- our tipster's words, not ours -- because they feel they're being denied the education they're paying so dearly for. The institution in question: Yale Law School. As for what's upsetting the students there, we'll turn the floor over to a source....
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....
Penn State Law Students: Now Might Not Be The Best Time To Be Getting Drunk And Calling People ‘Queer’
Being a student at Penn State has to be about as close as you can come to being in a World War I foxhole. Their reputation is getting bombed from all sides. Right now, kids should just be trying to keep their heads down and ride this out. But in the PSU Law foxhole, somebody just laid an egg. Apparently students at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law have already been banned from a few area hotels for drunken and inappropriate behavior this fall. And now a student is throwing around a slur on the school list-serv. It's not happy times in Happy Valley...
Clarence Thomas Is Coming To Town
Elie here. Imagine Santa Claus stopping by your house — except this time Saint Nick is a mute, who stuffs your stocking with personal responsibility and brings you wooden toys, because those were the only ones available when his legend was born. Well, joking aside, Justice Clarence Thomas will be stopping by Yale Law School […]