Michigan Law
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Law Schools, Politics
T14 Law School Removes Post-Election Play-Doh Event From Website After Students Labeled 'P*ssies'
What's not to like about Play-Doh, Legos, and bubbles? Apparently a lot. -
Law Schools, Reader Polls
The Decision: In Search Of An Upturned Collar
If you love UVA Law "culture," and you get into UVA Law, do you really have a choice? - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
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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? -
Television
Law Student Slays Jeopardy Villain
So what law school boasts a Jeopardy champ? Or maybe we should put that in the form of an answer. -
Affirmative Action, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Minority Issues, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Minority Enrollment Plummets Thanks To Michigan's Anti-Affirmative Action Statute
Michigan's anti-affirmative action statute has resulted in anything but a meritocracy. -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, William and Mary School of Law
Want To Learn About A Law School? Just Look At How They Describe Their New Students
Welcome messages for the class of 2016 reveal the character of their schools. -
Boalt Hall, Law Schools, LSAT, UVA Law
Have LSAT Scores Changed At The Top Law Schools?
Has the pool of talent at top law schools become less talented? - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Bar Exams, Religion, Women's Issues
Muslim Woman Harassed Over Religious Headwear While Taking Bar Exam
Why on earth did a proctor interrupt a test taker during the bar exam with absurdity like this? -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, LSAT
A Stunning Admissions Admission About LSATs
How much does your LSAT score really matter these days? -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
It's That Time Of Year When Law Professors Show Themselves To Be Lazy, Incompetent, Or Both
More exam screw-ups from professors with no accountability... -
Evan Caminker, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? Michigan Law Edition
One can live well in Ann Arbor on a six-figure salary.... -
Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans
The Decision: Tempted By The 'T14'
Please advise three more prospective law students on where they should go. They've gotten into some great schools, but greatness isn't cheap.
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings
Which Top Law School Has the Highest Percentage of Underemployed Graduates?
All hell breaks loose at the bottom of the T14 -- we're talking double-digit underemployment figures! -
Food, Law Schools, listserv, Rudeness
This Is Perhaps the Wittiest Response to a Pissy Law Student Email Ever
When a law student writes an overly dramatic email, it's best to shut them down with a dose of sarcasm. -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Using Michigan Law's 'Debt Wizard' Should Be Part Of The LSAT Games Section
You should be required to use and understand this tool before you apply to law school. -
Biglaw, California, Department of Justice, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Layoffs, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Staff Layoffs, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.01.13
* In the nick of time, lawyers for the Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court urging the justices to strike down California’s ban on gay marriage. Let’s hope their views have evolved. [BuzzFeed]
* As the lawyers and administrative staff who just got laid off at Patton Boggs can attest to, it sucks to be on the wrong side of “rightsizing.” We’ll have more on this developing story later today. [Reuters]
* Lanny Breuer is leaving the DOJ today, and he’s doing it with a bit of “swagger.” He’s shrugging off rumors that he’ll retreat to Covington, insisting he’ll interview at many firms. [DealBook / New York Times]
* It’s time for the changing of the guard over at Milbank Tweed. Mel Immergut, the longest serving chair of any Am Law 100 firm in New York, is passing the reins to Scott Edelman. [New York Law Journal]
* Michigan Law has a new “Debt Wizard” program that’s extremely useful in that it will allow you to see what you’re getting yourself into. Or, in my case, how poor I’ll be for the rest of my life. Yay! [National Law Journal]
* All he wanted to do was “make the world a better place,” but that didn’t work out so well. In a plea deal, Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of the charges against him in his WikiLeaks case. [Los Angeles Times]
* Of all of the words that are used to describe Cory Booker, one of them is now “matchmaker.” The Newark mayor assisted a young Seyfarth Shaw associate with his engagement proposal earlier this week. [TIME]
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Grade Reform, Law Professors, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups
Would You Like To See The Grades Of All Your Classmates? Then You Should Have Gone To This Top Law School!
Grading disaster at Michigan... -
2nd Circuit, Andrew Cuomo, Arnold & Porter, Biglaw, Eric Holder, Evan Caminker, Guns / Firearms, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Real Estate, Student Loans, Violence
Morning Docket: 01.10.13
* Eric Holder has agreed to serve once more as attorney general during President Barack Obama’s second term, but he still plans to leave at some point — after all, he’s no “Janet Reno of the Justice Department.” [Blog of Legal Times]
* For those who care about Biglaw firms and the landlords who love them, fear not, because there’s a whole lot of moving and shaking in terms of commercial real estate deals for Arnold & Porter, Goodwin Procter, and Sidley Austin. [Am Law Daily]
* Jacoby & Meyers scored at the Second Circuit, and the firm’s legal attack on New York’s ban on non-lawyer law firm ownership was reinstated. Soon Walmart will own a law firm with “Low Prices. Every day. On everything.” [Bloomberg]
* Who’ll be stepping in to fill Evan Caminker’s $457,964 shoes as the next dean of Michigan Law? None other than Mark West, who’d like to improve financial aid and loan repayment programs. [National Law Journal]
* Gun nuts, commence your rioting… now. If passed, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sweeping gun-control proposal would make New York the state with the strictest gun laws in the country. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* Speaking of needless gun violence, by Friday, we’ll know whether there’s enough evidence to move forward with a trial for James Holmes, the accused shooter in the Aurora movie theater massacre. [New York Times]
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Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Don't Be the Black Sheep of Law Schools When It Comes to Transparency
Baa! Don't be the black sheep, says this law school dean who came out in favor of increased transparency in employment statistics.