Northeastern Law
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Law Schools, Reader Polls
The Decision: Plunging Back In
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Law Schools
How Has Law School Changed Over The Decades? Alumni Speak.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.09.15
* Amal Clooney, the attorney who tamed George Clooney’s heart and is now considered one of the most famous human rights lawyers in the world, will be teaching at a New York law school this spring. Which one? We’ll have more on this fun news later today. [USA Today]
* Talk about a Hail Mary play: The ACLU has decided to come to the defense of a very unlikely cause. Per a recently filed federal brief, the organization thinks that the USPTO’s cancellation of the Redskins trademark was unconstitutional. [WSJ Law Blog]
* According to a new BARBRI study, the vast majority of third-year law students think they’re ready to go when it comes to practicing law, but the lawyers who have had the (dis)pleasure to work with new graduates don’t seem to agree. [National Law Journal]
* “Those kinds of jobs are never going to be enough to absorb the number of people graduating from law school over the next five or 10 years.” Northeastern’s dean laughs in Biglaw’s face — his grads measure their success in other ways. [Boston Business Journal]
* Ellen Pao’s “racy” gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins serves as a harsh criticism of the sexist culture of Silicon Valley. Luckily, jury members will be able to busy themselves with the case’s more lurid details. [The Upshot / New York Times]
* Kyle McEntee of Law School Transparency is working on a new podcast that will help prospective law students to see what working in the legal profession is really like. “I Am The Law” debuted in January 2015, and it’s worth a listen. [U.S. News & World Report]
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Ask the Experts, Job Searches, Law Students, Technology
From Across the Desk: An Apprenticeship to Practice -- That Works
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Law Schools, Rankings, Reader Polls
The Decision: Rankings Upheaval Complicates One Prospective Law Student's Choice
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Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Law Schools, Videos, YouTube
From Torturing Law Students To Sticking Needles In People
Is this retired law professor a sadist? Actually, no.... -
ATL Career Center Survey, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Lawyers, Rankings, U.S. News, Vault rankings
From the ATL Insider Survey: Overlooked Firms and Schools
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Bar Exams, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, Drugs, Gender, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools, Marijuana, Money, Morning Docket, Police, Politics, Summer Associates, Texas, Unemployment, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 12.06.12
* “Why drag us into it?” Constitutional or not, it seems that not even the D.C. Circuit wants to deal with the political hot mess that’s been caused by President Barack Obama’s recess appointments. [National Law Journal]
* There’s something (allegedly) rotten in the state of Texas: Bickel & Brewer was booted from a multi-million dollar lawsuit due to accusations that the firm paid top dollar for insider information. [Dallas Morning News (sub. req.)]
* There are many more women in the legal profession these days than there were 40 years ago, but — surprise, surprise, here’s a shocker — they’re still getting paid less than their male counterparts. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* And here’s today’s opportunity to beat the horse that just won’t die. This law professor says he pities those who buy into the media’s law school scam narrative, while in reality, most would pity the many unemployed graduates of his law school. [Huffington Post]
* Here’s a protip for the February bar: don’t fake a disability to get extra time. Even if you end up passing, the bar examiners will find out and pretty much ruin your life. Just ask this UC Hastings Law grad. [Am Law Daily]
* “Also, you probably shouldn’t bring pot with you to the federal courthouse (or any other federal property).” Umm, come on, were the Washington police officers who created this marijuana guidebook high? [CNN]
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Law School Deans, Law Schools
A Law Dean Switches Schools -- Not At The End of the Year, But Right Now, Weeks Before Classes Start
A law school dean unexpectedly jumps ship, in the middle of the summer... -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
From J.D. to Food Stamps: The Personal Cost of Going to Law School
A recent grad qualifies for food stamps, and the other costs of going to law school... -
Drinking, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Parties
Barrister's Ball Blowout: A Night of Booze, Barf, and Blood (and B*tching About the Budget)
Bleeding, barfing, and breaching contracts is no way to go through life... -
Drinking, Law Schools
Celebrating With Alcohol? Oh Noes!
I get that the legal profession has a drinking problem, if you will, but today we have an example of how a law school should not go about keeping young, would-be lawyers off the bottle. Imagine you are a 1L. You just finished your first set of finals of your first year of law school, […]