NYU Law
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Food, Law Schools, Vermin / Rodents / Pests
Mice-Infested Law School in NYC
A New York area law school is having some problems with basic campus maintenance.... -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Career Center, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
ATL Survey Update: We Heart Our Firms, Money isn't Everything, and CSO Seriously Unpopular
Last Thursday, Above the Law opened its ATL Firm & School Insiders Survey and so far, so good. Students at nearly 100 law schools and lawyers at about 200 firms have responded. As previously noted, this survey is one of the first data-gathering tools we’ll be using to create a new, expanded ATL Career Center. As our data accumulates, we look forward to slicing and dicing it in myriad ways, in order to find patterns of interest to our readership, but more importantly, for useful insights for anyone researching legal education and careers. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: The 99 Percent Edition
Most installments of Lawyerly Lairs, our inside look at the nests of legal eagles, involve residences of utter fabulosity. We realize that most Americans, or even most lawyers, don't live in such luxury. And we're interested in learning about how the other half lives. We'll get the 99 percent ball rolling with a look at two current law students who braved the brutal renters' market here in New York. What school do they attend, and how did their hunt turn out?
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Law Schools, Rank Stupidity
At NYU Law, Using The Same Exam Three Times In A Row Is Apparently Not A Problem
The faculty at NYU Law are our poster children for law professors who lazily reuse old exams, instead of ripping themselves away from their largely unread law review articles long enough to write a new issue spotter. Apparently, the school really likes being on that poster. Despite the fact that we’ve been highlighting this issue […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Antitrust, Law Professors, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Duncan Law, You're Doing It Wrong
Does Duncan Law stand a chance in its antitrust suit against the American Bar Association? This law professor thinks that the school's lawsuit is doomed to be a failure.... -
Biglaw, Boalt Hall, Fabulosity, Law Schools, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations to the 2012 Skadden Fellows
It's time for celebration of a different sort -- time to celebrate, and congratulate, the latest class of Skadden Fellows. The winners of these prestigious public interest fellowships were just announced, as they are every December. Who are the Skadden fellows for 2012? Which law schools produced the most fellows? And what's different about this year's program compared to past years? -
Law Professors, Law Schools, Screw-Ups
Stop Reusing Your Old Exams, You LAZY Law School Professors!
How hard is it to write an exam for a course you've taught all semester? On a scale of one to ten -- ten involving programing a rocket ship, one somewhere around putting on pants in the morning -- where does formulating a law school exam rate? A two? During this finals period alone, we've got students from three law schools, including two law schools in the top ten, alleging that their professors couldn't be bothered to come up with fresh exams for this year's students.... -
Football, Insider Trading, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 12.01.11
* Time to separate the men from the boys (but don’t tell Sandusky). An accuser has hired Jeff Anderson of clergy sex abuse fame, and he wants damages. [Wall Street Journal] * RajRaj is trying to stay out of jail. He thinks he’s got a shot at getting his Galleon convictions vacated, but he’s probably […]
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Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Reader Polls
2011 Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest Winner
The voting for the best legally themed Halloween costume was close this year. Very close. The contest pitted a group against a couple. It pitted NYU Law against the University of Minnesota Law School — Big City v. Heartland. And when all the votes were counted, the final margin was seven votes, out of over […] -
Contests, Holidays and Seasons, Pictures, Reader Polls
Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: 2011
Oh Halloween, a time when the keenest minds have an opportunity to dress up as obscure legal concepts that will baffle their friends. But not Above the Law readers. Oh, we get the jokes, all the jokes. Which is probably a little sad.... -
Animal Law, Law Schools
All Dogs Go to Law School?
Has law school gotten so bad that law students really need therapy dogs as standard issue on campus? Therapy dogs are for disabled people or old people who need some company before they die. Is the mental beating that people take in law school really so bad that they need a furry friend to soothe them? -
Gay, Law Schools, Lesbians
NYU Students Should 'Tag' Their Resumes, Not Their Hallways
NYU Law School seems to have a problem with graffiti. Hate graffiti. Last year, NYU had to bring in the NYPD hate crimes task force to deal with somebody who scrawled “damn orthodox jews” in the main NYU Law building. This year, there’s been another incident of hateful graffiti at the law school. Honestly, I […] -
Email Scandals, Money
NYU Law: SBA President v. Treasurer v. Decorum v. Things Law Students Care About
In case we haven't said this already, welcome back, law students. When you guys are gone over the summer, we have to report on real scandals and real issues. But now that you guys are back on campus, it's time to fire up the "dumb law student story" machine. NYU Law, you're up first....
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Celebrities, D.C. Circuit, Douglas Ginsburg, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Madonna, Non-Sequiturs, Religion, Securities and Exchange Commission, Trademarks, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 09.02.11
* Judge Douglas Ginsburg (D.C. Cir.) is taking senior status and joining the NYU Law faculty. Query how this will affect his feeding (and no, we’re not talking about New York versus D.C. restaurants). [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * “Two Examples of Things Not to Say When You’re at Your Local IRS […] -
Fabulosity, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Tuition Dollars Hard at Work: A Palatial Pad for NYU Law Profs
NYU Law students fell on hard times this year in the wake of the recession. Perhaps the administration could have assisted these poor and downtrodden students with their tuition dollars, but instead, NYU Law bought a $3.5 million condo in the West Village. -
Food, Social Networking Websites, Twittering
Skadden Wants Your Twitter Handle -- And Will Give You Food From A Truck In Exchange
A tipster asked: “How is giving a potential future employer your Twitter ID a good idea?” Well, what if you’re getting free food? The massive law firm of Skadden Arps is doing a fun little recruitment event at NYU Law School, during finals. They’re feeding the masses! New Yorkers have an affinity for eating food […] -
Commencement, Law Schools, listserv
Should There Be a Market in Law School Commencement Tickets?
Are tickets to law school commencement like organs? Or babies? They’re not as necessary as organs, and they’re not as adorable as babies. But are graduation tickets, like organs and babies, so sacred that we should not allow them to be distributed through the free market? (Some folks, like certain Chicago School law-and-economics types, think […] -
Canada, Contests, Law Revue, Law Revue Video Contest, Law Schools, Videos, YouTube
Law Revue Video Contest: Dishonorable Mentions
We started taking submissions for our third annual Law Revue Video Contest way back in March. It’s taken us so long to review the videos because we’ve had scheduling challenges with our special, returning, awesome guest judge. As you’d already know if you follow Above the Law on Twitter, editor emerita Kashmir Hill has returned […] -
Job Searches, Parties
Evidence That Students At Top Schools Are Also Getting Crunched By The Weak Job Market
It’s a familiar refrain around these parts: it’s tough to find legal employment, unless you got into one of the top law schools. The prevailing wisdom is that students at the “best” (i.e., highest-ranked) law schools have been protected from the recession-dampened job market facing recent graduates of most American law schools. “HYS” (Harvard, Yale, […] -
Denny Chin, Job Searches, Law Schools
Ironic Message About the Value of a Law Degree
Remember that ironic message about the versatility of a law degree? Now we bring you an ironic message about the value of a law degree….