Paul Caron

Are you surprised at the law schools that cracked the top of the list?

The law school is dealing with the aftermath of the fires.

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Fewer applicants on top of horrible LSAT scores? Uh-oh...

Didn't get a great score on the LSAT? Law school (debt) may still be in your future.

* This is not a metaphor — John Quinn takes on Everest. [Big Law Business]

* A DOJ staffer got the ball rolling on the Mike Flynn investigation. [Wall Street Journal]

* Get your popcorn ready for next week’s Comey testimony. [Huffington Post]

* Financial advice just in case you get laid off. [Law and More]

* Paul Caron starts his term as Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law. [TaxProf Blog]

* Internet surveillance isn’t the future, it’s the present. [Katz Justice]

* Antonin Scalia’s papers donated to… Harvard, obviously. What did you expect? Did you seriously think it was going to be ASSLaw or Ave Maria or something? [Harvard Gazette]

* What state is looking to legalize dachshund racing? Because daddy needs a new pair of shoes! [Lowering the Bar]

* The surprise dismissal of the Gavin Grimm case complicated the struggle for transgender rights, but it was far from a death knell. [Rewire]

* Professor Tribe thinks accusing Obama of illegal wiretapping is grounds for Trump’s impeachment. Somewhere, Mike Pence is putting together a nice little scrapbook of all these articles. [Raw Story]

* On that note, John Dean is back in the news to explain Watergate to Trump. [The Hill]

* With TaxProfBlog’s Paul Caron taking over as dean of Pepperdine, here are some changes we expect to see. [PrawfsBlawg]

* Sex and the Constitution (affiliate link) is not just a book, it’s also peak 3L course name. [Concurring Opinions]

* Discussing cybersecurity and our new Russian overlords. [Lawfare]

* Law student raps about bar prep to the tune of Gangsta’s Paradise. Most of the Anglo-centric jokes go over our heads, but it’s some good stuff. [Legal Cheek]

* Congratulations to Professor Caron, named Dean of Pepperdine Law School. [TaxProf Blog]

* The ethics problems with Trump’s hotel build up. [AP]

* Looks like independents will vote for Neil Gorsuch. [Politico]

* Well, this is disturbing: Gold Star dad and American citizen, Khizr Khan, reportedly told his travel privileges are “under review.” [The Week]

* Yes, the travel ban 2.0 *can* hurt us. [Huffington Post]

* A modest proposal. [Slate]

* Jeff Sessions: the Attorney General is defining this era. [The Root]

Wendi Adelson's lawyer is considering legal action against those who malign his client online.

A fellow law professor calls her comments "chilling."

Is this evidence that law schools are engaged in a cynical attempt to game rankings, rather than caring about the careers and education of their recent graduates?

If you have a law degree, do you believe attending law school was worth it? If you are currently in law school, are you happy with your decision?

What's going to be done about this embarrassing situation?

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* Mike Brown, the man at the center of the would-be South Carolina restaurant racial discrimination suit, has a post over at xoJane telling his story. [xoJane] * Time for a Team Prenda update! Now they are making really embarrassingly terrible “your mom” jokes. [Popehat] * Contrary to Elie’s tweet, there is kind of a legal angle to the debacle at the VMAs that was Miley Cyrus dancing with an aging Michael Keaton dressed as Beetlejuice Robin Thicke. MuckRock has submitted a FOIA request to find out how many complaints were filed with the FCC. Unfortunately, my bet is that the number is more than zero, despite the FCC having no legal authority over indecency on MTV. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, here’s a collection of GIFs. [MuckRock] * Shots fired! Law Librarian Blog snarks on Law Professor Blogs 2.0 re-design. Palace Intrigue: Blogger Edition. [Law Librarian Blog] * A new website provides an online course in general deposition prep for witnesses. Will this work? Pro: Deposition prep involves haphazard application of life lessons from a lawyer’s individual career and a professionalized course is beneficial. Con: Why would a firm forfeit all those billable hours to a third-party? [The Perfect Witness] * Not every law school is cutting back. San Joaquin College of Law is expanding its enrollment. It’s not ABA-accredited, so all these students are sure to land on their feet. [KFSN] * Since we’re likely to be at war with Syria by the end of the week, here’s a thoughtful piece on the legality of intervention in light of the UN charter and moral obligations. [Boston Review]

* America, you won’t have Michele Bachmann to kick around anymore! The political equivalent of comic relief announced that she will not seek another term. [CNN] * Eric Holder testified that he would support reform of the ECPA. Apparently this newfound love of electronic privacy doesn’t extend to the Associated Press. [IT-Lex] * Atlanta is soon to host its Battle of the (Lawyer) Bands. LawJam 2013 is set to rock Atlanta like a litigious hurricane on June 8. Last year featured bands like Mikey Mel & the JDs, so you have a sense of what you’re getting here. [Atlanta Bar Association] * The CFTC had no idea how to do its job? Say it ain’t so! [Breaking Energy] * So the sequester has an advantage! Cocaine is going to get cheaper! [Breaking Defense] * Paul Caron has acquired a 100 percent ownership share of the Law Professor Blogs Network. Congrats! [TaxProf Blog] * Woman acquitted of manslaughter responds in the best way ever. Video after the jump… [WESH via Bing]

Do you love tax law? These lawyers do, and they've proclaimed it on their license plates.

* Yesterday, we shared Paul Caron’s plan to end the sequester by forcing government officials to experience delays due to air traffic control furloughs. Well, Congress voted to end the furloughs. We should have known that once the sequester inconvenienced a member of Congress this would end. [Reuters via Yahoo!] * Ken Langone does not agree with Richard Farley of Paul Hastings. And tells him so. Loudly. [DealBreaker] * If you’re looking for CLE credits in Houston, check out this event where you can win a semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun for your trouble. And it counts for Ethics! [NRA Blog] * “Izadi suggested she could pay her law school tuition by turning tricks.” Is a pimp really that much worse than Sallie Mae? [Las Vegas Review Journal] * Overlawyered is now part of the CATO Institute. Enjoy working for the Koch brothers! I hear they’re really easy to work with over there. [Overlawyered] * Getting tossed from a case for “bad behavior”? That’s the Chicago way! [Chicago Tribune] * An interview with American Lawyer Editor-in-Chief Robin Sparkman about the newly released Am Law 100 law firm rankings, after the jump….

The socioeconomic voyeurism continues. Today we look at faculty salaries at Berkeley Law.