Protests

* More bar exam results! Which school saw its passage rate take a 15 point hit? [Bar Exam Stats]

* This is the right way to break up a protest at Planned Parenthood: with a smiling clit cartoon. [Slate]

* How we can rethink the history of slavery and the Constitution. [Berkeley News]

* Maybe Judge Stevens is onto something — the Supreme Court to take on the issue of racial bias in jury selection. [Gawker]

* Hillary wants to keep marijuana illegal — is this her version of she “didn’t inhale?” [Al-Jazeera]

* Kickstarter class actions. What hell hath we wrought? [Associates Mind]

* In this corner we have the Oregon Attorney General. In the other we have vitamin giant GNC. Who will win this battle royale? Not so fast — it’s a trick question since one side’s dietary supplements were laced with illegal drugs. [Vox]

* The latest in The Atlantic’s series on the Reconstruction. [The Atlantic]

This isn't something you see every day in Biglaw.

In the face of ongoing protests in Baltimore, one law school is doing the right thing.

* Which Biglaw firm just raised its starting salary for associates? Will this be the beginning of a revolution? Don’t you wish your firm would follow this firm’s lead? We’ll have more on this exciting salary news later today. [Legal Intelligencer]

* “With the decline of lawyers and law students, we were looking for new avenues to attract students.” William Mitchell Law may say its hybrid J.D. program was for its students’ benefit, but it was really only to put asses in seats — even digital ones. [CNBC]

* It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday… when you’re a Biglaw partner trying to escape the terms of your contract by making a lateral move. Some firms are even holding capital contributions hostage to discourage partners from leaving. [Recorder via ABA Journal]

* Potential penalties for Supreme Court protesters seem to be getting stiffer. Perhaps federal prosecutors are pissed about 99Rise’s persistence, because this time, members of the social justice group are facing jail time for “haranguing” our justices. [Legal Times]

* According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida was the most productive federal trial court in the nation last year. When Flori-duh is kicking your ass, it’s time to reevalute your life. [WSJ Law Blog]

What issue got this protestor so riled up that he crashed the Supreme Court?

Is the next season of The Voice casting? Because there's a professor who wants in.

The Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone law being considered by SCOTUS violates the First Amendment -- and also does the exact opposite of what most of us would hope.

Once again proving that the law deans were right: you can do ANYTHING with a law degree, even this!

Meet the protest princess who has rocked Wall Street with her fabulous costumes.

* “Hindsight is always 20/20.” Perhaps AG Eric Holder should’ve quit when he was ahead after President Obama’s first term, because now White House insiders are wishing he’d step down. [New York Times]

* Dewey think Steven Davis will ever live down claims that he brought about the death of a once legendary law firm? No, but at least his $19.5 million mismanagement settlement was approved. [Am Law Daily]

* “What’s disgusting? Union busting? Who’s disgusting? Joe Genova.” Damn. This partner had some issues with Legal Services NYC lawyers on strike outside his office last week. [New York Law Journal]

* With all of the talk about patent trolls, this Morgan Lewis attorney allegedly thought it would be a good idea to get a piece of the action. Oopsie, it sounds like you got some splainin’ to do. [Ars Technica]

* LEAVE THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW ALONE! TJSL alumni appreciate their alma mater so much they’re willing to sign love letters written by the school’s PR flack. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]

* Widener Law is thinking of splitting its campuses into separately accredited schools, but this isn’t a cost-saving measure — neither were the buyout packages offered to professors. [Delaware Law Weekly]

* Alexis Wright, the Zumba instructor who ran a prostitution ring out of her dance studio, will ditch the workout and join the party in jail, because this hot mama was just sentenced to 10 months. [CNN]

A fresh round of folks suggesting that Jimmy Carter is anti-Semitic because he isn't on board with Israeli policy.

When professors attack! An Oregon professor gets into it with some protesters and ends up arrested.

Do you know what a "balaclava" is? And that wearing one under certain circumstances can be a crime?

When Justice Scalia spoke at Wesleyan University on Thursday night, he was greeted by protesters. What did they have to say? Here are photos and videos.

Justice Scalia spoke recently at Wesleyan. How was the famously conservative justice received at this legendarily liberal university?

Sometimes we get news that makes us think, "maybe it will all be ok." Like the Texas judge turning the tables on the folks who use religion to curtail the rights and health of other people. This judge has an ax to grind about the inability of gays to get married. If you will, please imagine a world where straight people could not get married either...

* Guys in my high school White House dropped threats to veto defense bills authorizing infinite detention of U.S. citizens all the time, it was no big deal. Nothing like bastardizing the Sixth Amendment. [New York Times] * So much for occupying the court system, eh? This judge won’t budge on dismissals, and more than […]

The topic of whether (and how) to reform legal education remains very hot. The latest New York Times story — by David Segal, who isn’t very popular among law school deans right now — has sparked much online commentary. And it’s not over yet. What do Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo — two of […]

Two months ago, to the day, I wrote that the Occupy Wall Street people would be occupying K Street if they had even the slightest clue about how power is really wielded in this country. I suppose two months is pretty good turnaround time for a leaderless mob that votes by consensus and uses hand […]

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 […]