Slate
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7th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Old People
What Is To Be Done About Super-Old Judges?
When I clerked on the Ninth Circuit years ago, one of the judges on the court at the time was extremely old — and didn’t seem very “with it.” His law clerks seemed to take on a large amount of responsibility. One of his clerks that year, a law school classmate of mine I’ll call […] -
Law Schools, LSAT, Student Loans
Above the Law Is 1 for 2 at Helping Would-Be Lawyers Do the Right Thing
And we might have had a perfect score if it not for that pesky God character floating around. In the past few weeks, we’ve brought you two stories about would-be lawyers trying to make critical life decisions. There was the first-year law student who was considering dropping out of law school after just one semester. […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Deaths, Law Schools, LSAT, Lunacy, Old People
Prospective Law Student Must Choose Between LSAT and Dead Grandma
Pure lunacy is on display today in the Dear Prudence column on Slate. A prospective law student is set to take the December administration of the LSAT. But his or her grandmother — for ease of reference, I’ll use the male pronoun throughout this post — recently lost a battle with Alzheimer’s. Hence this question […]
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Career Alternatives, Law Schools, Student Loans
In Defense of Going to Law School: A Prudential Perspective (Part 2)
On the Quote of the Day posted over the weekend, a commenter wrote: “In my head I’ve changed the name of this blog from ‘Above the Law’ to ‘The law is f**king stupid and dumb and anyone who goes into it is an idiot forever and did I mention it’s dumb.’ There are still reasons […] -
Ann Althouse, Books, Gay, Non-Sequiturs, Tim Wu
Non-Sequiturs: 11.08.10
* Everyone’s favorite anti-gay crusader, Andrew Shirvell (pictured), has been suspended. [TPM Muckraker] UPDATE: Shirvell just got fired, according to the Detroit Free Press, “for conduct unbecoming a state employee” (including misuse of state resources). * Our colleague Bess Levin wants to know: Does Wall Street have a problem with felony charges? [Dealbreaker] * Professor […] -
Law Schools
Yes, We've Seen the Slate Article on Law Schools
It’s a very thorough compilation, for a general-interest audience, of developments that we’ve already covered in these pages. The subtitle sums up the piece quite well: “Law schools are manufacturing more lawyers than America needs, and law students aren’t happy about it.” We’re not sure what else to say about it, since we’ve opined at […] -
Career Alternatives, Dahlia Lithwick, Law Schools, Student Loans
In Defense of Going to Law School: A Prudential Perspective
A prudential perspective, because it appeared in Slate’s advice column, Dear Prudence (alongside an inquiry from a woman dating a wonderful man who unfortunately has a “micropenis”): Dear Prudence, I am just a little over a year away from becoming a lawyer, and I’m miserable because I hate it. I wasn’t forced into the profession. […]