Southwestern Law School
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Airplanes / Aviation, Facebook, Non-Sequiturs, Screw-Ups, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Trials
Non-Sequiturs: 03.01.12
* Defense lawyer: “I think you’ll be returning a verdict of ‘guilty’ on each and every one of these counts. I mean, crap… Scratch that, reverse it.” [NewsNet 5 Ohio] * It really stinks that Chick-fil-A is a little bit evil, because their food is SO GOOD. [TaxProf Blog] * Attorneys with more pronounceable names […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, John Marshall Law School, Law Schools
Twelve More Law Schools Slapped with Class Action Lawsuits Over Employment Data
Back in October, we informed our readers that law school litigators Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to file class action lawsuits against 15 additional schools, on top of the two they'd already filed against Cooley Law and New York Law School. In mid-December, we brought you an update on the status of those potential filings after Anziska told us that at least three named plaintiffs had been secured for 11 out of the 15 law schools on October's target list. And now, about a month and a half later, have we got some news for you.... - Sponsored
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Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans, Vanderbilt
Law School Transparency: Who's Naughty and Who's Nice?
Late last year, plaintiffs’ lawyer David Anziska pledged to make 2012 “the year of law school litigation.” Anziska, who’s currently spearheading efforts to sue law schools over allegedly misleading employment statistics, told my colleague Staci Zaretsky that he and his team members “want to sue as many law schools as we can to bring them […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, John Marshall Law School, Law Schools
Calling All Disgruntled Law School Graduates: Will You Ring in the New Year By Suing Your School?
Back in October, we brought you the news that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska intended to sue 15 more law schools over their post-graduate employment rates, in addition to their already pending class action suits against Cooley Law and New York Law School. As mentioned during their October 5 media conference, Team Strauss/Anziska will not […] -
Fabulosity, Money, Munger Tolles & Olson, Rankings
Super-Rich Law School Graduates: Lawyers on the Forbes 400
For some holders of the Juris Doctor degree, "J.D." has depressing meanings: Just Debt, Job Disabled, Justifiably Depressed. But for others, "J.D." stands for something happier: Just Dollars. Lots and lots and lots of them. The 2011 Forbes 400 list has been issued -- and it contains a number of lawyers and law school graduates.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, John Marshall Law School, Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day
Fifteen More Law Schools to Be Hit with Class Action Lawsuits Over Post-Grad Employment Rates
Kurzon Strauss, the law firm that brought us some of the most prolific class action lawsuits of the year has split up. Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you've got major cases to deal with. So, what's a lawyer to do? Apparently the solution is to file fifteen more class action lawsuits against law schools with questionable post-graduate employment data. Is your law school or alma mater a defendant? -
Blogging, Law Schools
Sticky Drama's Christopher Stone Is Stuck on Southwestern Law School
On Southwestern Law School’s Web page for prospective students, the dean writes: “A remarkable number of major figures in the legal and business sides of the entertainment industry also come from Southwestern — as do many leaders of more traditional legal careers in both private and public sectors… We encourage you also to remember that […] -
Celebrities, Law Schools
Jerry O'Connell, Esq.?
With royalties from Camp Wilder not the cash machine they once were, Jerry O’Connell has traded in the glamor of Samantha Who? cameos and a Crossing Jordan recurring role for something even less glamorous. Reports Us Magazine: “Jerry O’Connell has gone back to [law] school, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.” O’Connell’s new career path comes […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
Tragedy At Southwestern School of Law
It’s a pretty sad time at Southwestern School of Law. The National Law Journal reports: The recent murder of a 17-year-old girl who was abducted near the Los Angeles campus of Southwestern University School of Law has sent shockwaves through the law school. The victim’s mother, Deborah Drooz, a partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, […]
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