Stanford Law School
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Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Different Worlds
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch returns after a winter hiatus. Let's check out three noteworthy couples from the colder months. -
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Who Has the Best 'Employed at Graduation' Rate Among the Top 14 Law Schools?
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Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
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American Bar Association / ABA, Boalt Hall, Job Searches, Law Schools, UVA Law
When Even Members of the T14 Don't Comply With ABA Standards, Will Law Schools Ever Be Truly Transparent?
Which elite law schools have failed to provide employment transparency data that's required by the ABA?
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Boalt Hall, Law Schools, Rankings
The Most Important Part of Law School: Social Life Rankings!
Where can you learn the law and party like a rock star at the same time? Let's find out! -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Pre-Law, Reader Polls
The Downhill Road from 1L to 3L
How do 1Ls and 3Ls view law school? Quite differently, as it turns out. -
Animal Law, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 01.17.13
* A Charleston School of Law student leader was arrested for stalking. I’m not sure how else Charleston Law students are supposed to get jobs. [Fitsnews] * I think this is a very poor reading of the history of the Second Amendment that is making the rounds. Sure, having weapons really helped slaveholders, but that’s not “the reason” the Second Amendment was ratified. The founders had better reasons… reasons that have nothing at all to do with the time we live in, but that’s a different story. [Truthout] * By the way, you saw that Obama nominated a black lawyer for something, right? Since the Republicans in Congress are so concerned about Obama’s record on diverse appointments, I’m sure Todd Jones will be confirmed super quickly. [Daily Beast] * Should pet owners be allowed to recover for “sentimental value”? A Texas case might answer that question. I’m looking forward to the companion case in Arkansas where pet owners try to recover from loss of consortium. [Adjunct Law Prof Blog] * I’d be shocked if this Manti Te’o thing doesn’t end up with somebody suing someone for something. [New York Daily News] * There’s going to be a law and robots conference at Stanford in April. Because we all know how much robots love law. [The Volokh Conspiracy] -
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California Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread
The school-by-school breakdown of the California bar exam results is out. Let's take a look! -
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If ATL Decided the BCS
The BCS schools square off over their law schools. - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
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Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Career Files, Conferences / Symposia, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Students, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
The Brave New World of Entry-Level Recruiting
How is the entry-level legal job market looking? And what do law firms and law schools think of the current approach to on-campus interviewing? -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Music, Rap, Videos, Weirdness, Westlaw, YouTube
Yo! ATL Raps
A former Dewey & LeBoeuf associate started a company that just received $15 million in venture capital financing. But can it compete with Westlaw and Lexis? -
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Princeton Review Rankings Part Deux: The Toughest Law Schools To Get Into, And More!
Which law schools are the toughest to get into, and which ones have the most competitive students? Check out the most recent Princeton Review rankings and see for yourself! -
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Princeton Review Ranks The Law Schools With The Best Career Prospects
Check out the Princeton Review's annual "Best Career Prospects" list for law schools. Did your alma mater make the cut? -
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Non-Sequiturs: 10.03.12
* VC heavyweight Andressen Horowitz is investing in Rap Genius, the hip-hop brainchild of Stanford Law grad Mahbod Moghadam. Yadadamean? [Rap Genius] * If your fraternity has to hire a lawyer to hold a press conference to deny allegations of butt-chugging, and an extraordinarily uncomfortable video of the press conference makes its way online… you’re probably up s**t’s creek without a wine bottle paddle. [Outkick the Coverage] * There’s no crying in baseball, and, in other creepily homoerotic collegiate news, there shall be no drunken teabagging in college football, either. [New Orleans Times-Picayune] * Professor Richard Sander’s new book (affiliate link) argues that affirmative action actually hurts the students it intends to help. Release the partisan bickering! [The Atlantic via ProfessorBainbridge] * An interview with law prof Jay Wexler, who also released a book (affiliate link) earlier this year. His is slightly less serious. Absurdist legal humor for the win. Check out this podcast interview, too! [Constitutional Daily] * The fifth annual She Leads Conference on Women in the Law is this Friday at American University Washington College of Law. Go forth and be educated! [Ms. JD] * U.S. District Judge Mark Kravitz of Connecticut, RIP. [Connecticut Post]
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5th Circuit, Edith Jones, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Gender, Job Searches, Judicial Divas, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Morning Docket, Patents, Paul Clement, Technology
Morning Docket: 09.28.12
* Chief Judge Edith Jones of the Fifth Circuit, the judicial diva herself, will be stepping down from her role at the head of the bench earlier than expected, due to “family issues.” Perhaps she told someone to “shut up” too many times? [Tex Parte Blog]
* Apple asked U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to deny Samsung’s request that she bar all further communication with trial jurors, because the company claims it wants “equal access to information” (aka jury foreman Velvin Hogan). [Bloomberg]
* “[T]here’s no way to preserve the definition of marriage [as one man and one woman] other than by preserving the definition. It becomes somewhat circular.” That, and you rely on law from 1885. Argh! [BuzzFeed]
* ASU Law wants to move from Tempe to Phoenix, and to make it financially feasible, the school may increase enrollment and raise tuition. Sound like a good idea, prospective law students cash cows? [Arizona Republic]
* Now compare/contrast: Stanford Law had to dip into its coffers to come up with the cash to cover its financial aid promises this year, but the school isn’t cutting out a dime that’s owed to students. [National Law Journal]
* Massachusetts appealed the Michelle Kosilek sex-change ruling. The state claims it provided “adequate medical care,” but it’s questionable whether that was the case if the prisoner tried to castrate herself. [CNN]
* Tully Rinckey, a midsize firm, is planning to open an office in Buffalo, New York, so it sent out recruitment letters to 5,469 attorneys in the region. Unemployed law grads: open the letter, it’s not a bill! [Buffalo News]
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Boalt Hall, John Yoo, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
The 50 Most Relevant Law Professors
Who are the 50 most relevant law professors in America? -
Sandra Day O'Connor, Solicitor General's Office, Sonia Sotomayor, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Solicitous
Check out the fabulous contestants in this edition of our Legal Eagle Wedding Watch... -
Abortion, Airplanes / Aviation, Defamation, Job Searches, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Morning Docket, Politics, Racism, Rape, Texas, Travel / Vacation, Unemployment, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 08.29.12
* “He’s stupid. I wouldn’t even count him as a Republican.” Many Republican women at the RNC wish that the men like Rep. Todd Akin would just shut up about abortion, rape, and contraception. [Reuters]
* Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the discrimination against minorities. A panel of judges on a D.C. federal court shot down the state’s redistricting plans for lack of compliance with the VRA. [Washington Post]
* A disgruntled Stanford Law graduate’s defamation and retaliation suit against the school was dismissed. Sorry, but it’s highly doubtful that a law professor blacklisted you from getting a job. [National Law Journal]
* “[T]here’s a surplus of attorneys and not enough jobs for it.” Lincoln Memorial’s president admits amid accreditation issues that perhaps it wasn’t the best time to open the Duncan Law. [Knoxville News Sentinel]
* “I don’t know if this was worth it, but I did have a good time in Cancun.” Skipping deliberations to go on vacation is a great way to earn yourself a trip to jail, but this girl got lucky. [Proof & Hearsay / Journal Sentinel]
* Continental faces a lawsuit after baggage handlers allegedly removed a sex toy from a passenger’s luggage and taped it outside the bag for the world to see. At least it wasn’t the TSA. [Courthouse News Service]
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Barack Obama, Clerkships, Law Professors, Law Schools, Reader Polls
Quote of the Day: Well, Obama was a law professor once too....
A Stanford law school professor comes to the defense of yesterday's overzealous Yale Law networker.... -
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Behold! ATL Launches Definitive Law School Research Resource
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Law Schools, U.S. News
Which Law Schools Received the Most Applications Last Year?
Looks like people are still applying to law schools in droves, even though overall applications are down...