Stephen Bainbridge
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Law Schools
Writing The Book On Business: Elon Musk Has Had Enough Legal Troubles That This Law School Is Teaching A Class On Them
What makes me want to work with Tesla? I've been chronicling this guy's court run-ins since I was a 0L! -
Law Schools
UCLA Law School Calls For Tolerance, So Obviously Professor Blows That Up With Childish, Racist Tirade
Eugene Volokh explicitly does NOT apologize for all the offensive stuff he does. And that's because he's oblivious. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
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Law Schools
Law School Professor Muses That His Chinese Students Spread Coronavirus
Maybe not the most professional response.
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.24.18
* It’s checkout time at the Supreme Court, and courtroom correspondent Mark Walsh is ready to reveal what’s in his shopping cart. [SCOTUSblog]
* Being cited by the Supreme Court is usually something to boast about — but not always, as Adam Feldman notes in this thoughtful analysis of how much oral arguments matter. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Will Baude breaks down the Court’s intriguing debate over stare decisis in South Dakota v. Wayfair. [PrawfsBlawg]
* Joel Cohen looks at why the federal judiciary gets better treatment from the press than the other two branches of government — and whether the differential is justified. [The Hill]
* Orin Kerr identifies an interesting issue: if a police officer uses Google Translate to try and request consent to search from a non-English speaker in that person’s own language, is the consent valid if Google Translate botched the translation? [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* There’s a long and bipartisan tradition of… the federal government spying on reporters, as Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller]
* Speaking of the media, Jean O’Grady points out a helpful new resource from CQ for consumers of news, along with tips for how to tell whether or not a story is “fake news.” [Dewey B Strategic]
* If reforms come to university boardrooms, let’s hope they include law schools as well. [ProfessorBainbridge via Instapundit]
* An interesting new use of voice-activated technology, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer: getting insights into federal tax law. [Artificial Lawyer]
* If you’ll be in New York on Tuesday, July 17, raise your glass with fellow young lawyers, summer associates, and law students, at the UJA’s Summer Law Happy Hour. [UJA Federation of New York]
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Ave Maria School of Law, Cardozo Law School, Jews, Law Schools, Rankings, Religion
'Religious' Law School Rankings: Does Your Law School Make Jesus Happy?
Which law schools are the best for the faithful? Or is that the dumbest question you've heard today? -
California, Eugene Volokh, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? UCLA Law Edition
The top professors at UCLA Law do very, very well for themselves. -
Conferences / Symposia, Drinking, Dubious Conferences, Facebook, Glenn Reynolds, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, UVA Law, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.13
* The latest bombshell in the Chevron / Ecuador litigation: an ex-judge cops to participation in a bribery scheme. [Fortune] * I wish this “defense” of posting one’s law school grades on Facebook were more full-throated and “in your face.” [Virginia Law Weekly] * I suspect Professor Stephen Bainbridge is in the minority here. Most of my law professor friends enjoy all-expenses-paid trips to the Cayman Islands. [Professor Bainbridge] * Professor Glenn Reynolds: “As the GOP looks for issues it can win on, how about lowering the drinking age?” I’ll raise a glass to that. [Instapundit] * Ahoy, mateys! Did the Supreme Court grant cert in that piracy case out of the Fourth Circuit? [FindLaw] * Not all liberals hate guns. [New York Times] After the jump, the dashing and handsome Ryan Chenevert — Cosmo’s reigning Bachelor of the Year, and a Louisiana lawyer — offers his thoughts on dating…. Don’t you just love that southern accent? -
Ann Althouse, Law Professors, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Politics, Screw-Ups, Technology
A Look Inside the Law Review Sausage Factory -- and Possible Evidence of Bias Against Conservatives
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California, Law Schools, Reader Polls, Texas
The Decision: Georgetown v. Texas v. UCLA -- An ATL Debate
As we move deeper into spring, more aspiring law students will have to make up their minds about matriculation destinations. Today we’ll look at the case of a student who’s choosing between a trio of very fine schools. Where should this person go? -
California, Law Professors, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Money, Peter Lattman, Reader Polls, Wall Street
Should UCLA Law School Accept Milken's Millions?
Ah, California. Your weather is amazing, but we don't want to deal with your earthquakes. Over at UCLA Law School, they're experiencing some earth-shaking controversy of their own. An ultra-wealthy alumnus made it rain, with a $10 million gift to the school -- but now some professors want to rain on his parade, and their objections have hit the national news media.... -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.08.11
* Interesting historical perspective from Professor Dave Hoffman on the current debate over legal education. One critic wrote that “there are too many lawyers in this country,” “many of them are not busy,” and “many of them are on the margin of starvation” — back in 1932. [Concurring Opinions] * And some thoughts on the […] -
Jed Rubenfeld, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.15.11
* The delightful Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of Yale law professors Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, explains how she turned out so normal, despite having a Tiger Mother. [new tiger in town] * Elsewhere in Yale Law School news, congrats to YLS student Vanessa Selbst, who successfully defended her title at the North American Poker Tour […] -
Gay, Howrey LLP, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Wal-Mart
Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.11
* I hate crappy customer service as much as the next guy; I just hope UCLA law students from “third world s**tholes” aren’t offended. [Professor Bainbridge] * Forgive my ignorance, but I don’t see why the right has a problem with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. They know you don’t catch “the gay” from working with […]
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Howrey LLP, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Sexual Harassment, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 03.10.11
* Howrey’d come to this? Robert Ruyak’s ruminations on his law firm’s fall. [WSJ Law Blog] * Speaking of Howrey, it’s only the latest of several major law firms to go from Am Law 100 status to dissolution. Take a swim in the Biglaw Dead Pool. [Law Shucks] * Dov Charney, CEO of American Apparel, […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Mergers
Howrey Going to Make This Merger Happen?(Plus two interesting internal emails.)
Developments are flying fast and furious out of Howrey. Yesterday we passed along reports that Howrey’s merger talks with Winston & Strawn were off. Today we’re hearing that they might be back on (or that they never stopped in the first place). According to the U.K.-based Legal Week (via the ABA Journal), the talks are […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.18.11
* UVA Law grad Corwin Levi used his law school notes as his artistic canvas. I bet he has a really snazzy collar. [Ex-Lawyers Club] * Not all professors are lazy. Professor Ilya Somin hops on the “make new exam questions” bandwagon. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Professor Stephen Bainbridge has another theory on how “Tiger Mother” […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.31.10
* Dahlia Lithwick wonders: Is Justice Ginsburg “The Mother of All Grizzlies”? [Slate] * Five ways to write like David Boies and Ted Olson. [Legal Writing Pro (PDF)] * Speaking of legal writing, do you share our love of corny Bluebook jokes? If so, read this. [Laws for Attorneys] * And speaking of gays, and […]