Student Bar Association
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Law Schools
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: NYU Doesn't Have An SBA Anymore
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Law Schools
Friends Of Law Student Accused Of Making Anti-Semitic Remarks Employ Kavanaugh Defense
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Law Schools, Politics, Ridiculousness, Videos
This Guy Is Taking SBA Elections Way Too Seriously
Nobody cares about law school elections. Except this guy. He cares a lot about them.
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Conferences / Symposia, Gay, Gender, Health Care / Medicine, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Rap, SCOTUS, State Judges, Supreme Court, Technology, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 03.31.14
* A surefire way to make your mom proud of you is to file a funny amicus brief with the Supreme Court, get called out for it in the New York Times, and be lauded by us at Above the Law as having filed the “best amicus brief ever.” [Daily Beast] * Cynthia Brim, a state judge who’s been declared legally insane, wants to return to the judicial bench she’s been suspended from. Hey, you could look at it this way: at least she’d be working for her $182K salary. [Chicago Tribune] * Our readers will be thrilled to know that beginning this year, lawyers will become obsolete. Artificial intelligence will start taking over your jobs within the next six months or so. [Wired] * Join the Fordham OUTLaws for a Transgender Law symposium, co-sponsored by Skadden and the LGBT Bar. One of the panelists, Erin Buzuvis, is an amazing professor from my school. [Fordham Law School] * If you care at all about how well women and minority law students are represented on law reviews, then you’ll want to come to this important event. I’ll be there, and I hope to see you there, too! [Ms. JD] * In case you were wondering, Penn Law successfully beat the crap out of Wharton (in terms of head to head win-loss record) during the 10th annual Wharton vs. Law Fight Night. [Wharton vs. Law: Fight Night] * Meet Anthony Halmon, the second-year student at FIU Law who’s relying on his coolness to rock the vote for the SBA presidency. Check out his rap video, after the jump. [Daily Business Review (reg. req.)] -
Biglaw, Gay, Gay Marriage, Gender, Guns / Firearms, Insurance, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, Texas, Violence, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 02.27.14
* Of course there’s a gender pay gap in Biglaw, but none of the firms are going to tell you about it. We’ll be discussing the results of the annual National Association of Women Lawyers survey later today. [ABA Journal]
* In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Texas struck down its ban on gay marriage, but stayed the ruling pending appeal. Seriously, of all places, this happened in Texas. Yeehaw! Ride ‘em, cowboys! [New York Times]
* Well, there goes that whole “judgment proof” argument. An insurer must defend the Temple Law student who shot a Fox Rothschild partner’s unarmed son under his parents’ homeowners insurance policy. [Legal Intelligencer]
* New Mexico Law didn’t like what it found after auditing its SBA’s off-campus bank account. FYI: the SBA apparently isn’t supposed to spend money on bars, liquor, and restaurants. Who knew? [Albequerque Journal]
* “I don’t want to pay for someone else’s peculiar behavior.” Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, is changing his tune about his former flame as their appeal date gets closer and closer. [CNN]
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Crime, Drinking, Drugs, Law Schools, Money
Law Student Embezzles Thousands of Dollars While Drunk, High
Which law school did she attend, and how did she do it? -
Law Schools, Religion, Sexism, Women's Issues
Don't You Hate It When Your Crazy Religious Views Come Back To Bite You During SBA Elections?
Okay, so you don't like female missionaries, but what about female SBA presidents? -
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] - Sponsored
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Drinking, Law Schools, Parties
This Law School Mixer Had A Lot Of Alcohol In It
I predict this will be a year of extreme inebriation among law students, led by the new class of 2015. We've got our second story of drunkenness, and it's only the first week... -
Law Schools, listserv, Rudeness
Even During Finals, Some Law Students and Professors Manage to Act Like Adults
Finals week is stressful for everybody, and it leads to lots of screw-ups. But some law students and professors manage to rise above their mistakes… -
Drinking, Law Schools, Nauseating Things, Parties
Barrister's Ball Blowout: A Night of Booze, Barf, and Blood (and B*tching About the Budget)
Bleeding, barfing, and breaching contracts is no way to go through life... -
Charlotte, Crime, Deaths
New Interviews Might Help the Charlotte Law 2L Charged with Murder
Kenan Gay's lawyers start to tell a different story about the man Gay allegedly pushed into traffic. -
Harvard, Law Schools
Harvard Law Elects Guy Who Intends to Quit
Who won the election for Harvard Law's new Student Government President? Looks like the HLS community agreed with the ATL audience on this one....
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Harvard, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism, Reader Polls, Ridiculousness, Vicious Infighting
Allegations of Racism Fly As Harvard Law Braces for Today's Student Government Elections
Hey Harvard Law School, high school called, it wants its drama back.... -
Charlotte, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
Law Student Charged With Murder Claims It Was All About A Girl
The law student accused of murder claims that the alleged victim was harassing his girlfriend... -
Charlotte, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
2L Charged With Murder: A Case of Student v. Townie Rage?
They say campus security starts in the admissions office, but no admissions committee can truly screen out all of the bad apples. The community at Charlotte School of Law (not to be confused with UNC-Charlotte) is in a state of shock. A current student there was charged with murder following a bar fight.... -
Crime, Email Scandals, Food, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, YouTube
Lunch Theft Epidemic Continues, Spreads to Washburn Law
Last week, we covered an unsettling rash of lunch thefts at UCLA School of Law. The problem was sending hungry students into a tizzy. Now, like a way less deadly version of the Motaba virus, the outbreak has spread to Washburn University School of Law. Several tipsters have forwarded us an all-school email sent yesterday […] -
California, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Ridiculousness
There Is a Law School Lunch Thief Running Wild in Our Midst
With some of the truly horrible stuff going on in law these days — law students allegedly trying to kill each other, managing partners having affairs with their subordinates’ wives — it’s almost reassuring to know that people can still afford to get crazily worked up about good old-fashioned nothing. Some behaviors are the equivalent […] -
Abortion, Law Schools
Abortion: Exactly the Kind of Thing You Want to Talk About in a Bitchy Email
You know what's never happened? A rational discussion about abortion rights that started because a Student Bar Association president sent an email. Luckily, the SBA email about a defaced abortion poster that we're about to show you is so over the top that it's more funny than annoying.... -
Email Scandals, Money
NYU Law: SBA President v. Treasurer v. Decorum v. Things Law Students Care About
In case we haven't said this already, welcome back, law students. When you guys are gone over the summer, we have to report on real scandals and real issues. But now that you guys are back on campus, it's time to fire up the "dumb law student story" machine. NYU Law, you're up first....