Student Debt
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Law Schools
But, Wait, How Much Does Going To Law School *Really* Cost?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.17.23
* Fifth Circuit judges anoint themselves pharmaceutical scientists to determine that the FDA probably didn’t understand mifepristone when its scientists exercised their statutory and regulatory authority. So now judges are historians, neurologists, and drug scientists. Yale and Harvard JDs really prepare you to be jackasses of all trades! [Reuters]
* Speaking of judges acting as neurologists, the Federal Circuit backtracked to avoid that charge and cited Judge Pauline Newman’s reticence to hand over medical records of a cardiac event as the key justification to ban her from the court. Which fails their own twisted rationale since a risk of heart attack has no bearing on a judge’s faculties. But in any event, they’re cardiologists now, too. [Law360]
* It took a matter of hours for Trump supporters to publicly circulate the names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors. [NBC]
* By nixing student loan forgiveness, the Supreme Court likely also jacked the market by robbing it of 401(k) investment. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Law firms are generally uninterested in a fully remote workforce — which is understandable in some practice areas. But somehow this is going to get conflated with hybrid work models and some dumb firm is going to think it has cover to fully end working from home — to the delight of the firms looking to poach. [American Lawyer]
* Fox News needs a new CLO after the last one presided over the company accumulating upwards of a billion in liability. Who would want this job? [Corporate Counsel]
* Freshfields managing partner races in FIA bronze level events in his spare time. [LegalCheek]
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Biglaw, Law Schools
Women Underrepresented In Leadership Positions, Overrepresented In Law School Debt
It doesn’t take a genius to figure that it will still take decades for women lawyers to reach income parity while continuing to pay down law school debt.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.14.23
* Here we go again! Biden uses another avenue to issue some of the student debt relief blocked by Republicans in the Super Legislature. [Reuters] * After the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to foreign knockoffs, IP lawyers are left “questioning” what’s left. [Bloomberg Law News] * Fake money leads to real federal fraud charges. […]
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Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Rewrites Constitution To Include 'Congressional Backsies' Clause
Jonathan Turley botches basic constitutional law. I'd say 'don't quit your day job,' but... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.05.23
* The Biden administration’s defense of its student loan relief programs arrived. It mostly revolves around the plaintiffs’ lack of standing, which has the benefit of being completely correct and the drawback of a majority of justices who don’t care. [Reuters]
* After yesterday’s southeastern merger news, now Maynard and Nexsen are merging to build a 550-attorney firm. [Daily Report Online]
* Coinbase will have to pay $100M in real people money for anti-money laundering compliance failures. [Law360]
* S&C takes overall deal value crown for 2022, shedding a bit of light on those Kirkland cutbacks we’ve been hearing about [American Lawyer]
* Preparing for a cyber threat is one thing. Getting lawyers to actually comply with your policies is another. [Legaltech News]
* Another story about facial recognition software, race, and mistaken identity. This time a man claims he was falsely arrested because of the software. [Gizmodo]
* In other news, I was on the most recent episode of WGN’s Legal Face-Off discussing a wide range of legal issues from bonuses to the Supreme Court. [WGN]
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Law Schools
The Price Tag Of Law School Isn't The Only Thing Weighing Law Students Down
Undergraduate debt just adds to law school woes. -
Government, Law Schools
'This Is Where I'd Have Biden's Debt Relief, If It Wasn't For Those Darned Black People,' Says Wisconsin Institute For Law And Liberty
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Finance
Right-Wing Legal Challenges To Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Shrink Scope Of Program
The Biden administration is facing its first wave of lawsuits over the broad plan to forgive $10,000 worth of student debt. -
Law Schools
Stanford Law School Tests New Plan To Make Law Degrees Affordable
Pilot program currently limited to 20 students, though... -
Law Schools
Planning On What You'll Do With That Extra 10-20k From Student Loan Forgiveness? You Might Want To Put Some Aside For Tax Day.
The next president will win because of their student loan tax forgiveness. Turtles all the way down. -
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Law Schools
Biden Administration Fights To Keep Student Debt An Inescapable Nightmare
Discharging student debt in bankruptcy is almost impossible. The Biden administration is fighting to keep it that way.
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Law Schools
The ABA To Expand Law School Diversity Data
The ABA is expanding law school diversity data but needs to go further. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.29.21
* Pelosi says that Biden doesn’t have the power to cancel student loan debt. Cups of the rose… [New York Post]
* LA opting to use zoning to address homelessness. Maybe one day we’ll look at the data and just give them homes. C’est la vie. [CBS Local]
* The Crow are suing the Bureau of Indian Affairs for excessive use of force during a traffic stop. Hoping for justice. [Native News Online]
* Judge overrules prosecutor and finds probable cause to charge a cop with homicide. Maybe Judges are the backbone of the profession. [NBC News]
* Despite being faced with Delta, these states cannot mandate face masks. [Forbes]
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Law Schools
Harvard Law School Students Forced To Give 90% Of Summer Job Money Straight To School
'We'll be taking that!' -
Finance
Student Loan Debt 'Cancellation' May Feel More Like 'Law School Coupon Day' For New Lawyers
Despite a lot of talk, very few people have done anything tangible to address the student debt crisis in the legal profession. -
Law Schools
The Law School Rankings Rat Race Has New Cheese
Each year, the law school world overreacts to slightly shuffled U.S. News rankings, justifying the ranking’s apparent authority and value. -
Law Schools
Students At This Law School Are Projected To Have The Most Student Debt
Get ready to service those loans!