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Commencement, Job Searches, Law Schools, Movies, Student Loans, Videos, YouTube
How The Other Half Graduates: A Cooley Commencement Speech Inspired By 'My Cousin Vinny'
The student speaker at Cooley Law's graduation offers an... interesting perspective... -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law School Dean Takes On 'The Blogs' But He Doesn't Have The Facts On His Side
Instead of releasing statements full of spin, law students could demand that their dean owns up and apologizes... - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Law Schools, Money, Romance and Dating, Student Loans
Is Law School Loan Debt Ruining Your Love Life?
You probably never thought that your student loans would be both financially and romantically ruinous, but as it turns out, young adults aren’t keen on getting into bed with six-figures of debt every night.
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Law School Over-Promises Financial Aid; Will Have $2.4 Million Shortfall Over Three Years
Law school costs so much that even the law school has to go into debt to finance the education... -
Attorney Misconduct, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, New York Times, Perverts, Prisons, SCOTUS, State Judges, Student Loans, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 07.16.12
* Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one Supreme Court justice thinks that things will be back to normal at One First Street come the start of the next term, despite his colleagues’ loose lips. [National Law Journal]
* Hourly billing rates for associate are on the rise nationwide, while partner and counsel billing rates only saw modest bumps. Is Biglaw back in business, or is this just another “retention strategy”? [New York Law Journal]
* This is a really hard to believe newspaper headline: “Law firm recognizes employees have life outside of work.” Carlton Fields, what kind of gypsy voodoo magic spells are you casting? [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
* Another day, another editorial about the “irretrievably broken” state of legal education in our country. But the ABA admins needn’t worry their oblivious little heads, because people will keep applying. [New York Times]
* And in today’s disturbing law school debtor news, Jason Bohn’s charge was upgraded to first-degree murder after a DA announced via indictment that Bohn allegedly intended to torture his victim. [New York Post]
* “Quite frankly, these are the actions of a dirty old man.” You can look, but never lick: it’s not really a good thing when a judge uses a sentence like this to describe an attorney’s alleged client relations skills. [CBS News]
* For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball fraud game. Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud among a potpourri of other felony counts, and he’ll now face up to 20 years in prison. [CNN]
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Alan Dershowitz, Canada, Guido Calabresi, Laurence Tribe, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Student Loans
Non-Sequiturs: 07.11.12
* Canadian comes to America, goes into $100,000 worth of law school debt, and has no job. Mwahahaha, Canada, let’s see your superior health care system find a cure for that! [Globe and Mail] * Wait, you’re not supposed to take your baby along when you go to see a prostitute? Okay. Got it. See, that’s the kind of tip that isn’t in any of the Dr. Spock books. [Wave3] * Ben Bernanke can time travel… [Dealbreaker] * … While John Mara, owner of the WORLD CHAMPION New York Giants, simply revises history. [Forbes] * Alan Dershowitz received a “D” on his first legal writing assignment. Apparently, his Yale Law School professor, the great Guido Calebresi, told him, “You write like you’re having a conversation with your friends in Brooklyn,” and then helped him work on his technique. Little did Calebresi or Dershowitz know that writing like you’re having a conversation with friends could lead to a successful life as a legal blogger. Boy, did they miss out! [Yale Alumni Magazine] * Kenny Heitz, an Irell & Manella partner and former UCLA basketball champion, passed away. [Daily News] Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe foresaw the Obamacare Tax Holding, and we’ve got video evidence to prove it…. How Appealing pointed us to the link below. This will make Tribe’s Con Law class even harder to get into this fall. Remember HLSers, competing classmates can’t register if both their hands are broken: -
Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Texas
Need Money for Law School? Just Sell Your Machine Gun
Well, this is a unique way to get money to pay for law school… -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
University of Miami 2Ls Will Get 'Waiver' To Offset Tuition Hikes
Miami 2Ls will not have to pay a tuition hike, because the Dean promised them they wouldn't... - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Crime, Murder, Student Loans
Icy Details Emerge From Debtor/Murder Suspect Jason Bohn
Jason Bohn has been apprehended and charged with murder... -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, UVA Law
Incoming UVA Law Student Asks for Tuition Donations
In tough times like these, sometimes you have to be resourceful to get what you want, and it seems that some people still really want to go to law school. -
Law Schools, Murder, Student Loans
Debt-Laden Law Grad Featured in NYT Article on Perils of Law School Suspected of Murder
Student loan debt can make a man do some pretty crazy things. But what about murder? -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Guns / Firearms, Insider Trading, Law Professors, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Prostitution, Rankings, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 06.27.12
* Pay up or shut up: Dewey former partners need to worry about getting our kneecaps busted by the banks that loaned us money to fulfill our capital contributions? [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* Senate leaders reached a tentative deal to keep student-loan interest rates at 3.4%. Too bad this only applies to undergrads — law students are still left holding the bag. [Wall Street Journal]
* Your mom probably told you not to be a tattletale, but evidently that kind of behavior really pays off in court. Adam Smith, formerly of Galleon, was sentenced to only two years’ probation for his “very substantial” aid in Raj Rajaratnam’s insider trading trial. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Forty-six CEOs on the 2012 Fortune 500 list went to law school, but only four hold degrees from schools outside the U.S. News Top 100, and just one went to an RNP school. Yikes. [U.S. News & World Report]
* Was this Nova Law professor “mentally deranged enough to engage in a campus shooting rampage”? That’s apparently what members of the administration thought when they fired him. [National Law Journal]
* Anna Gristina, the accused “Millionaire Madam,” was released last night on $250K bond after spending four months behind bars. Looks like it’s back to the world’s oldest profession for this soccer mom. [Reuters]
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Ave Maria School of Law, Law Schools, Student Loans, Texas
TTTrading Places: Law Schools Acquire New Territory
Law schools acquire other law schools so they can become bigger law schools. Mwahahaha....
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Associate Advice, Job Searches
Embarrassment of Riches, Class of 2011 Graduate Has TWO Job Offers
A person from the class of 2011 has more than one job offer? This is not a drill... -
Bad Ideas, Cars, Law Schools, Money, Rank Stupidity, Student Loans
3L With Law School Debt and Underwater Mortgage Wants A New Car. Stupid Is As Stupid Does.
Wife of a 3L tries to stop her husband from being a total idiot... -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Let's Watch Law Students Argue About Who Makes Their School Look Worse
The weird societies that emerge at strange law schools... -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Small Law Firms, Student Loans
Law School Success Stories: High Risk, High Reward
When it comes to law school, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sometimes you need to take a risk in order to reap the rewards. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Unemployment
Who Is the Great Satan of the Legal Profession?
Who is to blame for all of the problems in the legal profession? The answer might surprise you. -
Glenn Reynolds, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Student Loans, Videos, YouTube
Quote of the Day: The Broken Economics of Legal Education
How can we fix the broken model of law school economics? Professor Brian Tamanaha has some ideas. -
Football, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Student Loans
Non-Sequiturs: 05.29.12
* It must stink to be out $150 trillion dollars thanks to MF Global. Not as much as it stinks being bats**t crazy, but still. [Dealbreaker] * Here’s another way of rating the effectiveness of law professors that has nothing to do with whether or not they are good at being law professors. [Tax Prof Blog] * Sports agent who seems to be a professional defendant. [Sports Money / Forbes] * Debt, but no degree, sounds tough. But it’s not always worse than more debt with a useless degree. [Washington Post] * Romney embraces a birther. [ABC News] * This is a beautiful day to live in Manhattan. [Hayden Planetarium]