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Lunch Theft Epidemic Continues, Spreads to Washburn Law

By Christopher Danzig

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

By Christopher Danzig

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 […]

Crime, Law Schools

Law School: A Den of Thieves

By Elie Mystal

It’s exam time. Kids are living in the library and generally oblivious. This is high season for thieves! But we’ve got an email from a law student who is determined to take action. He had his textbooks stolen, and he’s mad as hell. He wants to do away with his law school’s honor code and go with more medieval punishments should they apprehend the thief….

Crime, Law Schools

Law School Thievery (And One Radical Plan To Stop It)

By Elie Mystal

Call me cynical, but whenever I read an email detailing thievery happening at a law school around exam time, I assume that the community is dealing with a fellow student who is looking to get an edge on the curve. It doesn’t strike me as random when items, especially laptops or power cords, disappear before […]