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5th Circuit, Abortion, California, Clarence Thomas, Law Professors, Loyola Law School, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Pregnancy / Paternity, Reality TV, Supreme Court Clerks, Trendspotting
Morning Docket: 11.02.11
* “Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training.” So what are legal educators doing about it? Blogging, of course. [Law School Review] * Trendspotting: cute judges on the federal bench? The Senate has confirmed Loyola Law professor Stephen Higginson for a seat on the Fifth Circuit. [National Law Journal] * People in New Jersey […]
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Biglaw, Outsourcing, Trendspotting
Is On-Shore Outsourcing the Biglaw Wave of the Future?
Hot on the heels of support staff layoffs and on-shore outsourcing efforts at O’Melveny & Myers, we have news of another law firm doing the exact same thing. Except this law firm has figured out a way to do it with half the tears and way less relocation angst. On-shore outsourcing might be better for […] - Sponsored
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John Marshall Law School, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Trendspotting
Trendspotting: Will Law Schools Continue to Defend Questionable Employment Data?
It was just last week that Jesse Strauss and David Anziska announced that in addition to their class action suits against Cooley Law and New York School of Law, they intended to sue 15 more law schools over their allegedly deceptive post-graduate employment statistics. In the days that followed, everyone wanted to know when these […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Holidays and Seasons, Judicial Divas, Rudeness, Sam Sparks, State Judges, Trendspotting
Judge-Ordered Remedial Civility Classes = The New Killing It
Last week, we reported on the most recent benchslap from Judge Sam Sparks. In his order, Judge Sparks invited attorneys to a “kindergarten party." Other judges have apparently taken notice. Now comes Judge Peggy Ableman of Delaware. She has called for attorneys appearing before her to attend "a 'special' emergency refresher course in first year ethics and civility." What's really going to make the allegedly childlike attorneys squeal is that Judge Ableman scheduled her remedial class during the middle of Labor Day weekend.... -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Trendspotting
Private Funding of Public Law Schools = Bad News For Future Law Students
Do you know an easy way for moderately priced public law schools to make even more money? Charge more for tuition. Do you know an easy justification for jacking up tuition rates? Say that you are moving to a “private funding model” while you bemoan the lack of public support for your institution. After that, […] -
Law School Deans, Law Schools, Trendspotting
Trendspotting: Will Law School Start Decreasing The Supply of Unemployable New Lawyers?
If the American Bar Association was serious about protecting its members, it’d be trying to do something to stop the influx of market-depressing new attorneys. America might need more lawyers willing to work for next to nothing to help those who can’t currently afford legal representation, but the last thing current attorneys need is even […] -
John Yoo, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Trendspotting
A Trend in the Making: Shrinking Law Schools?
Critics of the legal-education industrial complex would probably like to see some radical changes in the U.S. law school system. They’d probably want a few dozen law schools to shut down entirely, to reduce the glut of lawyers in this country. Barring that, they might want to see law schools reduce tuition dramatically — not […] -
Ave Maria School of Law, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Trendspotting
Law Schools Join the Ranks of Institutions Averse To Profiteering During a Rough Economy
You can’t call it a trend just yet, but the University of New Hampshire School of Law has joined Maryland Law and Miami Law in the fight to keep law school tuition down during a still-recovering economy. The school reports it will not be raising tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year. It’s a sad state […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Trendspotting
Always a Trendsetter, Cadwalader Now Experiencing Thievery
Here at Above the Law, we like to know what’s going to happen, before it happens. We therefore pay special attention to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The firm is a trendsetter of sorts — at least for things that are bad. Few remember, but Cadwalader faced down a bed bug epidemic back in 2007, long […] -
Bar Exams, Travel / Vacation, Trendspotting
Open Thread: Bar Trips and Summer Vacations
Hello? Anyone home? Right now it feels like everyone is on vacation, even though Labor Day is still two weeks away. C’mon, folks, this isn’t freakin’ Europe. Maybe some people are still on their “bar trips” — multi-week (or even multi-month) post-bar-exam vacations, to some exotic destination (or destinations; I have friends who have traveled […] -
In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Trendspotting
Hewlett-Packard Picks New In-House Lawyers Fresh Out of Law School
In the movie The Untouchables, Sean Connery counsels Kevin Costner: “If you don’t want to get a rotten apple, pick one fresh off the tree.” Apparently, Hewlett-Packard is taking the same advice; instead of hiring in-house attorneys seasoned in Biglaw firms, HP is getting its next crop of legal help directly from the nation’s top […]
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