University of Chicago Law School
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Clerkships, Federal Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Rankings, Supreme Court Clerks
The Top Five Law Schools for Jobs, Cost, Clerkships, and More
Another look at the ATL Top 50 Law Schools, broken out by individual data points. Is your law school on any of these top five lists? -
Affirmative Action, Labor / Employment, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, State Judges, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 06.07.13
* Crafty trial tactics out of C-Town. A Cuyahoga County prosecutor was fired after he admitted to posing as a woman in a Facebook chat with an accused killer’s alibi witnesses in an attempt to persuade them to change their testimony. [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * If you post on Facebook asking your employer to fire you, you can’t get mad when they, you know, fire you. [IT-Lex] * Yeah. Where the hell is Fisher? [PrawfsBlawg] * It’s a week late, but congratulations to whatever genius is behind UChiLawGo on graduating. [UChiLawGo] * Once again, you can’t pay your bill with pennies just to get revenge. [Legal Juice] * Some tips on turning your basketcaseness into eustress, which apparently means “good stress.” [Associate's Mind] * New York eyes raising the retirement age for judges to 80. [New York Times] - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Department of Justice, Eugene Volokh, Fast Food, Non-Sequiturs, Sex, Sex Scandals, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 05.21.13
* They are livestreaming the misconduct case against Judge Wade McCree. [Detroit Free Press] * GW Law professor John Banzhaf is calling upon the D.C. City Council to bar local broadcasters from using the term “Redskins.” Two decades after the real emergence of “political correctness,” the “Redskins” name has held out against that all-out assault almost as long as the actual Native American society did against Phil Sheridan. [Huffington Post] * People are still talking about the Yahoo!/Tumblr deal, but the most important deal for the legal profession has slid under the radar. Seamless and GrubHub are merging to make all your “3 a.m. and still haven’t had dinner at the office” dreams come true. [Wall Street Journal] * Vivia Chen of The Careerist got some flack for suggesting that women taking their husbands’ names was a regressive trend. In (tongue-in-cheek) fairness, here are the good reasons to take your husband’s name. Example: “When you’ve been indicted or convicted.” [The Careerist] * U. Chicago Law scheduled finals during Memorial Day weekend… while Chicago is closing Lake Shore Drive and cutting back on public transit. UChiLawGo responds. [UChiLawGo] * A gospel singer is suing McDonald’s because she lost her voice. Normally I’d make fun of this, but she sounds like she has a good argument. [The Inquisitr] * A review of the legal issues surrounding the DOJ/AP scandal. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Elie explains why the racist, nasty comments we receive don’t faze us at all. [Paidcontent.org] * Well this is a novel use of fundraising: Speculation that Tim Lambesis (who we covered yesterday) used crowdfunding for a new Austrian Death Machine Schwarzenegger tribute album as the down payment on a hitman to murder his wife. Maybe this new album was going to have a Total Recall theme? [Metal Sucks] * Stephen Colbert sits down with Caplin & Drysdale’s Trevor Potter to discuss the fact that Colbert’s SuperPAC has never been approved by the IRS. Video after the jump…
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Food, Law Schools, Vermin / Rodents / Pests
Which Law School Do You Probably Not Want To Eat At?
The cuteness of a mouse is indirectly proportional to how close it is to your food. -
Law Schools, Money, Reader Polls, Student Loans
The Decision: Tempted By The 'T14'
Please advise three more prospective law students on where they should go. They've gotten into some great schools, but greatness isn't cheap. -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Vanderbilt
Which Law Schools Had the Most Clerkship Placements?
Believe it or not, there are some surprises in the top 10 of this list! -
Career Center, Career Files, John Marshall Law School, Law Schools, Law Students, Loyola Law School, Reader Polls
Who Are Chicago's Happiest Law Students?
According to the ATL Insider Survey, who are the happiest law students in Chicago? -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
What Would a More Relevant Law School Ranking Look Like? You Tell Us
What would a more relevant law firm rankings methodology look like? - Sponsored
Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
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Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Police
Non-Sequiturs: 03.15.13
* Republican Senator Rob Portman announces his support for gay marriage after learning that his son is gay. Yay! Let’s all celebrate him for meeting the lowest threshold of human decency once he found a purely selfish reason to change. [ABC News] * Wait, they can declare martial law in Brooklyn? I thought they could only do that in terrible movies. [Before It's News] * A Southern District of Florida clerk is named one of Southern Florida’s most eligible bachelors. Our bachelor “claims to be the other white meat” and to “have a lot in common with Christian Grey.” He doesn’t sound douchey at all. [Brickell Magazine (jump to page 91)] * Comparing Chicago Law faculty to Game of Thrones characters produces surprisingly accurate results. [UChilawgo] * With law schools raising tuition and the profession shrinking… more people need to rush to law school. Keep sipping that sweet, sweet Kool-Aid, buddy. [Daily Princetonian] * GW Law’s Barrister’s Ball — $2500 fee for vomiting! [GW Law SBA] * Watch Elie talk about Wayne LaPierre and guns. [HuffPost Live] * University of Oregon Property professor doesn’t understand “property,” snatches student’s phone. Click through the jump to see more video of what happens when law professors and hippies clash! [Photography Is Not a Crime] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, UVA Law
Who Has the Best 'Employed at Graduation' Rate Among the Top 14 Law Schools?
Hint: it's not Harvard or Stanford or Yale.... -
Biglaw, Crowell & Moring, Deaths, Insurance, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Securities and Exchange Commission
Morning Docket: 03.07.13
* Mary Jo White isn’t the only Debevoise partner who will face high scrutiny while being vetted for the SEC. Andrew Ceresney may be up for co-chief of enforcement. [DealBook / New York Times]
* The Crowell & Moring ethics complaint alleging the firm suggested Appalachians have family circles instead of family trees was chalked up to an “inbreeding memo mishap.” [Am Law Daily]
* A panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department will hold court at St. John’s School of Law next month. Perhaps the students will be a little less embarrassed happier with the school now. [New York Law Journal]
* Patrick Fitzgerald, ex-U.S. attorney and current Skadden partner, will teach a course in national security law at Chicago Law School. Attend his class, lest his “extraordinary brilliance” go to waste. [National Law Journal]
* Looks like somebody forgot about Dre. The rapper’s headphones company, Beats By Dr. Dre, is now going after people for trying to register anything with “beat” or “beats” as trademarks. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* Ross Ehlinger, a litigator who died while competing in the Alcatraz triathlon, RIP. [San Francisco Chronicle]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Boalt Hall, Job Searches, Law Schools, UVA Law
When Even Members of the T14 Don't Comply With ABA Standards, Will Law Schools Ever Be Truly Transparent?
Which elite law schools have failed to provide employment transparency data that's required by the ABA? -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, UVA Law
Best Law Schools for Getting a Biglaw Job (2013)
If you're hoping to land a Biglaw job after graduation, these are the go-to schools to do it from.
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Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Rankings, Ridiculousness
National Jurist Needs To Delete Their Law School Rankings And Apologize To Us All For Wasting Our Time
National Jurist rankings are so bad they should apologize. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Partner Issues, Rankings
The Best and the Brightest: Some Reflections on Entry-Level Law Firm Hiring
Are law firms using the wrong criteria when it comes to hiring associates? -
Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Old People, Technology, Wikipedia
Second Career Problems: Famous Author's Wikipedia Page Hacked By Law School Classmates
What happens when a famous law student forgets to email notes to his classmates? His Wikipedia page gets hacked! -
Boalt Hall, Law Schools, Princeton Review, Rankings, UNC Law, UVA Law, William and Mary School of Law
Princeton Review Rankings Part Deux: The Toughest Law Schools To Get Into, And More!
Which law schools are the toughest to get into, and which ones have the most competitive students? Check out the most recent Princeton Review rankings and see for yourself! -
Boalt Hall, Job Searches, Law Schools, Princeton Review, Rankings, UVA Law
Princeton Review Ranks The Law Schools With The Best Career Prospects
Check out the Princeton Review's annual "Best Career Prospects" list for law schools. Did your alma mater make the cut? -
8th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Abortion, Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Deaths, Fashion, Kiwi Camara, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Richard Epstein
Morning Docket: 09.12.12
* Good news, everyone! According to Citi’s Managing Partner Confidence Index survey, firm leaders are feeling pessimistic about their business due to an overall lack of confidence in the economy. [Am Law Daily]
* Per the Ninth Circuit, an Idaho statute that essentially criminalizes medication-induced abortions imposes an undue burden on a woman’s ability to terminate her pregnancy. Really? You don’t say. [Bloomberg]
* Kiwi Camara’s circuitous route to SCOTUS: thanks to the Eighth Circuit, Jammie Thomas-Rasset started and ended her journey with $222K damages for copyright infringement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* “Fashion law is a real career choice,” says Gibson Dunn partner Lois Herzeca. This niche practice area is one of the hottest new trends in the wonderful world of fashion, and it’s not likely to go out of style any time in the remote future. [Reuters]
* Your clawback suit is a wonderland? John Mayer was named as a defendant in a suit filed by trustees seeking to recover money paid out by Ponzi schemer Darren Berg. [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]
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Boalt Hall, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
Behold! ATL Launches Definitive Law School Research Resource
Check out the new ATL Law School Research Directory!