University of Illinois College of Law
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Responding to the New U.S. News Rankings: The Parade of Butthurt Deans Begins Now
Law school deans are trying to explain away drops in the rankings, but one leading indicator is always on the way up.... -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Celebrities, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, State Judges, Student Loans
Morning Docket: 09.03.12
Ed. note: Due to the Labor Day holiday, we’ll be on a reduced publication schedule today. We’ll be back to normal tomorrow. A restful and happy Labor Day to all!
* The lone ex-Dewey partner who was sued by Citibank for defaulting on his capital loan is fighting back, claiming that he was “fraudulently induced” into signing up for the plan even though the bank knew that the S.S. D&L was sinking. [Reuters]
* If you’re trying to avoid additional questions being raised about your alleged bad behavior, a resignation amid scandal isn’t the way to do it. Suzanne Barr, the ICE official accused of running a federal “frat house,” has quit her job. [New York Daily News]
* A federal judge taught the members of the Louisiana Supreme court that the year 1994 did, in fact, occur before the year 1995. Justice Bernette Johnson will now ascend to the rank of chief justice. [Times-Picayune]
* Because we’re all a little hopeless these days: given the bleak realities of our economic situation, perhaps it’s finally time to change the standard for a discharge of student loan debt in bankruptcy. [New York Times]
* “The groups that attempt to rank schools are involved in a lot of hogwash.” Even if that’s the case, people are still going to care about the University of Illinois’s rankings nosedive after the Paul Pless to-do. [News-Gazette]
* Don’t be scared by the absurd tuition rates or the abysmal job prospects, because law school is still a great investment for African-Americans — and for law schools in search of diversity, too. [National Law Journal]
* “[T]hat a lawyer would take this kind of case is shocking.” Sadly, it’s not. Angelica Marie Cecora, the alleged escort who filed a $5M suit against Oscar de la Hoya, now has to pay all of his legal fees. [New York Post]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, LSAT, Rankings, U.S. News
University of Illinois Law School Fined and Censured For Inflated LSAT Scandal
Illinois Law has been fined by the ABA. Is that enough to deter others who might want to cheat on the U.S. News rankings?
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Fabulosity, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Politics, Real Estate, UNC Law
Lawyerly Lairs: The Five Most Expensive Attorney Abodes in Washington, D.C.
Washington lawyers own some pretty spectacular real estate. Here are the five most expensive lawyerly lairs in D.C.... -
Fame Brief, Law Schools, Reality TV, Television
Fame Brief: Illinois 2L Is Kicked Off the Bachelor, Pranked By Classmates
Still reeling from the producers’ decision to include one Latino contestant four seasons ago, The Bachelor franchise is back in Narnia this season with another all-white cast. Available for fake engagement this season is a sexy, seasoned, Biglaw attorney. Just kidding! Erika Uhlig, 23, is a completely average looking 2L at the University of Illinois College of Law. To precisely no one's shock, a law school classmate of Erika's reports that “she’s a bitch".... -
California, Deaths, Gay, Immigration, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Paul Clement, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas, UVA Law, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 12.27.11
Just in case you weren’t able to get your fill of legal news in your Christmas stocking this year, here’s a news round-up from the long, holiday weekend….
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Crime, Hate Crimes, Law Professors, Law Schools, Violence
Hate Crime Suspected In Stabbing of Law Professor
Members of the University of Illinois College of Law community received sad and disturbing news yesterday when they learned that a faculty member at the law school was the victim of an apparent hate crime. The law professor (who remains anonymous at the request of the University) was found on the second floor of the […] -
Email Scandals, Law Schools, LSAT, Quote of the Day
Quotes of the Day: Quite Ingenious -- and Quite Busted
After reading our Quote of the Day, you might get an inkling as to the reason why Paul Pless, former dean of admissions at the University of Illinois College of Law, no longer has a job there.... - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Illinois Law and the Lone Gunman Theory of Admissions Fraud
It’s time to check in on the scandal involving the University of Illinois College of Law and its false reporting on the qualifications of its admitted students. Every time we do look at Illinois, the school tells us that “this time” they’ve figured out the full extent of the problem — and it’s a bigger […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Illinois Law Restates Its Numbers: The Deception is Deeper Than We Thought
The University of Illinois College of Law has had to restate the LSAT scores and GPAs of its admitted students for the last three years. If you've been following the story, you know that Illinois Law had previously admitted that it misstated admissions data for a year. Some of you really want to talk about how Illinois has been lying all this time. It's like some of you think that the ABA is actually going to do something to punish Illinois.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Another Law School Caught In A Lie
Another law school has been busted for reporting inaccurate admissions information. The latest school caught up in a scandal involving false data is the University of Illinois College of Law. Now, we know how this sounds. You're probably thinking that it's not "news" that an Illinois public institution is being accused of engaging in unethical behavior. In fact the most observant of you are thinking that Illinois Law has already been busted for admissions corruption. And, you know, you're right. But this is an entirely different admissions scandal... -
Federalist Society, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Racism
Continuing Misadventures in Law School Decor: Is This Poster Racist?
Another day, another controversy over something hanging in a law school. Why is law school decor such a charged issue these days? As some of may already know, I served as vice president of the Yale Federalist Society when I was in law school. My campaign was non-controversial. At the time, the VP was responsible […] -
Law Schools, Reader Polls, Vanderbilt
The Choice: 0Ls Try To Figure Out Which Law School Is Right For Them
This is the time of year when future lawyers have to make a crucial choice that will follow them for the rest of the legal careers: where to go to law school. The choice of law school is critical, maybe unfairly so. When you look at medical schools, the hard part is getting into a […]
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Law Schools, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News, UNC Law, Vanderbilt
Open Thread: 2012 U.S. News Law School Rankings (16 - 30)
And now things get interesting. As we continue to run through the U.S. News 2012 law school rankings, we get to a crucial set of schools. The schools in this batch are certainly top tier, but they’re not “top 14”; for the most part, though, they charge like top 14 schools (especially the private ones). […] -
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Law Schools
Illinois Law Never Got the 'No Snitching' Memo; It May Rat Out Its Own Students About Illegal Downloads
The University of Illinois College of Law knows a thing our two about scandals. It’s a public university in one of the most politically corrupt states in the union, so we can forgive the occasional admissions scandal (like the one that popped up back in 2009). You’d think that a school which has had its […]