Yale Law School
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Animal Law, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians, Pets
Who Let the Dog Out? Not the Yale Law Library
Earlier this week, we reported on the Yale Law School library apparently allowing students to “check out” a stress-relieving dog named Monty, for 30-minute periods. This precious pet perk was not offered during my time at YLS (but we barely had a library for two years, due to extensive construction). Alas, the commenter who noted […] -
Libraries / Librarians, Pets
Yale Law School Going to the Dogs?
I routinely make fun of the U.S. News law school rankings for taking into account the size of a law school library when ranking law schools. We live in a world where you can get everything online. Well, not everything. Leave it to the perennial U.S. News darling, Yale Law School, to come up with […] - Sponsored
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Dewey & LeBoeuf, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Badgered
Before we go hard-core with the lawyerly nuptials, we must mention a couple of recent Vows columns that are worth a look. First, this offbeat pair had three children together before finally deciding, at the ages of 63 and 39, to tie the knot. And the geriatric groom sounds way too horny: “I lusted after […]
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Alex Kozinski, John Roberts, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, UVA Law, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.8: Oklahoma!
When we filed our last column, we were full of anticipation over Chelsea Clinton’s then-upcoming wedding. And the New York Times did not let us down with its wall-to-wall coverage of the big day. In case you missed it, you can read the NYT on Chelsea’s dress, Chelsea’s wedding planner, the secrecy, the confidentiality agreements, […] -
Biglaw, Law Schools, Summer Associates
The Real World: Corporate Law Edition
I have been writing for Above the Law since March of 2008. This Monday, though, will be my last day as a daily contributor. I am heading over to Forbes to write about privacy, law, social media, and technology (aka The Not-So Private Parts). For those who will miss my daily presence on ATL, please […] -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Can Stanford Become the #1 Law School? Outlook Not So Good.
Late last month, we posed a question: Can Stanford overtake Harvard and Yale and become the #1 law school? We consulted our Magic 8 Ball, which gave this answer: “Outlook Not So Good.” And it’s not just the Magic 8 Ball. Professor Bill Henderson, one of the leading academics studying the legal profession, constructed a […] -
Bar Exams, Glenn Reynolds, John Yoo, Law Professors, Law Schools, Richard Epstein, Television, Videos
Is Law School Becoming a Fool's Errand?
That’s one of the topics covered by an impressive trio of law professors — Richard Epstein, Glenn Reynolds, and John Yoo — in an interesting, wide-ranging discussion over at PJTV. Although they all hail from the right side of the aisle, they disagree on a number of issues. Here’s a summary: Are law schools creating […] -
Denny Chin, Marjorie Rendell, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 6.27 - 7.4: Circuit Circus
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch, like the rest of the nuptial media, is in a state of giddy anticipation over Chelsea Clinton’s upcoming wedding, scheduled for tomorrow in Rhinebeck, NY. We’ll be gobbling up all the juicy details as they leak out, just like the lucky guests will be devouring the vegan and gluten-free fare. Yum! […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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9th Circuit, Clerkships, Lawsuit of the Day, Racism, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Fun With Hawaii Birth Certificates
Orly Taitz and the Birthers aren’t the only people obsessed with Hawaiian birth certificates. A young lawyer by the name of Adam Gustafson — a 2009 graduate of the Yale Law School and former vice president of the Yale Federalist Society, who’s currently clerking in Hawaii for Judge Richard Clifton (9th Cir.) — is making […] -
Bar Exams, Elizabeth Wurtzel, John Yoo, Law Schools, Richard Epstein
John Yoo, Richard Epstein, and Liz Wurtzel Walk Into a Bar....
… or talk about the bar. Welcome to one of those “only on the internet” moments, a spirited debate between three people I adore: Elizabeth Wurtzel, Richard Epstein, and John Yoo. The subject: the bar exam (but also law schools and the legal profession more generally). Here’s one thing the three share in common: they’re […] -
Allen & Overy, Gay, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch June 2010: Board-dom
Most weeks nowadays, the New York Times weddings announcements — and our coverage of same — focus quite properly on the newlyweds and their impressive accomplishments. But occasionally, a few announcements hearken back to a simpler day, when nobody cared much about the bride and groom, because the game of social one-upmanship was played on […] -
Elena Kagan, Jews, Politics, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
Elena Kagan's 'Judicial Hero': Who the Heck Is Aharon Barak?
Yesterday morning, while I was shamelessly snooping scanning the bookshelves of my significant other, a handsome book caught my eye. The title, Purposive Interpretation in Law, wasn’t very sexy, but the author’s name grabbed my attention: AHARON BARAK. Yes, the Aharon Barak — the man whose name has been constantly invoked this week, over the […] -
American Constitution Society (ACS), David Souter, Department of Justice, Gay, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Best of Spring
Yes, we’ve been gone. Where we’ve been — poetry workshop, rehab, hiking the Appalachian Trail? — doesn’t matter. What matters is that we’re back, and our team of interns has diligently kept track of the nuptial triumphs and travesties that have occurred in our absence. We’ve identified the very best of the best couples from […]
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Harvard, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Humility Is Overrated
Harvard and Yale are, by any standard, great educational institutions, but it is not one of their strengths to instill in their students a sense of humility. — Jerome Karabel, a sociology professor and author of The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, commenting on the high number […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Election Law, Floyd Abrams, Free Speech, Law Professors, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Why Citizens United Is Not the End of the World
This morning I attended a very interesting panel discussion sponsored by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, Citizens United: Mountain or Mole Hill? Because the talk was sponsored by my rather left-leaning alma mater, I expected the answer to the question presented to be “Mountain” — and not just any […] -
Harvard Law Review, Rankings, U.S. News
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (1 - 5)
The new U.S. News law school rankings are out. Now it’s time to allow students and alumni to weigh in on their law school and their brand new rank. At the very top, the order remains unchanged. Yale, Harvard, and Stanford continue to be kings of the U.S. News world. If prospective students can get […] -
Associate Advice, Books, Fabulosity, Supreme Court Clerks
Happiness Tips for Lawyers
Ed. note: Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project. The book has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 15 weeks, ever since its publication (including hitting the #1 spot). Although she’s now a writer, with a total of five bestselling and/or critically acclaimed books to her name, Rubin started her […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Pranks
Who Made an April Fool of You Today?
April 1 is a dangerous date. It’s a day when punking people becomes the national sport. It’s not just traditional pranksters like College Humor marking the holiday. Law firms and law schools have been getting in on the fun today as well. Shortly after your ATL editors got back from lunch, we got an alarmed […] -
Biglaw, Boalt Hall, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Congratulations to the Newest Class of Skadden Fellows
In addition to being one of the world’s most successful law firms, Skadden is also a public-spirited one. The firm just donated $100,000 to Haiti relief efforts, for example. (More on that later.) In addition, the firm supports public interest work through the Skadden Fellowship Program: The Skadden Fellowship Foundation, described as “a legal Peace […] -
Jed Rakoff, New York Times, Robert Katzmann, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.13: Devine Inspiration
Supreme Court clerks continue to flood the NYT wedding pages this month, creating grim LEWW odds for mere-mortal Cornell grads and Skadden associates. Like Troy playing Florida or North Texas playing Alabama, these folks are welcome to suit up, but the only question is how bad their whuppin’ is going to hurt. Here are your […]