Yale University
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Government
Ron DeSantis Claims Victimhood For Having Attended Yale And Harvard Law
The world would have been better off if he went to a real law school, like Temple. -
Law Schools
Yale Deeply Concerned That (People Noticed) Its Law Firm Subpoenaed Murdered Kids
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.04.21
* A woman accused of assaulting a police officer for impounding her pig has been assigned counsel. Guess the government is paying that lawyer’s “bacon”… [Texarkana Gazette]
* The Justice Department has dropped a lawsuit against Yale University alleging that the school discriminated against Asian and white applicants. [CNN]
* The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Germany in an action filed by the heirs of individuals who had their art stolen by the Nazis. [SCOTUSBlog]
* A Cleveland lawyer is suing a former client who punched him in court. [Cleavland.com]
* A Texas lawyer connected to a probe involving the Attorney General of Texas says he found a GPS tracker on his car. Sounds like something from an episode of Dallas… [Fox News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.09.20
* A $50 million lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a woman who was declared dead and later found alive at a funeral home. This sounds like an episode of Tales from the Crypt… [Fox News]
* A Maine lawyer is accused of sexual misconduct and other unethical acts against indigent clients he represented. [ProPublica]
* Michael Flynn’s lawyer is calling for the disqualification of a judge overseeing Flynn’s criminal case. [National Law Journal]
* A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended from practice for accepting retainers from clients and performing no work on the files. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Yale University yesterday over admissions practices that are allegedly unfair to Asian and white applicants. Yale must have some decent lawyers that can represent it… [Wall Street Journal]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.29.18
* Kirkland & Ellis raiding Cravath is now officially “a thing”; it’s been covered in the newspaper of record. [New York Times]
* Extension requests: not just for law school papers, but for cert petitions too (and there’s no shame in seeking them; they’re often requested by prominent practitioners). [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Want to talk intelligently about the Michael Cohen
messcase with your friends? Start by reading this primer on “privileged” versus “confidential” client communications, by Joel Cohen (no relation) and Dale Degenshein. [Law and Crime]* Boycotts have a venerable history in terms of the law and the First Amendment — but they might be losing their effectiveness in the digital age, as noted media lawyer Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller]
* Eugene Volokh flags this interesting issue (and opinion): under what circumstances does denying a felon the right to own a gun violate the Second Amendment? [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy]
* Has the whole “emotional support animal” phenomenon gone too far at Yale? [Yale Daily News via Instapundit]
David Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.17.17
* Congratulations to Erwin Chemerinsky, the next dean of Berkeley Law! [How Appealing]
* Speaking of deans, this Yale dean — note, not a dean at the law school — “loves diversity, except for ‘white trash.’” [Instapundit]
* The latest entrant into the FBI director sweepstakes: former senator Joe Lieberman, now senior counsel at one of Donald Trump’s “go-to” law firms, Kasowitz Benson. [Newsweek]
* “Americans like piece of paper? I have piece of paper!” [Althouse]
* In case you were wondering, “Did Rosie O’Donnell ever study constitutional law?” [NewsBusters]
* Legal nerds, let’s get ready to rumble! Professor Gerard Magliocca asks: “Is Justice Story overrated?” [Concurring Opinions]
* Shearman & Sterling partner (and podcaster) Richard Hsu is joining the Major leagues — legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, that is. [LinkedIn]
* Randy Maniloff interviews celebrated lawyer/author Scott Turow, whose new book, Testimony (affiliate link), just came out. [Coverage Opinions]
* An argument in favor of protecting your cellphone with your thumbprint and a password. [Katz Justice]
* “If you had to choose a law partner from the characters in Better Call Saul, who would you choose?” [Guile is Good]
* If you’re a law student interested in ediscovery, check out this contest, sponsored by kCura. [kCura via PR Newswire]
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Racism
Yale Dishwasher Shames Liberal Intelligentsia With Individual Protest, Is Promptly Fired
But Corey Menafee, this guy sat there with a broomstick in one hand, his job in the other, and said “that thing’s coming down today.” -
Racism
Harvard Law Professor Defends Yale's Decision To Keep Slave Owner's Name On Building
Bucking the trend of outrage over Yale's decision to keep a slave owner's name on a building. - Sponsored
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Free Speech
Yale Students Sign A Petition To Repeal The First Amendment... Stop Being Stupid
If you freaked out over a viral video showing students eager to abolish the First Amendment, you're probably a bigger threat to American democracy than those kids. -
Education / Schools, Politics, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment, Women's Issues
The Crowd-Funded Sexual Misconduct Case Against A Yale Professor May Not Hurt Who You Think It Does
Is this crowd-funded litigation arising out of a soured relationship a wise idea? -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.21.11
* The list of words that you can’t text in Pakistan. There are way more than seven. [Gizmodo] * No charges have yet been filed against the Yale student who drove a U-Haul truck that killed a person at the Harvard-Yale tailgate. [CNN] * Now more than ever, you should take time off between college […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Celebrities, Deaths, Defamation, Donald Trump, Family Law, Law Schools, Madonna, Money, Morning Docket, Romance and Dating, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 09.08.11
* While med school grads can stop a person from bleeding out, law school grads could probably treat a papercut (but that’s a bit of an overstatement). Who will be there to stop our bleeding? [Am Law Daily] * Annie Le’s family is suing Yale over her death, saying the school failed to protect women. […]