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Alan Dershowitz, Eugene Volokh, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, O.J. Simpson, Sanford Levinson, UNC Law
Non-Sequiturs: 11.27.13
Ed. note: Happy Thanksgiving! We will resume our normal publication schedule on Monday, December 2. We hope you have a wonderful holiday, and we thank you for your readership. * O.J. Simpson is going to be staying in prison longer. The search for the real killers suffers another setback. [Fox News] * Sriracha-gate continues. A federal judge has ordered a partial shutdown of the plant. [Slate] * Lawyers are destroying American society. Because the Romans also had a glut of law school grads when the Republic fell. Or something. [Bloomberg BusinessWeek] * A federal government lawyer who mastered the stock market and lived a frugal life has given some $56 million to the University of Washington School of Law. Go ahead and hold your breath for that Washington tuition decrease. [Seattle Times] * UNC professors are questioning the motives of a public records request targeting the new director of the law school poverty center. Which isn’t naked intimidation at all. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * A couple weeks ago Professors Alan Dershowitz and Sanford Levinson debated Professor Eugene Volokh and David Kopel. The former argued that the Second Amendment has outlived its usefulness. Based on minds changed, they won. The debate video is embedded past the jump… [Intelligence2 Debates] -
John Edwards, Kasowitz Benson, Plaintiffs Firms, UNC Law
Old Politicians Never Die, They Just... Join Law Firms
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Law Professors, Law Schools, UNC Law
How To 'Win' Final Exams: A Law Professor's Advice Irks A Student Who Doesn't Think It's A Race
Some will win, some will lose, some will bitch and moan about finals...
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Career Center, Law Schools, Reader Polls, UNC Law, UVA Law, Vanderbilt
Comparing the Law Schools of the South
A look at the law schools of the South, based on our ATL Insider Survey. -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News, UNC Law
Open Thread: 2014 U.S. News Law School Rankings (15 – 31)
Do you have something to say about your law school's U.S. News ranking? This is the place to do it! -
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! -
Airplanes / Aviation, California, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Food, Gay Marriage, Intellectual Property, John Roberts, Law Schools, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, UNC Law
Morning Docket: 07.04.12
Ed. note: Your Above the Law editors are busy celebrating their freedom today (and we hope that you are, too). We will return to our regular publication schedule on Thursday, July 5.
* At this point, the Supreme Court’s dramatic deliberations on the Affordable Care Act are like a leaking sieve. Now we’ve got dueling narratives on Chief Justice Roberts’s behind-the-scenes flip-flopping. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Life, liberty, and the pursuit of fabulosity! The Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to grant cert on two DOMA cases, contending that Section 3 of the statute is unconstitutional. [Poliglot / Metro Weekly]
* A famous fabulist: according to California’s State Bar, disgraced journalist Stephen Glass is a “pervasive and documented liar,” but that’s not stopping him from trying to get his license to practice law. [Los Angeles Times]
* Clayton Osbon, the JetBlue pilot who had an epic mid-flight nutty and started ranting about religion and terrorists, was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a federal judge during a bench trial. [New York Post]
* After a month of bizarre legal filings, Charles Carreon has dropped his lawsuit against Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal. We’re hoping that there will be an awesome victory cartoon drawn up soon. [Digital Life / Today]
* Northwestern Law is the only American law school to have joined a 17-member global justice league geared toward legal teaching and research collaborations. But do they get cool costumes? [National Law Journal]
* UNC Law received two charitable gifts totaling $2.7M that will be used to fund tuition scholarships for current and future students. Maybe their students won’t have to create tuition donation sites anymore. [Herald-Sun]
* This law is for the birds (literally and figuratively). California’s ban on the sale of foie gras had only been in effect for one day before the first lawsuit was filed to overturn it as unconstitutional. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce recently announced that mermaids do not exist. Not to worry — it’s still legal to believe that Ariel is a babe. [New York Daily News]
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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.
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Law Professors, Law Schools, UNC Law
UNC Law Prof Sends a 'Rather Embarrassing' Request, Asks Former Students to Help His Online Rating
It's not every day that a torts professor sends his former students a “rather embarrassing request” to repair his online reputation. It's also certainly not every day that the students respond en masse... -
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). […] -
Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Book Deals, Books, Federal Government, Litigatrix, Romance and Dating, Technology, U.S. Attorneys Offices, UNC Law
Save as Draft: Meet Natalie Lee, Novelist and Federal Prosecutor
Might we be seeing a new trend, namely, federal prosecutors moonlighting as novelists? Last year, as part of Above the Law’s Career Alternatives series, we profiled Allison Leotta, an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C. who wrote a well-received thriller, Law of Attraction. Today we introduce you to Natalie Lee — an assistant U.S. attorney in […] -
Law Schools, Student Loans, UNC Law
Mean Blog Comments End Quest to Go to Law School for Free
A week and a half ago, we ran a story about a student who was soliciting donations so she could go to UNC Law School without incurring student debt. She dreamed a dream, but the tigers come at night. The would-be law student, Sarah Allen, was ripped apart in the press, and now wants no […] -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, UNC Law
Would-Be Law Student Solicits Donations to Attend UNC Law School
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. When I was living in a spider hole on an uninhabitable island, God revealed to me the story of Sarah Allen. The ABA […]
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Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News, UNC Law, Vanderbilt, William and Mary School of Law
Open Thread: 2011 U.S. News Law School Rankings (17 – 28)
Given the legal economy, prospective students should clearly be shooting for law schools in the top-15. But, not everybody can rock the all powerful LSAT. Going to a law school in this group can still result in Biglaw jobs for graduates who want them — especially if the school is located in the market where […] -
UNC Law
10 Minute Rave Break at UNC Law
We mentioned the NYU Law awkward and silent dance parties earlier this month. Kash was very diplomatic in that post. I would have emphasized the extreme dorkiness on display. I’m not sure the clip below from UNC Law is much better. But it’s certainly louder, and that counts for something. See, you know what the […] -
UNC Law
What do the Justice Department, UNC, and law school applicants have in common?
All three are finding new uses for the “tools of the Internet.” Here are three recent stories that caught our attention but didn’t warrant full posts: 1. The Justice Department now tweets. Last week, the DOJ revamped its website and joined Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter. If you want to stalk Attorney General Eric Holder, […] -
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Education / Schools, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, UNC Law
UNC Law Abruptly Ends Loan Repayment Assistance Program
On Monday, we warned you that student loan forgiveness programs were under attack. Today, the University of North Carolina School of Law informed students that the school could not afford to make the promised loan repayments to students in low income jobs. Here’s the email from UNC Law Dean Jack Boger: We are writing to […] -
Michael Mukasey, Torture, UNC Law, War on Terror
Attorney General Mukasey's UNC Commencement Address: Torture to Sit Through?
Tired of talking about terrorism, torture, and related topics? You might not be alone. At a Federalist Society discussion we attended on Tuesday night, entitled Do We Have the Legal Tools to Prevent Terrorist Attacks?, even some of the panelists wondered why these subjects still generate so much discussion, over seven years after the 9/11 […] -
Career Alternatives, Hotties, UNC Law
UNC Law School Disavows the Disavowal of Wannabe Bunny
For those just tuning in, earlier today, we wrote about Stephanie Haney, a 2L at UNC who hopes to be one of Playboy’s Girls of the ACC. (See Career Alternatives for Law Students: Playboy Bunny.) After our initial post went up, Maxine Eichner — a professor at UNC School of Law — emailed Above the […]