Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.14.15

* With sagging enrollment and disappointing job statistics, offering students some tuition reimbursement if they're still unemployed nine months after graduation is a great way to put asses in seats. We'll have more to say about this news later today. [New York Times] * Testimony in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial got a little more interesting when jurors learned that the plan to cook the firm's books to the tune of more than $50 million was hatched after a pricey steak dinner at Del Frisco's. Don't all evil Biglaw plans come together after an expensive steak dinner? [DealBook / New York Times] * These people just won the criminal justice reform lottery: In case you missed it, President Barack Obama commuted the sentenced of 46 nonviolent drug offenders in order to shine a light on punishments that didn't fit the crimes committed. [POLITICO] * Pay close attention to this information, gunners, because it probably applies to you. Per a new study conducted by two Colorado Law professors, LSAT scores are an “overvalued predictor” of future law school grades and résumé builders don't matter. [WSJ Law Blog] * Osvaldo Miranda Diaz, the lawyer who called Cuba's criminal justice system "disgusting" during a presentation he gave to visiting U.S. lawyers, secured a full ride for Duke Law's LLM program thanks to one of his audience members. Congrats! [Daily Business Review]

By Staci Zaretsky on July 14, 2015 8:59 am

* With sagging enrollment and disappointing job statistics, offering students some tuition reimbursement if they’re still unemployed nine months after graduation is a great way to put asses in seats. We’ll have more to say about this news later today. [New York Times]

* Testimony in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial got a little more interesting when jurors learned that the plan to cook the firm’s books to the tune of more than $50 million was hatched after a pricey steak dinner at Del Frisco’s. Don’t all evil Biglaw plans come together after an expensive steak dinner? [DealBook / New York Times]

* These people just won the criminal justice reform lottery: In case you missed it, President Barack Obama commuted the sentenced of 46 nonviolent drug offenders in order to shine a light on punishments that didn’t fit the crimes committed. [POLITICO]

* Pay close attention to this information, gunners, because it probably applies to you. Per a new study conducted by two Colorado Law professors, LSAT scores are an “overvalued predictor” of future law school grades and résumé builders don’t matter. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Osvaldo Miranda Diaz, the lawyer who called Cuba’s criminal justice system “disgusting” during a presentation he gave to visiting U.S. lawyers, secured a full ride for Duke Law’s LLM program thanks to one of his audience members. Congrats! [Daily Business Review]