Morning Docket: 05.08.24
* Aileen Cannon delays classified documents case indefinitely due to the overwhelming volume of motions that only exist because she's refused to resolve them. [CNN] * Columbia Law School still feels good about its graduates despite clerkship boycott from 13 conservative judges. Hey, as long as Columbia grads understand how to perform basic legal research they're still a leg up on the judges themselves. [Reuters] * Am Law Second Hundred trailed "in almost every financial metric" which sounds bad until you remember that this is kind of integral to how a ranking works. [American Lawyer] * The history of the ahistorical... explaining the rise of originalism. [Slate] * Lawyer says federal judge "pushed him and challenged him to a fight." [ABA Journal] * TikTok challenges constitutionality of divestment bill. [Law360] * S&C pledges "vigilant" hiring checks based on campus protests implying they've had a lackadaisical approach to hiring until now. [Bloomberg Law News]
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* Columbia Law School still feels good about its graduates despite clerkship boycott from 13 conservative judges. Hey, as long as Columbia grads understand how to perform basic legal research they’re still a leg up on the judges themselves. [Reuters]
* Am Law Second Hundred trailed “in almost every financial metric” which sounds bad until you remember that this is kind of integral to how a ranking works. [American Lawyer]
* The history of the ahistorical… explaining the rise of originalism. [Slate]
* Lawyer says federal judge “pushed him and challenged him to a fight.” [ABA Journal]
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* TikTok challenges constitutionality of divestment bill. [Law360]
* S&C pledges “vigilant” hiring checks based on campus protests implying they’ve had a lackadaisical approach to hiring until now. [Bloomberg Law News]
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