Recent Headlines from Above the Law
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Law Schools
Law Student Dies After Being Run Over By SUV Near Campus
Our condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time. -
Law Schools
Prominent Law School Professor Resigns After Title IX Misconduct Investigation
He expresses gratitude for those who brought the allegations against him. -
Law Schools
What The Law School Professor Facing A Title IX Investigation Has To Say About #MeToo
He said his response is 'cowardly' and he wants to avoid getting called out for saying the 'wrong stuff' about sexual harassment. -
Law Schools
Law School Launches Title IX Investigation Into Prominent Professor
As a result of the investigation Ian Samuel will not even be handling final exams for his classes. -
Law Schools
Law Professor Thinks Women's Success In Elections Is A 'Sad Achievement'
You couldn't make me take a class with this guy. -
Law Schools, Minority Issues
Bias Incident At Law School May Only Be Tip Of The Iceberg
Things could get worse before they get better. -
Law Schools, Politics
Is Mike Pence Trying To Pull A Fast One On America?
Even the Vice-President isn't immune to vain résumé padding... -
Law Professors, Law Schools
What Was This Law Professor Thinking? A Teaching Technique Triggers Terror In Students
Creativity in teaching is generally a good thing, but maybe this professor went a bit too far. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.16.15
* Justices Kennedy and Breyer seemed to be champing at the bit for a prolonged solitary confinement case last Term, and now they may have the opportunity to weigh in on one. Let’s see if the Supreme Court decides to let Justice Kennedy swing his vote around. [New York Times]
* We all know that Mark Cuban isn’t that big of a fan of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but now he’s trying to inject himself into the debate over the agency’s use of in-house administrative law judges by way of filing a brief in support. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Winston & Strawn elected Jeffrey Kessler to serve as its co-chair. He’s got experience running firms with others — he once served as a member of Dewey’s four-partner Office of the Chairman before the firm completely imploded. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* IU Maurer Law is teaming up with Chapman and Cutler, an Am Law 200 firm, to create a two-year rotational program in finance and law. There’s just one catch: this is only for recent college graduates, not law school graduates. Oops! [Indiana Daily Student]
* Lucrative niche alert: They’re calling this the green rush, but we don’t need to remind attorneys that green is also the color of money. By 2020, the market for legal recreational marijuana is going to be booming, with billions of dollars in business. [Fortune]
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Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
The Lesson: Never Listen To Anything Coming Out Of WNEU Law School
Law professor smacks down law professor so I don't have to. -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
'We Already Have The Good Corn': Notes From The Forum On Legal Evolution
A new organization seeks to accelerate innovation in the legal industry. -
Law Schools
Is It Too Cold To Go To Law School?
You think it's cold outside, wait till you see "inside" at this law school. -
Drinking, Law Schools
Wherein Law Students Try To Bar Crawl Like College Students
This bar crawl shows maturity, if you look really carefully. -
Association of American Law Schools, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Rudeness
Well That's A Rude Way To Welcome Your New Dean
Maybe law deans should be hired like football coaches. -
Law Schools
And Now We're Into Full Finals Freak-Out Mode
Finally people are freaking out because of finals. -
Biglaw, Law Schools
Which Law Schools' Grads Run Biglaw? An ATL Infographic
An aquatic look at which law firms' alumni have the top spots at the largest U.S. law firms. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Crime, Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Health Care / Medicine, Holland & Knight, Law Professors, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Musical Chairs, Patton Boggs, State Judges, Texas
Morning Docket: 07.16.13
* Since summer’s start, Patton Boggs has been leaking lawyers like a sieve. Thus far, 22 partners and 11 associates have defected from the firm to Holland & Knight, Jackson Lewis, Arent Fox, and WilmerHale. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Considering the deadly force choke American health care reform legislation has supposedly put on employers, perhaps more lawyers ought to consider becoming Jedi masters of the Affordable Care Act. [Daily Business Review]
* The new normal for the ivory tower: Law schools are tackling falling applications by “voluntarily” decreasing their class sizes, or by “voluntarily” offering faculty and staff buyouts. [Wall Street Journal]
* But look on the bright side, professors, the ABA wants to amend its accreditation standards to save your jobs and offer greater protections. Too bad its unwilling to do the same for students. [ABA Journal]
* If you’ve been swindling clients for long enough, the law school you donated money to will try to scrub your name off its walls. That is what’s happening now at IU-McKinney Law. [National Law Journal]
* If you want to go to law school, you should base your ultimate decision on your financial future and job prospects. You may be very sorry if you don’t. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* Judge Tom Greenwell, the Texas jurist found dead in his chambers, RIP. [Corpus Christi Caller-Times]
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Election Law, Law Schools, Movies, New Jersey, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.04.13
* If you checked out our story about the 3L seemingly taking over the admissions department at Indiana University, head on over again because there’s an update. [Above the Law] * Two former professors have sued the Phoenix School of Law for valuing profits over students and faculty. If you can’t trust your local diploma mill, who can you trust? [Connecticut Law Tribune] * On June 11, Atlas Obscura is hosting an interesting event called “Go Directly to Jail: Trespassing and the Law.” Ironically, the event requires advanced tickets. [Atlas Obscura] * Top myths about law school and the legal profession… from the desk of the dean of Thomas M. Cooley Law School. “Thomas M. Cooley is the second-best law school in the country” is strangely not one of the myths they address. [Cooley Law School Blog] * Legal blogging worlds collide when Law and the Multiverse guest posts on Volokh Conspiracy. [Volokh Conspiracy] * And while we’re on the subject of Law and the Multiverse, they update their spoiler heavy piece from a few weeks ago about the criminal liability of the Mandarin in Iron Man 3. [Law and the Multiverse] * Not much fallout yet, but Chris Christie just set the time for the special election to fill NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg’s seat. As far as I can tell, the date selected fulfills NEITHER of the statutes governing the issue, the relevant portions of which are provided after the jump… First, 19:27-6 — Congressional vacancies (emphasis added): If the vacancy happens in the representation of this State in the United States Senate the election shall take place at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless the vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding the primary election prior to the general election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding election, unless the Governor shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do. Meaning the election should take place in November 2014, because we’re already within 70 days of the next primary. And then, 19:3-26 — Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor (emphasis added): If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this State in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless such vacancy shall happen within 70 days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding general election, unless the governor of this State shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do. Meaning the election should take place on the date of the next general election in November. October 2013 fits neither of these requirements. Yay for making up law! -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Weirdness
3L Becomes Interim Director of Admissions -- Or Not?
Either this law school went bold or they have a student going rogue, as "bold" is not an adjective usually attached to law schools... -
Intellectual Property, Trademarks
New York Hearts IP Trolling
New York State is using IP law to stick it to the everyman, both literally and figuratively.