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Samuel Alito, Supreme Court
Instead Of Televising Supreme Court Oral Arguments, Justice Samuel Alito Wants Dogs To Reenact Them
This justice hopes the Supreme Court goes to the dogs. -
Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Former Federal Prosecutor Jessica Ortiz's Career Advice For Up-And-Coming Attorneys
A federal prosecutor turned law firm partner offers insights to law students and young lawyers. -
Law Schools
Former Law Professor Banned From Campus
Is this law school overreacting to a former law professor's email? -
Law School Deans, Law Schools
I Wish For A More Expansive Definition Of Law Dean Perjury
Alleged perjury dogs dean on way out of the door. -
Books, Gay Marriage, Guns / Firearms, Non-Sequiturs, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 06.11.13
* Shakespeare’s “First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” has multiple meanings. Or so say lawyers trying to lawyer their way out of being reviled. [The Read Zone] * Embracing your identity is good advice for life and career. Just note that one of those identities is as a meaningless cog in the legal machine. [Ms. JD] * Florida attorney Marshall Dore Louis sought some phone records from the government that he claims might provide an alibi for his client. The government claimed it did not have the records. Judge Robin Rosenbaum politely called bulls**t, having recently read about the government having EVERYONE’S PHONE RECORDS. [Southern District of Florida Blog] * Lisa Linsky muses about the difficulty of waiting for universal recognition of same sex marriage. [Huffington Post] * Attorney Carolyn Barnes, who landed in hot water after shooting at a census worker, has been convicted. I wonder where she’ll be residing in 7 years? [KXAN] * Albany Law School is cutting enrollment and slashing faculty appears to be next. It sucks to lose your job, but at least you’ll be able to move out of Albany. Small miracles! [The Business Review] * A review of Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family (affiliate link), a memoir from attorney David Berg covering his career and family from arguing before the Supreme Court, to serving as legal counsel to President Carter, to the killing of his brother at the hands of Woody Harrelson’s father. [NY Times] * Three SUNY-Buffalo Law Students have a band and their cover of Icona Pop’s I Love It is trending. The Spin Wires turn the electro house number into an Offspring like rock song. Video after the jump… [BroBible] -
Holidays and Seasons, Job Searches, Law Schools
2012 Law Grad Has Thanksgiving Message of Threats And Recriminations for Law School Faculty
An unhappy recent law grad flips a Thanksgiving bird to his law school... -
Crime, Drinking, Violence
You Hit An EMT? Yeah You Know Me!
A Brooklyn prosecutor has been accused of assaulting an EMT. What might have provoked the alleged attack? Here is one theory. -
Boalt Hall, Career Files, Law Schools, Pre-Law
Behold! ATL Launches Definitive Law School Research Resource
Check out the new ATL Law School Research Directory! -
Commencement, Eric Holder, Law Schools, Martha Minow
Commencement Speakers: Coming To A Law School Near You
Will a commencement speaker this year cause a controversy? -
Commencement, Law Schools
Embarrassing Commencement Typo
Oh, I kid the grammar nazis because I’m really bad at it and making jokes is easier than contemplating my own shortcomings. But even I can acknowledge that some typos are distracting. Give me another sentence and I’ll show you — or maybe I have already (that’s an honest question: I’ve got no damn clue […] -
John Yoo, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans, Trendspotting
A Trend in the Making: Shrinking Law Schools?
Critics of the legal-education industrial complex would probably like to see some radical changes in the U.S. law school system. They’d probably want a few dozen law schools to shut down entirely, to reduce the glut of lawyers in this country. Barring that, they might want to see law schools reduce tuition dramatically — not […] -
Education / Schools, Grade Reform, Law Schools
Law School Grading Controversies: Open Thread
We have a message for law school deans and administrators everywhere. To paraphrase Chris Crocker, “Leave… the grades… alone!” Stories about changes to law school grading schemes aren’t much fun for us to write. But every time you deans tinker ever so slightly with your law school’s curve, we here at Above the Law get […]