How To Be A TwitterProf
Hubris and social media -- turns out, they're the same.
Law Professors Swarm The Beltway
The AALS conference was … Beltway strange.
Is Redefining Criminal Sexual Misconduct The Way To Address #MeToo?
Do we need more criminal laws to achieve justice and accountability?
What Do Undergrads Think About Law School? The Answers Will Probably Not Surprise You At All!
Undergrads tend to see law school for what it actually is.
AALS 2017 (Part IV): A Postscript
What could make the American Association of Law Schools Conference better next year? LawProfBlawg has some ideas.
AALS 2017 (Part III): Invidious Distinctions
Perhaps that which we dislike about AALS is that which we may dislike about our profession generally.
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AALS 2017 (Part II): Why Are We Here?
Why do law professors matter? How we can better society? How we can interact outside the echo chambers we’ve created?
AALS 2017: A Guide For The Uninitiated
Are you going to AALS this year? Are you on any panels? If your answer to these questions is “WTF is AALS?,” then you clearly aren’t a law professor.
As Bad As Legal Education Is, It Could Be Worse
This former NYU law dean doesn't exactly have a rosy outlook on the future of legal education.
How To Have Fun As A Law Professor
It’s beginning to look a lot like … AALS! With your help, we will make AALS a fun and interesting event.
[E-BOOK] 5 AI Productivity Hacks To Save Time And Streamline Your Law Firm
Discover five practical ways to harness AI and eliminate busywork—so you can focus more on your clients and less on repetitive tasks.
Law School Deans Whine About The New York Times Calling Out Their Debt Scam
Faced with high-profile criticism, law school deans pull out the scare tactics in defense of the lucrative status quo.
Law Schools Need To Lie More About The Market
Law professor is tired of all the bad news about the legal market and he wants law schools to do a better spin job.
Morning Docket: 01.06.15
* At the annual Association of American Law Schools meeting, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg handed out a delightful piece of marriage advice that she sometimes uses when dealing with her colleagues on the Supreme Court: “It helps to sometimes be a little deaf.” [National Law Journal] * Thomas Gilbert Jr., the man accused of killing his father -- who just so happened to be the founder of the Wainscott Capital hedge fund -- allegedly shot him to death over a $200 cut in his monthly allowance. This is why rich people can't have nicer things. [New York Post] * Litigants on both sides of a First Amendment issue headed to SCOTUS are using a law review article penned by none other than Justice Elena Kagan in an attempt to influence all of the justices. See, people do read law review articles. [New York Times] * Musical chairs, dean-poaching edition: Fordham Law just named Matthew Diller as its new dean, but he's still going to remain as dean at Cardozo until the end of the year. Let's see how he tackles the school's enrollment decline. [New York Law Journal] * Per a study conducted by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, law school graduates who participated in a practice-ready program fared better as attorneys than those who did not. Whoa, nice going. [WSJ Law Blog]
Non-Sequiturs: 01.02.15
* Nice try. Woman tries to add insurance coverage from the ambulance after the crash. [Legal Juice] * Charles Pierce is a great writer. Not that keen at sports prognostication, though. I'll let Urban Meyer respond to Pierce's prediction of a "whopping win" by Florida State. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * You've seen our 10 most read stories of the year. Check out the top 10 from our friends across the pond. [Legal Cheek] * "Conservatism and porn." OK, Professor Nita Farahany. You know how to get the attention of Above the Law. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * "NEW YORK POLICE SHOOTING ATTORNEYS." Perhaps not the most lucid headline. [Sullivan Papain] * Writing a blog post about a judge's on-the-record comments is not defamation. Unfortunately we actually needed a ruling on that one. [New York Law Journal] * Are you at AALS? Here's a Happy Hour for you! [Concurring Opinions]
Which Law Schools Will Be The First To Close? Expert Hazards A Guess
Could one of them be your law school?