Lawyers & Adderall Abuse: A Recipe For Disaster
Overworked? Abuse of even a 'benign' drug like Adderall is a sympton.
Think Adderall Will Make You Smarter In Law School? Think Again.
Law students are purchasing the drug on the black market because they believe it will give them a competitive advantage.
How To Avoid Hallucinations: A Legal Research AI That Works Like A Junior Lawyer
Can we make legal research AI stop hallucinating? The answer is yes – and it’s how attorneys approach legal research with their associates.
Is Law School An ‘Adderall Nation’?
Adderall use -- both prescribed and illegally obtained -- is prevalent for both law school and bar exam study.
Harvard Law School Is Full Of Druggies: A Conversation Between Malcolm Gladwell & Lance Armstrong
Of course they're all on drugs...
Law Students: We Know Your Little Secret
Is this what it takes to get ahead?
How Easy Is It To Fake Out LSAC? On The LSAT And Accommodations For Learning Disabilities
How should people with learning disabilities or difficulties be treated when taking the LSAT?
What You Didn’t Learn In Law School
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Morning Docket: 05.01.13
* Gun nuts want to prevent THE PENTAGON from buying too many bullets. [Talking Points Memo] * Subway employees can be held liable for not helping police officers. I’m a legal genius. [New York Law Journal] * Employment lawyers get catty on their way out of the door. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * Do top firms even have compliance departments? [Corporate Counsel] * Colleges are cracking down on Adderall abuse. So… it only took administrators about a decade to figure out that was going on. [New York Times] * Okay, now Obama is going to close Guantanamo. And by “close,” I think he means “finds other excuses to leave it open.” [SCOTUSblog]
Mr. Bar Exam: When Failure Seems Like a Real Possibility
What can you do when failure seems like a real possibility on the bar exam?
Adderall Abuse At Stanford Law School? Only If You Look Really Close.
We might have evidence on just how Stanford was able to jump ahead of HLS this year. A tipster reports that there's an Adderall epidemic at Stanford Law. He says there might be an "Adderall ring" at the law school. Maybe. Or maybe one pill fell on the ground...
Is Using Adderall to Get Through Exams the Worst Thing in the World?
A little while back, we asked how many of you had tried Adderall, the ADHD drug that some students use to get a boost around study time. A whopping 30% of you said you had tried the drug and 70% of you are lying.
But now let's ask the fun question. Is using Adderall that big of a deal?
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
ATL Wellness Survey: Haven’t We All Had a Little Adderall?
Adderall, as we understand it, is the same as Ritalin, but better. It's easy to get your hands on -- all you have to do is fake the ADHD exam and you have your very own prescription for an amphetamine for law school and beyond. Or you can bum one off of a friend as finals stress approaches. Haven't you done that? Come on, be honest....
Non-Sequiturs: 01.05.11
* I suppose stealing lobsters from Africa for export back to the U.S. is better than the alternative. [WSJ Law Blog] * Adderall ring busted in Brooklyn! Don’t worry guys, looks like med students and doctors were the main miscreants (but a Tennessee lawyer is suspected of being a supplier). [Gothamist] * You can now […]