Admissions

Surely you must want to know how one can get admitted to the "second-best" law school in the country.

Students react to the law dean's op-ed claiming that law school is still a good investment...

This law dean doesn't just hope New York Times readers are idiots, his school's business model relies on people being idiots...

Fewer applicants, smaller class sizes -- where does this all end?

Harvard Law School is now conducting admissions interviews via Skype. That sounds fun...

* When in doubt, seek divine guidance and bet it all on black. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is going to be visiting Las Vegas this week, where he will attend a Red Mass and then head for the Strip. [Reno Gazette-Journal]

* After being limited on page length, a licensing expert opted to file a five-page cartoon brief in the Apple e-book case. This dude can retire, because he’s achieved legal baller status. [Bloomberg]

* James Hayes’s lawsuit over ICE’s alleged federal “frat house” has been sent to mediation for a possible settlement — but in real Greek life, he likely would’ve been peer pressured to de-pledge. [Washington Post]

* Bull’s-eye! Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack has recused himself from a personal injury case where he was alleged to have called a Cozen O’Connor partner a “piece of sh*t.” [New York Law Journal]

* The case of the missing asterisk: an Ohio Court of Appeals candidate was fined for wearing judge’s robes in her campaign flyers because she failed to indicate her judicial status or lack thereof. [National Law Journal]

* How much does it cost to cover up and then begrudgingly deal with a child sex abuse scandal? The tab thus far for Penn State University is about $17M — $4M of which went to legal services and defense. [CBS News]

* Despite Villanova Law’s admissions scandal, the dean reports that the school has admitted its “highest-quality” class ever. You know it’s hard to believe anything you say about your data, right? [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Ed. note: Due to the Labor Day holiday, we’ll be on a reduced publication schedule today. We’ll be back to normal tomorrow. A restful and happy Labor Day to all!

* The lone ex-Dewey partner who was sued by Citibank for defaulting on his capital loan is fighting back, claiming that he was “fraudulently induced” into signing up for the plan even though the bank knew that the S.S. D&L was sinking. [Reuters]

* If you’re trying to avoid additional questions being raised about your alleged bad behavior, a resignation amid scandal isn’t the way to do it. Suzanne Barr, the ICE official accused of running a federal “frat house,” has quit her job. [New York Daily News]

* A federal judge taught the members of the Louisiana Supreme court that the year 1994 did, in fact, occur before the year 1995. Justice Bernette Johnson will now ascend to the rank of chief justice. [Times-Picayune]

* Because we’re all a little hopeless these days: given the bleak realities of our economic situation, perhaps it’s finally time to change the standard for a discharge of student loan debt in bankruptcy. [New York Times]

* “The groups that attempt to rank schools are involved in a lot of hogwash.” Even if that’s the case, people are still going to care about the University of Illinois’s rankings nosedive after the Paul Pless to-do. [News-Gazette]

* Don’t be scared by the absurd tuition rates or the abysmal job prospects, because law school is still a great investment for African-Americans — and for law schools in search of diversity, too. [National Law Journal]

* “[T]hat a lawyer would take this kind of case is shocking.” Sadly, it’s not. Angelica Marie Cecora, the alleged escort who filed a $5M suit against Oscar de la Hoya, now has to pay all of his legal fees. [New York Post]

An early decision program from a new law school seems like it's just trying to rush people into bad decisions...

A prospective law student's overzealous networking culminates in a rebuke from Yale Law School.

A law school scholarship isn't just free money when it's conditioned on merit.

Looks like people are still applying to law schools in droves, even though overall applications are down...

Cooley Law's dean says that "the schools don’t loan the money." Which is the kind of attitude that makes Cooley what it is...

Honestly, the advice I give to law school applicants when I'm drunk isn't all that difference from the advice I give when I'm sober...

The big news today is that the new numbers released by LSAC state that the decline in LSAT takers disproportionately affects top performers on the LSAT. Basically, fewer high scorers are taking the LSAT, while the number of people who can’t even break 145 remains strong.

Could the Baylor Law admissions data be used to argue AGAINST affirmative action? Ted Frank makes the case.

The number of students applying to law school has declined this year. For prospective law students, does news of fewer applicants mean that tuition prices will drop?

In-house columnist Mark Herrmann writes an open letter to the University of Chicago Law School.

If we look at the Baylor Law raw data, we can really see what this affirmative action debate is all about...

Baylor Law accidentally releases personal information of admitted students...

Dead of Admissions at Yale Law teaches other law schools a lesson in ethics...