Blum Plans To Siege West Point’s Affirmative Action Usage
Go Army, Beat Blum!
Law Schools Worried About What Admissions Will Look Like Now That The Supreme Court Killed Affirmative Action
Law schools are trying, but....
How 8am LawPay Takes The Sting Out Of Legal Billing
Getting paid can be an arduous task. You should make it as easy on yourself and your clients as possible.
The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ban Really Gummed Up The Law School Admissions Process
Things are moving much more slowly than usual when it comes to getting into law school.
Edward Blum Breaks Up Bigot Brigade… For Now
Third time's the charm.
We Might Not Even Need The Supreme Court To Get Rid Of Legacy Admissions
Is Congress taking back its role as legislator?
Why Law Firms Are Moving Beyond The Billable Hour
Explore 5 expert-backed reasons law firms are rethinking the billable hour and how legal billing software is leading the way.
Winston & Strawn The Next Target Of Blum And His Diversity Haters
Hoping That Third Time's The Failure.
Enough With The Diversity ‘Consciousness Raising.’ Let’s See Some Action
Once it clicks that Rage Against The Machine did all that shining a light for their fans to then complain they 'went woke,' consciousness raising might not be enough.
Morning Docket: 09.22.23
* Somehow they've managed to find even more undisclosed private air travel. This time taking Clarence Thomas to a Koch brothers event in a level of impropriety that a former W. Bush judge said, "takes my breath away, frankly." [ProPublica] * Clifford Chance opts for permanent hybrid work model while other firms choose alienation and extortion. [RollonFriday] * Second Circuit decides Sam Bankman-Fried can wait in jail. [Law360] * North Carolina Supreme Court justice Anita Earls spoke publicly about implicit bias in the legal system. After the judiciary commission ordered her to pre-clear future statements with them, she sued over the prior restraint and the federal judge chastised her for making the justice system look bad by talking about bias out loud. [Balls and Strikes] * Having toppled admissions, right-wingers take aim at scholarships that might possibly help non-white people go to school. [Reuters] * Judge upholds the right of private investors to put their money toward companies that match their environmental and social goals. [Bloomberg Law News] * Profiling the folks chronicling the opaque Google antitrust case. [Wired]
Perkins Coie And MoFo Prepare For Diversity Spite Suits
Bring in the specialists!
Chrometa: Turning Time Into Billable Value For Modern Lawyers
Adoption of Chrometa represents more than a technological upgrade; it reflects a professional philosophy that values accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
Gibson Dunn Second Biglaw Firm To Cower From Threatened Affirmative Action Suit
What happened to the commitment to diversity?
Georgia’s Southern District Has Yet To Have A Black Judge. Things Don’t Look Better After Getting Rid Of Affirmative Action.
Despite all the talk of progress, it still looks like the 70s.
Law Schools Prepare For Their First Salvo Of Post-Affirmative Action Applications
Get out there and apply!
Morning Docket: 08.08.23
* Biggest law firm no more... Dentons splitting from Dacheng as China institutes new cybersecurity regulations. [Financial Times] * The folks behind the Supreme Court case striking down affirmative action in higher education are now launching suits against diversity in the private sector. [WSJ] * John Eastman wants his disbarment proceedings halted so he can concentrate on being an (as yet) unindicted co-conspirator. [The Hill] * The Federal Circuit wants to sideline Judge Pauline Newman for not submitting to a mental health examination... or more accurately their mental health examination. Because she has been examined by a neurologist who blasted the circuit's recommendation. First federal judges explain history to historians, now they're explaining neurology to neurologists. [Bloomberg Law News] * Trump judge orders Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend "religious freedom" training from designated hate group. [Law360] * Stroock and Stroock and Leavin'. More partners jump ship as the firm votes to end its pension obligations. [American Lawyer] * Attorneys in Wells Fargo case ask for $180 million. Or double what Wachtell wanted for the Twitter deal that got everyone in a tizzy. [Reuters]
Is Columbia Law Trying To Do Affirmative Action In The Most Obvious Way Possible? Probably Not.
It would be harder to defend the school if they were requiring a 23&Me print out sheet.