Morning Docket: 09.22.16
* It's not always the best law schools whose grads perform the best on the bar exam: For the third year in a row, FIU Law posted the greatest passing percentage out of all Florida law schools. Which one did the worst? We'll have more on this later. [Miami Herald] * "[T]he court will be looking for cases that don't break along traditional partisan lines. IP cases fit that bill." With only eight justices, the Supreme Court has shied away from dealing with any hot-button political or social issues this term, instead choosing to deal with business-related cases like intellectual property disputes. [Reuters] * According to court documents, New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami now has an attorney. David E. Patton, a Sullivan & Cromwell alum who leads the Federal Public Defenders of New York and is known as a "vigorous critic of the criminal justice system," will be representing the 28-year-old alleged terrorist. [WSJ Law Blog] * "We believe there's really an unmet need here in El Paso to have a law school." Now that UNT Dallas Law School is struggling to be accredited by the ABA, it's high time that we open yet another Texas law school. Right now, El Paso Law is just a poorly conceived idea, but it could be a poorly conceived diploma mill in the future. [Texas Lawyer] * "We're competing with people who have been laid off and have five to 10 years of experience." With loan debt looming large as "the tax you pay for not having a college fund," law students are slowly but surely adapting to the realities of the "new normal" when it comes to their post-graduation employment options. [Cleveland Scene]
