Bernie Burk

  • Morning Docket: 10.05.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.05.18

    * Don McGahn may be leaving the Trump administration, but he still wants his Supreme Court nominee to be confirmed. Sources say it was the outgoing White House counsel who advised Judge Brett Kavanaugh to “show his emotions and true feelings” during his Senate hearing. [Wall Street Journal]

    * And it was Judge Kavanaugh’s “emotions and true feelings” which led him to write an apology piece of sorts, where he admitted that he “might have been too emotional at times.” Not to worry, because we can still “count on [him]” if he’s confirmed since he’s an “independent, impartial judge.” [Wall Street Journal]

    * Meanwhile, a procedural vote to limit debate on Kavanaugh’s nomination will be held today at 10:30 a.m., which will set the stage for a confirmation vote to be held. The final vote may have to be rescheduled to get a majority, however, because one Republican senator will be at his daughter’s wedding. [CBS News]

    * Dawn Knepper, the former Ogletree partner who is suing the firm in a $300M gender bias suit, is speaking out about what motivated her to sue the firm in the first place, and whether she thinks the case will affect her legal career. [American Lawyer]

    * “It’s absolutely shocking.” According to a new study conducted by two law professors and an economist, plunging law school enrollment between 2010 and 2016 caused schools to lose about $1.5 billion in tuition each year. Yikes… [Law.com]

  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 04.21.15

    * Loretta Lynch might actually get confirmed, you guys! Senate Republicans have agreed to a bipartisan deal on human trafficking legislation which should end the Lynch logjam. America in 2015, “human trafficking bad” now requires months of negotiation. [CNN]

    * Our old friend Professor Michael Simkovic is back and defending the decision to go to law school based on part-time job numbers because, hey, that’s how the Bureau of Labor measures unemployment so it must be the same for judging employment for struggling J.D.s. Professor Bernie Burk gives a thorough, thoughtful, and respectful retort. [The Faculty Lounge]

    * Meanwhile, failing to learn the lesson of America, students seeking law degrees skyrocket in the UK. Thomas Cooley considers Norfolk campus. [Legal Cheek]

    * The property law of Downton Abbey. It teaches the most important lesson of property — historically it’s really, really good to be a wealthy white guy. [Vanderbilt Law Review]

    * Digging into a less heralded subsidiary argument in the marriage equality cases: the “proceed with caution” rhetoric intended to push the issue to the backburner. [NYU Law Review]

    * On that note, same-sex marriage kills babies!!! Well, no, not really. But that is the argument one former Scalia clerk is making for some reason. [Dorf on Law]

    * Looks like Europe is going to hit Putin where it hurts… an antitrust courtroom. That’ll learn him! [New York Times]

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