Top Law School Faculty Issue Letter Defending Rule Of Law
Offering a free legal lesson to anyone at the DOJ that needs to hear it.
Duke Law Community Asks School To Stop Paying Samuel Alito Because Of His Whole ‘Making A Mockery Of The Rule Of Law’ Thing
If he's not writing like a thoughtful legal mind, why pay him like one?
Stand With Survivors: Legal Tools To Make A Real Difference This DVAM
Enhance your legal skills to advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.
Jonathan Turley Attacks Above The Law Because… Cancel Culture Something Something
He still knows that 'disagreeing' with speech is not illegal, right?
Student Staff Resign After Duke Law School Faculty Try To Force Anti-Trans Article Into Journal
Pretty sure this student-run journal is supposed to be... student-run.
Law School Overenrollment Is An Even Bigger Problem Than We Feared
This is unlikely to be the end of this story.
Top Law School Announces On-Campus Interviews Will Return To The Summer
But the process will remain virtual.
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.
T-14 Law School Wants It To Be Perfectly Clear They Aren’t Giving Tuition Refunds
Regardless of the havoc COVID may wreak.
Another T14 Law School Will Accept The GRE For Admissions (Probably)
A little oopsie over at Duke Law.
T14 Law School Student Diagnosed With COVID-19 Shares Message Of Hope
Everyone must play a part to help America heal.
Federal Judges Feel They’re Still Too Involved In Your Discovery Process
Lawyers are getting better at eDiscovery, but there's still a lot of room to improve.
The Trump Gold Card: A New $1 Million Pathway To A U.S. Green Card
A new proposal would let wealthy foreign nationals secure an opportunity for a U.S. green card with a $1 million 'gift' to the government, sparking legal and ethical debate.
EDRM At Duke Law School Releases TAR Guidelines
Demystifying the technology assisted review process and providing some guidance on how it can be applied to document review in discovery.
Man Sues Law School Because He Doesn’t Want To Take The LSAT
The complaint objects to the LSAT because of the perennial scourge of prospective law students everywhere known as logic games.
Morning Docket: 02.05.18
* “I’d like to see in the Constitution a statement that men and women are people of equal citizenship stature. I’d like to see an equal rights amendment in our Constitution.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is all in favor of amending the Constitution to benefit women. Are you? [Washington Post] * Kashyap Patel, the “primary author” of the House Intelligence Committee’s secret memo, is no stranger to controversy. You may remember when he dropped out of this bachelor auction due to an issue with his license to practice or from this “Order on Ineptitude” after he was berated by a federal judge. [New York Times] * Duke Law has a brand new dean, and she’ll be starting her job come July 1. Congratulations to Kerry Abrams -- “one of the brightest stars in legal education” -- on becoming one of the handful of women to lead one of America's top law schools. [Duke Today] * The DOJ wants former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s suit against special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein to be tossed, arguing that its only purpose is to “interfere with [his] ongoing criminal prosecution.” Yep, that was the whole point. [CNN] * Ouch! One Am Law 100 Firm is experiencing that awkward moment when management decides to completely scrub the name of the firm’s major merger partner from all of its branding, just one year after the combination was consummated. [American Lawyer]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On The Way SCOTUS Kills Dissents In Boring Cases
Dissents get buried all the time in dull cases.
Duke Law Dean Stepping Down
After 11 years, Duke Law will be looking for new leadership.