Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bond Guarantors Reveal The Surprisingly Lucrative World Of Legal Academia
It's nice to have a legal luminary on your side when trying to post bail.
Stanford Law School Has A New Dean
Stanford Law School has a new dean. Who will be filling Larry Kramer's shoes?
From ‘Vendor’ To ‘Partner’: How LexisNexis Is Deepening Law Firm Relationships
The company is emphasizing ‘white glove service’ in the AI era. Here’s what the initiative is delivering for clients.
A Top Law School ‘Fesses Up: Yeah, We’re Violating the Law Clerk Hiring Plan — What You Gonna Do About It?
A leading law school announces that it's not following the Law Clerk Hiring Plan -- and explains why.
What Happens When Elite Law School Deans Go Out To Stud
Former Stanford Law deans make bank, yo'...
Larry Kramer Is Stepping Down as Dean of Stanford Law School
Dean Larry Kramer of Stanford Law is stepping down at the end of the summer. What will he be doing next?
Stanford Law Dean Explains Why Stanford Law Deserves a Bigger Tuition Hike Than the Rest of the University
I think we’ve all been waiting for this. Last Wednesday, we picked up a report from the Stanford Daily announcing that students at Stanford Law School would be looking at a 5.75% tuition hike for the 2011 – 2012 academic year. That’s significantly larger than the 3.5% tuition hike for the rest of the university. […]
What You Didn’t Learn In Law School
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Can Stanford Become the #1 Law School? Outlook Not So Good.
Late last month, we posed a question: Can Stanford overtake Harvard and Yale and become the #1 law school? We consulted our Magic 8 Ball, which gave this answer: “Outlook Not So Good.” And it’s not just the Magic 8 Ball. Professor Bill Henderson, one of the leading academics studying the legal profession, constructed a […]
Can Stanford Overtake Harvard and Yale and Become the #1 Law School?
Hello, West Coast readers! How’s it hangin’ out there past the Rockies? Here at Above the Law, we try to overcome any suggestion of East Coast bias by consistently publishing a post later in the day for our readers in the Pacific time zone. And we try to be generally aware of West Coast firms […]