Law School

Nice while it lasted.

This family is having a pretty big day.

It'll probably be like 3 years of Barbri online courses.

To do that? Law schools need to instill in students the ability to write clearly.

Among the good news this week, a woman won the Nobel in economics (and got a check for the same amount as the men did).

* Your move: $100M lawsuit filed after accusations of cheating during a chess match. [WSJ]

* Does this mean I’d get CLE points for going to a computer lab? [Forbes]

* Enough about the right to bear arms, what about bear rights?! [NPR]

* Been thinking about taking the law school plunge but don’t know where to start? Here’s a primer. [Her Campus]

* Biden’s loan forgiveness survives another attempt at being snuffed out in court. Woop Woop! [The Hill]

* A picture is worth a thousand disbarrings: Kentucky prosecutor who would do legal favors for nude pictures is suspended. [Courier Journal]

* We really should have nipped that Facebook cancelled my free speech line of argument in the bud a few years ago. Just look at Texas! [Texas Tribune]

* A teenager who was punished with life in prison at fifteen is now starting law school a decade later. Talk about a hell of a personal statement! [Market Watch]

* Illinois is planning to abolish a poor people’s tax and people want you to think that it is Armageddon. It really isn’t. You should be more concerned over if your prosecutor is jailing people for not getting dem nudes. [Yahoo!]

* This is an A and B conversation. And C. And D. And E. And… [Protocol]

Gunners should be given participating points for holding their breath.

* September is coming: Here’s a primer if you’d like to prepare for that whole law school thing. [US News]

* Guess which state does not protect the right to bear arms against bears? [CT Examiner]

* Batman and Watchman books thrown out of St. Louis libraries just in case they’re too horny. [STL Today]

* Remember the story about women in law schools breaking glass ceilings? Might not be a coincidence that U-Michigan wasn’t on the list. [Michigan Daily]

* Monkeypox is officially a public health emergency. Let’s mind our manners so this doesn’t go apeshit, capiche? [NBC News]

* DeSantis isn’t having any of that Constitutional Sheriff mess when it doesn’t fit his policy choices. What happened to discretion? [Wesh]

* Officers face disciplinary action for letting a white privilege card slide. This isn’t hyperbole. Even I can admit this is funny. [AP]

* I know you know law school is expensive, but most people just think that means tuition. The textbooks ain’t cheap neither. [Reddit]

* California’s Governor pulls a “Come to Death Row Records” to spite Georgia. [CBS 46]

A law school can be a trap school for one student but not another depending on their expectations. Do your research!

Social connections can be extremely helpful to law students in their future careers, in some cases, more helpful than some of the information they learn in law school classes.

Her energy and passion are contagious, and she will no doubt mentor countless students and inspire the next generation of attorneys and young professionals.

GWU struggles to figure out why they honored this guy.

Whatever Biden does with student loans in the future, it’s going to be a hell of a lot better than what Trump has done and will continue to do over the next four years if he’s reelected.

Starting law school this year? We got your back.