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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.26.23

* Emboldened homophobes. Just another part of the Roberts Court's legacy. [Slate] * The Florida judge that handled the Parkland school shooter case has been reprimanded for bias towards the prosecution. [Huffington Post] * Department of Education launches investigation into Harvard legacy admissions. It's not bringing back affirmative action, but it's a step in the right direction. [Law360] * Incoming law students are wildly overconfident. Nothing like to Socratic method to knock them down a few pegs. [Reuters] * Ernst & Young's General Counsel steps down amid blowback on cheating scandal.[Law.com]

By Kathryn Rubino

Morning Docket: 10.21.22

* 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]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.19.22

* 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]

By Chris Williams
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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.30.22

* 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]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.05.22

* 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]

By Chris Williams