The Taylorism Of Legal Academia
Another rigged metrics game, and it imperils legal academia.
Pssst: Don’t Read This
The secret to legal academia is that the game is rigged.
Gen AI: Your Legal Research Assistant, Not Your Replacement
Here's how you can spend more time practicing law, and less time sorting, sifting, and summarizing.
Vivisection Of A Dying Law School
When The Toilet Is Clogged: All Of The Lives That Can Be Ruined By Law School.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On Judge Posner’s ‘Divergent Paths’
Some of Judge Posner's points are clearly correct; in other cases, the situation is more complicated than he seems to appreciate.
Everything That’s Wrong With Legal Education — According To Law School Deans
Props to these law school deans for talking honestly about what's wrong with the legal academy.
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: 4 Tips For Law Students For Final Exams
Dean Vikram Amar offers advice to law students about how to show their stuff come exam time.
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Bureaucracy And Metrics
Please welcome our newest columnist, Dean Vikram Amar of the University of Illinois College of Law, who will be writing about legal education.
A Super-Salacious Lawsuit, Settled
What do the parties have to say about the settlement in Professor Raymond Ku's lawsuit against Larry Mitchell, former dean of Case Western Law?
This Is Not Your Father’s Harvard Law School
Dean Martha Minow of Harvard Law School offers thoughts on how HLS has changed over the years, how failure can be good, and whether law school is a smart investment.
Dinner With A Law School Dean
In-house lawyer Mark Herrmann sits down with a law school dean to discuss the current state of legal education.
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
Above the Law’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2013
What were the 10 biggest stories about the legal profession in 2013, according to readers of Above the Law?
Hell Hath No Fury Like Law Students Ignored
How do Case Western law students feel about the salacious lawsuit filed against their dean?
In Defense Of Dean Lawrence Mitchell
Is Dean Mitchell of Case Western Law the victim of a "smear campaign" by a disgruntled law professor?
Law School Dean Accused Of Sexual Harassment Takes Temporary Leave Of Absence
What is the latest news in the Dean Larry Mitchell drama over at Case Western Law?
7 Notable Quotes About Law School And Legal Education
Here are 7 funny or interesting comments from a recent conference about legal education reform.