Totally Serious And Not Made-Up Group Hijacks Michigan Law Listserv To ‘Preserve Evidence’ And Expose ‘Unworthy’ Students
You could read the email, but be warned: it reads like someone who didn't get onto Law Review wrote it.
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.
Michigan Football Copies & Pastes Legal Argument Directly From Fan Message Board
First stolen signals, now this?!?
Michigan Law School Wins Rivalry Week
Having some fun at the expense of Ohio State fans on the faculty.
Law School Halloween Party Turns Into Rockin’ COVID Party!
Get used to this for a while.
How Innovative Legal Teams Are Turning AI From Promise To Practice
In recent years, AI has moved beyond speculation in the legal industry. What used to be hypothetical is now very real.
T14 Law School Removes Post-Election Play-Doh Event From Website After Students Labeled ‘P*ssies’
What's not to like about Play-Doh, Legos, and bubbles? Apparently a lot.
Great Advice If You Have $200K To Blow
The rich are not like the rest of us.
Morning Docket: 04.14.15
* Georgetown Law is teaming up with DLA Piper and Arent Fox to open a low bono law firm. The firm will provide two things for those in need: affordable legal services and jobs to bolster GULC's employment stats. [Am Law Daily] * Michigan Law will provide summer funding for all of its 1Ls for law-related internships -- but there's a catch. The cash is a loan, and students may have to pay it back if they earn Biglaw money the following summer. [Michigan Law] * Judge Jed Rakoff sounded off on the judicary's problem with mass incarceration at a recent conference at Harvard Law, calling for his colleagues and bar associations across the nation to take a stand for the accused with a gentler justice system. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * “It’s positive news. I think it indicates there’s some slight opening of financial services to marijuana-related businesses." Some banks have finally decided to provide services to weedpreneurs, but others are leaving marijuana moguls high and dry. [WSJ Law Blog] * "Students should seriously consider going to law school in a state where they plan to practice law." Unless you like wasting your time, you'd do well to listen to this advice, even if you're going to a school with national name recognition. [U.S. News & World Report]
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
The Decision: Jersey Boys And The Book Of Mormon
Where should these two aspiring law students matriculate?
Law Student Slays Jeopardy Villain
So what law school boasts a Jeopardy champ? Or maybe we should put that in the form of an answer.
ATL’s 10 Top Rated Law Schools For 2013
Did your law school or alma mater make our top 10 list?
Harder Michigan Bar Is Here To Stay
Is the Michigan bar exam too hard, or are students in Michigan too dumb?
Minority Enrollment Plummets Thanks To Michigan’s Anti-Affirmative Action Statute
Michigan's anti-affirmative action statute has resulted in anything but a meritocracy.