Palestine
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Law Students
Harvard Law Students Counter Protest Suppression With 1 Easy Trick!
Pulled a sneaky on ya! -
Law Schools
Columbia Law Review On Strike After Board Of Directors' Censorship
Power to the students! - Sponsored
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Courts
Federal Law Clerks Break Their Silence To Anonymously Comment On War In Gaza
In a rare moment, federal law clerks risk their jobs to speak out on the conflict in the Middle East.
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Biglaw
Elite Biglaw Firm Adopts Tougher Background Checks For New Hires Amid Campus Protests
The prestigious law firm will use a stricter vetting process for its new associates to root out bias and antisemitism. -
Law Schools
On Law Schools, Israel, And Antisemitism
We must stand against Hamas’s terrorism targeting both Israelis and Palestinians. We must unite. -
Government
DeSantis Cares More About Popularity Than The First Amendment
Free speech should not look like kicking Palestinians off campus. -
Law Schools
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: NYU Doesn't Have An SBA Anymore
Did not expect that to happen. -
Law Schools
NYU Law SBA President Brands Hamas Attacks As 'Necessary'
Please stop contributing to the cycle of dehumanization. - Sponsored
Ranking The Law Firms Lawyers Love
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Law Schools
Harvard Law Student Is Rude But Not Anti-Semitic, Say His Defenders
Oh joy, there is an update in the case of the incredibly rude Harvard Law student. -
Biglaw, Law Schools
Free Pizza For Palestine Is Too Messy For Milbank
$250,000 is not enough money to make Harvard Law do anything. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.16.15
* Is Andrews Kurth facing a possible mega-malpractice judgment? If you know more, please drop us a line. [MahanyLaw]
* Elsewhere in Texas, a UT law student stands accused of leading an intimidation campaign against a professor of Israel studies. [Legal Insurrection]
* Advice from our columnist Keith Lee on how to write an excellent legal memo. [Associate’s Mind]
* Did Michigan prosecutors pressure the state’s crime lab to falsely classify the origins of THC the lab was testing? [The Intercept]
* An interview about interviews: Richard Hsu interviews Bryan A. Garner about Professor Garner’s famous series of interviews with Supreme Court justices. [Hsu Untied]
* Does your employer offer assistance with student loan repayment as an employee benefit — and should it? [Tuition.io]
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Law Schools
NYU Law School Needs Our Help, We Oblige
Yet another law school needs assistance learning proper listserv etiquette. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.24.15
* Mary Jo White’s sizable net worth is causing sizable headaches over at the SEC. [DealBook / New York Times]
* If you work at a law firm and take way too long to perform simple tasks in Microsoft Word or Excel, shape up: a new test, developed by former in-house lawyer Casey Flaherty, could expose your weaknesses — and lead to your work being discounted. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* More from Howard Bashman about the misadventures of Howard Shipley, the Foley & Lardner partner who might get spanked by SCOTUS for a bizarre filing. [How Appealing]
* An S.D.N.Y. jury held the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization liable for supporting six terrorist attacks and issued a verdict of $218.5 million — an award that will under the law get tripled (collected remains to be seen). [WSJ Law Blog]
* Wall Street banks and their law firms are getting serious about cybersecurity. [New York Times]
* Thanks to Emily Kelchen for her review of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link), which she calls “a true legal thriller.” [Wisconsin Lawyer]