Harvard Law Students Counter Protest Suppression With 1 Easy Trick!
Pulled a sneaky on ya!
Columbia Law Review On Strike After Board Of Directors’ Censorship
Power to the students!
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
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.
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.
On Law Schools, Israel, And Antisemitism
We must stand against Hamas’s terrorism targeting both Israelis and Palestinians. We must unite.
DeSantis Cares More About Popularity Than The First Amendment
Free speech should not look like kicking Palestinians off campus.
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: NYU Doesn’t Have An SBA Anymore
Did not expect that to happen.
NYU Law SBA President Brands Hamas Attacks As ‘Necessary’
Please stop contributing to the cycle of dehumanization.
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.
Free Pizza For Palestine Is Too Messy For Milbank
$250,000 is not enough money to make Harvard Law do anything.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
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]
NYU Law School Needs Our Help, We Oblige
Yet another law school needs assistance learning proper listserv etiquette.
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]