Penelope Andrews
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Layoffs
Administration And Professors Sling Mud As School Sheds Tenured Faculty
The backbiting over a law school's plan to sever ties with tenured professors is looking a lot like an episode of Real Housewives. -
4th Circuit, Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 05.14.14
* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may retire by the end of summer 2015, or she may retire by the end of summer 2017, or she may retire whenever she damn well pleases. For the love of God, please stop with this. [Legal Intelligencer]
* The Fourth Circuit appears to be split on Virginia’s gay marriage ban. The Tenth Circuit appeared to be split on Utah’s gay marriage ban. We’ll give you three guesses on the eventual Supreme Court outcome. [New York Times]
* Law deans lose their jobs when their schools drop in rank, and it seems Biglaw chairmen lose their titles when their firms post the worst single-year drop in revenue ever. Sorry Bingham McCutchen. [Am Law Daily]
* Ex-D&Ler Zach Warren wants to sever his case from the likes of Joel Sanders and the Steves, using a “guilt by association” argument. The only thing he’s guilty of is being too cute. [National Law Journal]
* The drama continues at Albany Law, where faculty members now face possible pay cuts or being put on unpaid leave following a “smear campaign” waged against Dean Penelope Andrews. [Albany Times Union]
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Layoffs, Money
Tenured Faculty Cuts Are Coming To A New York Law School -- But Which One? And When?
Which law school is the latest to announce a possible pruning of its ranks?
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Defamation, Law Schools, Police, Weirdness
Recent Law Graduate Returns To Campus, Causes A Scene, Is Reportedly Taken Away In Handcuffs
So a guy allegedly gets dragged away in cuffs and he's not even the craziest person to invade campus. -
9th Circuit, Facebook, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Michael Chepiga, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
Non-Sequiturs: 04.10.12
* Professor Brian Tamanaha: “Not since 1986-1987 have law schools seen total applicant numbers this low.” Good news, or bad news? Actually, a bit of both. [Balkinization via Instapundit] * Musical chairs: Michael Chepiga, the retired Simpson partner and erstwhile Broadway playwright, has a new and unusual job. [Am Law Daily] * Elsewhere in job […]
