Pepperdine Law

Lawyer Gives Employees The Afternoon Off After Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Engagement

She understands the assignment.

Law School Student Goes From Frontrunner To Voted Off Survivor

Goodbye, Wardog.

Non-Sequiturs: 04.18.17

* BYU and Pepperdine are the "most ideologically balanced faculties." You know, if you want to give more fuel to the snowflakes. [TaxProf Blog] * When will Neil Gorsuch retire? [Empirical SCOTUS] * UCLA Law has a $20 million movie deal. Sort of. [Law.com] * CFPB sues law firm. Wow, there's still a CFPB? [Law360] * Zara apparently branching out into the Noe-Nazi market. And here I thought Hugo Boss had that locked up. [Fashionista] * Do you know your state's official bird? Well, this legislator thinks you shouldn't have to and is waging the single most important policy fight in his state. [Lowering the Bill]

Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.17

* Congratulations to Professor Caron, named Dean of Pepperdine Law School. [TaxProf Blog] * The ethics problems with Trump's hotel build up. [AP] * Looks like independents will vote for Neil Gorsuch. [Politico] * Well, this is disturbing: Gold Star dad and American citizen, Khizr Khan, reportedly told his travel privileges are "under review." [The Week] * Yes, the travel ban 2.0 *can* hurt us. [Huffington Post] * A modest proposal. [Slate] * Jeff Sessions: the Attorney General is defining this era. [The Root]

Law School Leaks Grades, Offers Solution, Takes It Back

Students were embarrassed, so now we've got a whole thing.

Stat Of The Week: Administrators Up, Profs Down

While the typical law school has lost about five full-time faculty members over the last four years, it has gained a teaching administrator or two over the same period.