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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.28.22
* I know there is a lot of money to be made at a law firm, but I’d also think they’d pay attention to laws being broken. [News Leader]
* Baltimore cop caught planting a gun on someone gets less than 2 years. Remember that time they gave a dude life for stealing a pair of gardening shears? Odd, that. [KossyDerrickEnt]
* Rifle law would effect period reenactors. You know what? This may actually be what The Founders™ had in mind by bearing arms! [WHEC]
* Rutgers will be offering a certificate in cannabis law and business. GO RU! [ROI-NJ]
* Some New York teachers are still doing the ol’ beating-other-people’s-children thing. Thankfully, it looks like laws will be changed to curb it. [Times Union]
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Bankruptcy, Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Money, Racism, Student Loans, Violence
3 Legal Stories That Dominated the Week
The George Zimmerman verdict, Detroit's bankruptcy, and revisiting the "$1 million law degree"
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Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Another Garbage Study Offering Misleading Statistics On The Value Of A Law Degree
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Biglaw, Commencement, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Morning Docket, Murder, Sentencing Law, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Trials
Morning Docket: 05.10.13
* Growth was “steady” for New York’s top firms, with Latham & Watkins and Skadden Arps leading the pack in terms of gross revenue — which wasn’t surprising, considering their Am Law 100 gross revenue ranking. [New York Law Journal]
* Dewey know when we’ll be able to stop using this pun? Hmm, at this rate, probably never. Steve Otillar and Citi recently settled their dueling suits over the ex-D&L partner’s capital contribution loan to the failed firm. [Am Law Daily]
* Cahill Gordon was supposed to investigate the Rutgers basketball scandal, but the firm cited a conflict of interest, so Skadden Arps stepped in. [Insert the joke of your choice here. I don’t like or watch this sport.] [Reuters]
* Surely you’ve heard about Justice Orie Melvin’s sentence by now. As it turns out, shaming a judge like you’d shame your dog online might not be enforceable… which is too bad. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
* When we last spoke about “controversial” commencement speakers, we didn’t bring up the fact that Nancy Pelosi would be pulling double duty at UC Davis and Baltimore. Thoughts? [National Law Journal]
* She’s got a death wish: the aggravation phase of the Jodi Arias trial was postponed at the last minute yesterday, and some think it’s because of the interview she gave after the verdict was announced. [CNN]
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Abortion, Affirmative Action, Antitrust, Baseball, Basketball, Crime, Deaths, Law Professors, Movies, Non-Sequiturs, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 04.04.13
* Roger Ebert has died at the age of 70. A great critic (his audio commentary track on the Citizen Kane DVD is amazing), whose work with the late Gene Siskel basically defined film criticism for a generation. At least now we know how we will be judged when we die — a simple thumbs up, thumbs down from Gene and Roger. [Chicago Sun-Times] * Exploring the link between baseball’s antitrust exemption and Roe v. Wade. It’s more than just saying the Royals are an abortion of a team. [Concurring Opinions] * “Bring me the head of the person who did this”: the best closing to a C & D letter ever. [Popehat] * A Rutgers-Camden 3L breaks down the looming sh*tstorm at Rutgers over basketball coach Mike Rice’s treatment of players. [The Legal Blitz] * If you’ve pulled off a successful robbery, don’t taunt the victim from a traceable phone. I mean, act like you’ve been there before, man. [Legal Juice] * It is a little funny to say that a city is looking for weaker swimmers to serve as lifeguards, but ultimately this represents the simplistic nature of the anti-affirmative-action argument: no one is saying lifeguards shouldn’t be qualified, just that a system that only privileges a strong swimming résumé will always result in affluent white kids with 10 years of swim classes getting these jobs. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Lawyers are often jerks, but this is a new twist. Help out a lawyer trying to make it in the small-batch, artisan jerky business.[Kickstarter] * Maybe there aren’t actual Commies at Harvard Law School, but the ratio of liberals to conservatives/libertarians on the faculty is still extremely high. [Nick Rosenkranz] -
Cardozo Law School, Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Pre-Law
Who Are the Happiest Law Students in New York City?
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Crime, Gay, New Jersey, Sentencing Law
Dharun Ravi Sentenced
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Lesbians, New Jersey, Weddings
'No Dress for You!' A New Jersey Bridal Boutique Goes 'Gown Nazi' on a Lesbian Bride-to-Be
Now that our assistant editor, Staci Zaretsky, is a member of the bridal class of 2012 (or 2013, we shall see), she can commiserate with the woes of her fellow brides-to-be. And in this case, she can't even begin to imagine what she would do if she was denied the dress of her dreams simply based on the person she loves.... -
Deaths, Education / Schools, Gay, New Jersey, Pranks, Racism, Suicide
Tyler Clementi's Family Learns That 'Discovery' Is A Bitch
Dharun Ravi's legal team has moved to dismiss the criminal charges against Ravi stemming from the suicide of Tyler Clementi. As many of you know, Clementi committed suicide after Ravi streamed video of Clementi hooking up with another guy. And now, Ravi's lawyers have discovered comments from Clementi that his family likely wishes would have remained private. Read on to find out what was said.... -
Crime, Education / Schools, Gay, New Jersey, Pranks, Privacy, Sentencing Law, Suicide
Wei To Go (and Testify Against Dharun Ravi)
Molly Wei, the pretty ex-Rutgers student who was charged with two counts of invasion of privacy in the Tyler Clementi case, has reached a deal with the prosecution. Wei, 19, has been admitted to a pre-trial intervention program that could result in the charges against her being dismissed. What does Wei have to do as […] -
Education / Schools, Gay, New Jersey, Pranks, Privacy, Suicide
Tyler Clementi's Roommate, Dharun Ravi, Indicted on 15 Counts
They really threw the book at this kid. Last September, Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi jumped off of the George Washington Bridge after his roommate, Dharun Ravi, surreptitiously recorded and then broadcast footage of Clementi hooking up in his room with another man. Clementi’s death touched off an important national conversation about the bullying of gay […] -
Crime, Deaths, Education / Schools, Gay, Privacy, Suicide
Tyler Clementi's Parents Might Sue Rutgers Over Son's Death
I’m pretty sure we all saw this coming. The parents of Tyler Clementi — the Rutgers freshman who killed himself after his roommate taped and broadcast Tyler’s gay hook-up — have declared their intent preserved their right to sue the university. The Clementis suggest that the university failed to protect their son, articulating various tort […]
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Asians, Crime, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, Gay, Hate Crimes, Pranks, Privacy, Suicide
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei Could Escape Hate Crime Charges in the Tyler Clementi Case
Prosecutors looking into Tyler Clementi suicide indicated yesterday that they might not be able to charge Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei with a hate crime. Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan told the Newark Star-Ledger that his office was trying to see if they could charge Ravi and Wei with a second degree bias crime, but […] -
Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Education / Schools, Gay, Pranks, Privacy, Suicide
Invasion of Privacy or College Prank Gone Wrong (or Both)? What to Do With Tyler Clementi's Roommate
Over the past few days, we’ve learned a lot about Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers college student and talented violinist who killed himself after his roommate streamed, live on the internet, a hidden webcam video of Tyler hooking up with another man. On September 22, a few days after the incident, Clementi committed suicide by jumping […]