Former Law Professor Pleads Guilty To Possessing Kiddie Porn
The moral of the story here is pretty obvious: Stay away from child porn on the internet.
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Morning Docket: 03.10.15
* "While some argue that going to law school is still a safe bet, little evidence exists to support this position." This law professor thinks law schools are in a "death spiral," and that a "top" school may soon be in danger of closing. Uh oh! Which one could it possibly be? [Washington Post] * "Rascal was the perfect law student because he never missed a class. If Rascal was asked a question he never said 'pass.'" In 1937, Samford's Cumberland School of Law graduated its first and only dog. In 2015, dogs bark and howl at Samford because of its new U.S. News rank. [Alabama.com] * "You do not need to have a law degree to understand how troubling this is." Politicians are pissed at Hillary Clinton over the email scandal she got herself into at the State Department, but it turns out she technically obeyed the law. [National Law Journal] * Why do law firms fail? Dean Frank Wu of UC Hastings Law thinks that it's because "[s]mart people overestimate the importance of being a smart person" -- that is, your firm can still flop even if its lawyers are the best lawyers in the world. [Huffington Post] * According to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after two months of soul-sucking declines in the market, the legal sector gained 3,100 jobs in February. Wow, we only need 40,000 more jobs until all of last year's class is employed. [Am Law Daily]
Law School Gives Up On Actually Trying To Get Grads A Real Job
There is going to be a doc review shop at a law school. And apparently the law school is okay with that, even excited.