Law Guy Spoils Game Of Thrones For Entire Student Body
It is not okay to spoil Game of Thrones for the entire law school.
Whining Millennials Or Structural Discrimination?
La Raza chapter blasts school over perceived slights at the annual SBA Awards. Do they have a point or is this just a waste of everyone's time?
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.
Cooley Law School Brings Us The Dumbest Malfeasance Scandal Ever
There are some serious scandals in the world. Then there's really dumb stuff.
This Law Student Made A Damn Campaign Video For SBA
It's an A+ for effort for this student who shared his campaign video with the whole Internet.
Law Student Embezzles Thousands of Dollars While Drunk, High
Which law school did she attend, and how did she do it?
Non-Sequiturs: 01.17.13
* A Charleston School of Law student leader was arrested for stalking. I’m not sure how else Charleston Law students are supposed to get jobs. [Fitsnews] * I think this is a very poor reading of the history of the Second Amendment that is making the rounds. Sure, having weapons really helped slaveholders, but that’s not “the reason” the Second Amendment was ratified. The founders had better reasons… reasons that have nothing at all to do with the time we live in, but that’s a different story. [Truthout] * By the way, you saw that Obama nominated a black lawyer for something, right? Since the Republicans in Congress are so concerned about Obama’s record on diverse appointments, I’m sure Todd Jones will be confirmed super quickly. [Daily Beast] * Should pet owners be allowed to recover for “sentimental value”? A Texas case might answer that question. I’m looking forward to the companion case in Arkansas where pet owners try to recover from loss of consortium. [Adjunct Law Prof Blog] * I’d be shocked if this Manti Te’o thing doesn’t end up with somebody suing someone for something. [New York Daily News] * There’s going to be a law and robots conference at Stanford in April. Because we all know how much robots love law. [The Volokh Conspiracy]
3 Ways Lawyers Are Finding New Efficiencies With AI
Those who’ve adopted legal-specific systems are seeing big benefits.
This Law School Mixer Had A Lot Of Alcohol In It
I predict this will be a year of extreme inebriation among law students, led by the new class of 2015. We've got our second story of drunkenness, and it's only the first week...
Even During Finals, Some Law Students and Professors Manage to Act Like Adults
Finals week is stressful for everybody, and it leads to lots of screw-ups. But some law students and professors manage to rise above their mistakes…
Barrister’s Ball Blowout: A Night of Booze, Barf, and Blood (and B*tching About the Budget)
Bleeding, barfing, and breaching contracts is no way to go through life...
NYU’s ‘Party Law’ SBA President Strikes Again
We're coming towards the end of Party Law's reign (I assume we're nearing the end; not that I want that, I wish Party Law could be elected President of the NYU SBA for life). Perhaps he's trying to exercise a little dead-hand control over the SBA? Let's see who Party Law is trying to squash now...
How Innovative Legal Teams Are Turning AI From Promise To Practice
In recent years, AI has moved beyond speculation in the legal industry. What used to be hypothetical is now very real.
New Interviews Might Help the Charlotte Law 2L Charged with Murder
Kenan Gay's lawyers start to tell a different story about the man Gay allegedly pushed into traffic.
Harvard Law Elects Guy Who Intends to Quit
Who won the election for Harvard Law's new Student Government President? Looks like the HLS community agreed with the ATL audience on this one....
Law Student Charged With Murder Claims It Was All About A Girl
The law student accused of murder claims that the alleged victim was harassing his girlfriend...
2L Charged With Murder: A Case of Student v. Townie Rage?
They say campus security starts in the admissions office, but no admissions committee can truly screen out all of the bad apples. The community at Charlotte School of Law (not to be confused with UNC-Charlotte) is in a state of shock. A current student there was charged with murder following a bar fight....
Lunch Theft Epidemic Continues, Spreads to Washburn Law
Last week, we covered an unsettling rash of lunch thefts at UCLA School of Law. The problem was sending hungry students into a tizzy. Now, like a way less deadly version of the Motaba virus, the outbreak has spread to Washburn University School of Law. Several tipsters have forwarded us an all-school email sent yesterday […]