Scamblogs

Let The Law School Class Action Lawsuits Proceed: 5 Defenses That Don’t Work

If any of the remaining law school lawsuits end up in appeal, the motions to dismiss should be denied and the cases be allowed to proceed.

Understanding The Law School Loyalists

What does the Revolutionary War have to do with the current war over legal education? Thoughts from columnist Shannon Achimalbe.

A Final Warning To Those Who Enter The Law School Black Hole

If you're thinking of going to law school, please READ THIS FIRST.

Non-Sequiturs: 11.07.11

* Professor Glenn Reynolds notes Lindsay Lohan’s swift movement through the jail system. [Instapundit] * Professor Orin Kerr notes Professor Stephen Higginson’s swift movement onto the Fifth Circuit — in apparent violation of the rule in judicial nominations “that a circuit court nominee with Supreme-Court-level credentials will have a harder time getting confirmed than a […]

The Tenured Law Prof Turned ‘Scamblogger’ Reveals Himself

Earlier this month, we wrote about an anonymous law professor -- a tenured professor, at a top-tier school -- essentially joining the ranks of the law school scambloggers. Well, as it turns out, LawProf is an actual tenured law professor, at a top 50 law school. Who is he, and where does he teach?

A Tenured Top-Tier Law Professor Joins the Ranks of the ‘Scambloggers’

We've written before about law school scamblogs. It's not surprising that unemployed or underemployed law school graduates have taken to the internet with complaints about legal education; they are, after all, victims of the alleged scam. But now we have a tenured law professor admitting that law school is something of a scam....

Morning Docket: 08.08.11

* A scam blogger hit it hard last week, calling Cooley out for policing the internet. Guess we know why s/he chose to go by “Rockstar.” [Detroit Free Press] * Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday to remember the life of slain Mercer Law School graduate, Lauren Giddings. Rest in peace. [Baltimore Sun] * Other […]

Are Law School ‘Merit Scholarships’ A Big Racket?

That’s the question essentially posed in a long and interesting New York Times article, Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win (which we previously mentioned on Saturday; yes, we do post on weekends). The piece is by David Segal, who also wrote a big and buzzy piece back in January, Is Law School […]

Non-Sequiturs: 04.05.11

* Harvard Law School exams used to be easier. Think about that the next time you hear about grade inflation. [The Volokh Conspiracy] * Speaking of things getting harder, this seems like proof that the Bluebook exists to propagate sales of the Bluebook. [Josh Blackman’s Blog] * And yet the Bluebook hasn’t been updated to […]

Hunger Striker Revealed: Scambloggers Unimpressed

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on “Ethan Haines,” a law school grad who is allegedly on a hunger strike to support the cause of law school transparency. Today, Ethan has outed herself in USA Today, as Zenovia Evans (pictured). Here’s the USA Today report about her hunger strike: One recent grad even went […]

Scamblogs Get Some Mainstream Media Attention

It’s been ten days since I last logged on to “the internet.” Ten days since I picked up a newspaper or let the dancing visions on MSNBC poison my mind. Ten days since I’ve tapped into the 140-character pulse of the world. While I’ve had my head in the sand, it appears that the mainstream […]