If You’re Just Finding Out Amy Wax Invited A White Supremacist To Her Class, There’s So, So Much More!
Because academic freedom.
Dean Calls Amy Wax’s Remarks ‘Xenophobic And White Supremacist,’ Passes World’s Easiest Issue-Spotter
Don't worry, the school isn't go to DO something about it or anything.
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NY Bar Exam To Be Limited To NY Law Schools, Other Law Schools… Displeased
No solution was going to make everyone happy.
Elite Law School Enters The Post-LSAT World
How many more people will apply to law school if they don't have to take the LSAT?
Penn Trustee Resigns In Defense Of Amy Wax’s God-Given Right To Make Up False Claims About Students
He appears to have never bothered to follow, well, any of the Wax controversy based on his misconception of basic facts in this letter.
Amy Wax Relieved Of Her 1L Teaching Duties After Bald-Faced Lying About Black Students
Amy Wax finally took her racially insulting behavior far enough that the school had to step in.
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Professor Declares Black Students ‘Rarely’ Graduate In The Top Half Of Law School Class
And have *never* graduated in the top quarter as far as she can remember.
Penn Law’s Holiday Letter Adroitly Avoids That Whole ‘Superior Culture’ Incident This Year
One story loomed over 2017 for Penn Law. But you wouldn't know it from the dean's letter.
The Renaissance Law Student: 3 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Law School
In order to seize existing and emerging opportunities, law students must educate themselves in topics—from marketing to finance to Six Sigma—that might become relevant to their pursuits.
Morning Docket: 03.23.15
* This would-be POTUS can't jump? Ted Ruger, Penn Law's new dean, used to hang out with Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz during law school, and he'd "like to think that [their] legal skills far exceeded [their] mediocre basketball skills." [Philadelphia Inquirer] * Why do we still need law schools considering the crisis in the legal academy? Please allow Noah Feldman of Harvard Law -- an unbiased law professor -- to explain why "law school is absolutely essential -- not for lawyers with clients, but for our society as a whole." [Bloomberg View] * Apparently there's some major drama going down with regard to which attorneys will argue the same-sex marriage cases before the Supreme Court. It seems that no one wants to give up their 15 minutes of fame before the high court. Sigh. [National Law Journal] * These days, law schools are looking at more than their applicants' GPAs and LSAT scores. Prospective law students now need to be "well-rounded and involved." For what it's worth, not minding going into debt is a helpful trait, too. [Omaha World-Herald] * Another day, another gender bias lawsuit in Silicon Valley: This time around, Tina Huang, a female software engineer who used to work for Twitter, is alleging that the company's secret promotion process bypasses women and favors men. [CNET]
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