Morning Docket: 01.02.20
* Apparently, the actor who played C-3PO in the Star Wars films dropped out of law school to pursue an acting career. This was probably the correct career choice. [Business Insider] * A Manhattan attorney is alleging that his former law partner blackmailed him to stay quiet about his purported affairs. [New York Post] * Kevin Spacey has settled a sexual assault lawsuit that had been filed against the actor. [Hollywood Reporter] * Attorneys for Robert Durst agree that he wrote a note informing authorities about the location of the body of his friend. [Fox Business] * A University of Illinois law professor accused of sexual harassment will not be returning to teaching duties next semester. [Chicago Tribune]
Law School Professor Faces Unique Penalty For Inappropriate Behavior
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Students Demand Resignation Of Law School Professor Accused Of Sexual Harassment
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Law School Investigation Finds Professor Accused of Sexually Harassing Students And Faculty Violated University Policy
The law school community does not seem satisfied with the results of the investigation.
How Law Deans Spend Their (Or, At Least, How One Dean Spent His) ‘Summer Vacation’
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: How The Bar Exam Might Be Improved
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Reflections On Judge Posner’s ‘Divergent Paths’
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No Law Students Show Up For Graduation
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: 4 Tips For Law Students For Final Exams
Dean Vikram Amar offers advice to law students about how to show their stuff come exam time.
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Law School Announces Mumps Outbreak
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First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: Bureaucracy And Metrics
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Morning Docket: 07.22.15
* "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys potheads." Country singer-songwriter and OG stoner Willie Nelson says marijuana will be legal in all 50 states within the next decade. Who knows, maybe his cannabis-crazed dreams will come true. [San Antonio Express-News]
* Where do lonely hearts go? To court. This ex-Illinois Law student was accused of stalking a classmate and barred setting foot on campus for a two-year time period. A new trial was ordered, and now he may be able to graduate. Yay? [National Law Journal]
* Law firms of all sizes are merging at a record pace, but that doesn't mean that it's going to continue like this ad infinitum. Eventually, all of the fun is going to stop, and it'll likely because there isn't any more profitability to be had for these firms. Womp. [Am Law Daily]
* Corporate legal departments are pushing for more diversity among their ranks, with companies like Xerox leading the way. NAPABA is hopeful that we'll see 20 Asian-American lawyers as general counsel of Fortune 500 companies by 2020. [WSJ Law Blog]
* For a man who wanted to "get rich or die tryin," things don't seem to be working out so well: Bankrupt rapper 50 Cent was busy denying ownership of many of his luxury items in court this week. He says he rents, borrows, and leases most of his bling. [Associated Press]