Law School Really Wants Things To Go Back To Normal — Delta Variant Be Damned
Is this what the law school means when they say masks are 'strongly encouraged'????
Law School Has ‘COVID-19 Mass-Exposure Event,’ Tells Only Some Students About It
The law school needs a better communication plan during a pandemic.
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
Law School Investigated Prof Who Says Women Shouldn’t Vote, Work, Or Wear Pants And Found No Discrimination
He's resigned as Associate Dean, but is still on the faculty.
Law School Professor Writes Women Should Not Have Jobs And Other Sexist, Homophobic Nonsense
Oh, and don’t worry his job is safe.
NBA Player Accepts Law Student’s Invitation To Law Prom — 3 Years After Being Asked
He was apparently too busy hustling on the court to be courted by a law student.
Morning Docket: 01.29.15
* “I will be myself. I will be Loretta Lynch.” During the first day of her Senate Judiciary hearing, our would-be attorney general was cool, calm, and collected while delivering the news that she's not Eric Holder. [National Law Journal] * Just how many retweets does it take for a law student at Oklahoma Law to convince Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder to go with her to law school prom (i.e., Barrister's Ball)? Apparently only 1K. Come on, be her date, Steve! [FanSided] * After being arrested on bribery charges, New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has decided to take a leave of absence from personal injury firm Weitz & Luxenberg -- and to think, he was originally hired “to bring prestige to the firm." [WSJ Law Blog] * “Chess trains you to always think of the worst-case scenario. A lot of the time, that’s what lawyers are hired to do—to think, ‘What’s the worst case and how can I manage it?’” The youngest Debevoise associate moonlights as a chess champ. [Am Law Daily] * Sue Ann Arnall, the ex-wife of billionaire Harold Hamm who first rejected a $975 million alimony check earlier this month and later cashed it, still thinks she should be able to appeal her divorce decree. This woman's got some real chutzpah. [Bloomberg]
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Non-Sequiturs: 06.23.14
* 8 reasons that lawyers are like condoms. Not included: on the inside, they’re just dicks. [Legal Cheek] * A bunch of reporters that no one reads anymore take out their frustrations on SCOTUSblog for having the audacity to be good at its job. [ABA Journal] * Presented without commentary — a dean is not pleased with us. [PrawfsBlawg] * Jobs for law grads may be scarce, but WSJ wants you to know that Biglaw specifically is hiring again. So for a few of you, you’re set until you try to lateral. [Gawker] * Deluding yourself is a valuable career strategy. [Law and More] * Guy is suing an airline because he went to Grenada when he wanted to go to Granada. This gave me a great excuse to rematch the classic Newhart episode, Oh, THAT Morrocco. [Daily Mail] * A woman who tried to save some ducklings now faces life in prison. The moral of the story, as always, is screw animals. [USA Today] * The real winner in the protracted courtship of Patton Boggs was Akin Gump. [Washingtonian] * Teaching the law has suffered because of the influx of stupid “Law and…” courses. [TaxProf Blog] * But Oklahoma knows how to fix the problems with law school — give you an iPad! Video below… [YouTube]
The Law School Class Of 2016: By The Numbers
Law school applications are down, but how are the rest of the numbers looking for the class of 2016 -- class sizes, LSATs and GPAs, etc.?
A Model Law Student: This Sexy Sooner Hits the Books Hard
When you think of Oklahoma, what's the first thing that comes to mind? For some it's a Broadway musical, for others, it's agriculture, and for others still, it's football. But what about beautiful, intelligent women? We've got a story for our readers about a law student with some really big... brains. A tipster notified us about this sexy Sooner and the double life she leads: she's a second-year law student, but in her free time, she's a model who's worked at some of the finest breastaurants in the business....
Should Working Students Pay for Their Pro Bono Classmates?
Incoming summer associates, would you donate one day of your summer salary to help other students at your school who did not get summer jobs? Would you donate that money for a pro bono or public interest cause? Would you donate that money so your law school could fund the pro bono interests of other […]
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Daddy Issues Now on the Platform in a Judicial Race in Oklahoma
Meet John Mantooth. The University of Oklahoma Law School grad and former JAG is running for a district judgeship in Oklahoma. Now meet John Mantooth’s daughter and son-in-law, Jan and Andrew Schill, creators of a website called Do Not Vote for my Dad. On July 20, Jan Schill wrote: District 21 judicial candidate John Mantooth […]
Psyching Yourself Up For Final Exams <br><em>A University of Oklahoma 2L Knows How To Motivate</em>
For most of our readers, this is just a regular week. The only noteworthy event is Elie’s birthday on Monday on Sunday (Mother’s Day — we hope you’ve done your filial duty and sent a card or mailed her some home-made pancakes.) For our little law student readers, though, this is a week that may […]