White Professor Who Wore Blackface Teaching About Race Because There Are No Consequences For Anything Anymore
Is there any transgression serious enough to get someone fired anymore?
Non-Sequiturs: 12.23.16
Ed. note: In observance of the holidays, Above the Law will be on a reduced publication schedule today and dark Monday, December 26th. We hope you don't have to bill too much more in 2016! Have a happy holiday! * Be careful when shopping last-minute holiday deals on Amazon -- counterfeits are aplenty. [Slate] * This terrible Missouri law makes school fights a felony. [Huffington Post] * Some law professors have their panties in a twist over the University of Oregon's handling of a law professor's decision to wear blackface to a Halloween party. [Tax Prof Blog] * Lessons from the North Carolina political shit show. [Salon] * Google's employee confidentiality agreement is the subject of a lawsuit. [Law and More]
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First Monday Musings: On Academic Freedom, Administrative Fairness, And Blackface
The intent of the professor who wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume matters, according to Dean Vikram Amar.
It’s After Halloween, So OF COURSE We Have To Talk About Law Professors Wearing Blackface
Don't wear blackface. Ever. IT IS NEVER OKAY.
ATL March Madness: Best Law School Scandal, Pt. 2
The second half of this year's ATL March Madness revealed!
Law Professor Wastes RAGE On Faculty Raise Cancellation Plan That’s Dead On Arrival
That takes care of that. Oregon Law professors will be able to keep their “paltry raises” after all.
How MyCase Accounting Transforms Legal Bookkeeping
This complete system built for lawyers simplifies the complex world of law firm finance.
Law Professor Outraged By Plan To Use His Raise To Fund Jobs For Unemployed Graduates
This law professor is ENRAGED at the thought of not getting his raise.
The Law Schools With the Highest Unemployment Rates
If you want to get a job, then you definitely shouldn't go to law school in California.
Non-Sequiturs: 03.15.13
* Republican Senator Rob Portman announces his support for gay marriage after learning that his son is gay. Yay! Let’s all celebrate him for meeting the lowest threshold of human decency once he found a purely selfish reason to change. [ABC News] * Wait, they can declare martial law in Brooklyn? I thought they could only do that in terrible movies. [Before It's News] * A Southern District of Florida clerk is named one of Southern Florida’s most eligible bachelors. Our bachelor “claims to be the other white meat” and to “have a lot in common with Christian Grey.” He doesn’t sound douchey at all. [Brickell Magazine (jump to page 91)] * Comparing Chicago Law faculty to Game of Thrones characters produces surprisingly accurate results. [UChilawgo] * With law schools raising tuition and the profession shrinking… more people need to rush to law school. Keep sipping that sweet, sweet Kool-Aid, buddy. [Daily Princetonian] * GW Law’s Barrister’s Ball — $2500 fee for vomiting! [GW Law SBA] * Watch Elie talk about Wayne LaPierre and guns. [HuffPost Live] * University of Oregon Property professor doesn’t understand “property,” snatches student’s phone. Click through the jump to see more video of what happens when law professors and hippies clash! [Photography Is Not a Crime]
Should Law Schools Put More Money Into Career Services?
Here's a law school putting more resources into career services. Is it a good idea?
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