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Law Schools
U.S. News Law School Rankings Preview Is Here: Major Shakeup Or Much Ado About Nothing?
Quite often, much fanfare signals nothing. This is one of those times. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.27.23
* There’s a lot to say about Brett Kavanaugh’s speech at Notre Dame Law School, but he used the opportunity to bash the US News rankings blasting the idea that the publication’s reputation survey can capture the quality of an education. His clerks this Term all went to Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. [CNN]
* Shearman & Sterling used to be a top 5 earning firm. Now it’s banking on a merger — that feels more like a takeover — to save it. What happened? [American Lawyer]
* Forum shopping has gotten to the point where attorneys pushing fringe legal theories have a 100 percent chance of landing a friendly judge. [The Nation]
* Ted Lieu proposes resolution to regulate AI written by AI. I guess we already let oil companies write environmental laws so this isn’t much different. [NBC]
* John Eastman disbarment proceedings coming soon. [The Guardian]
* Republicans target ESG rules. It’s one thing to complain about the SEC, but these proposals would bar investment funds from making demands on companies they own. So much for the free market! [Bloomberg]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.20.23
* All right everyone. Let’s use our Dr. Evil voices: frivolous lawsuit earns Donald Trump sanction of… one MILLION dollars! Or $937K at least. [NY Times]
* If he’s interested in pushing his luck, his lawsuit against his niece is still going. [Courthouse News Service]
* South Texas Law Houston and Roger Williams Law have both withdrawn support for the USNWR rankings. Without that precious data, how will U.S. News know to keep placing them in the bottom tier? [Law.com]
* Musk likely to take the stand today in Tesla trial. Facing questions from people he can’t suspend? It’s a whole new world out there. [Reuters]
* The trifecta of going hardcore anti-reproductive freedom AND trafficking in rape apologist tropes (women’s testimony means “unsupported”) AND demanding the Court’s 1A & 2A rules be suspended solely for right-wing justices in the same column? Chef’s kiss. [Washington Post]
* And Orrick will merge with Buckley. [Bloomberg]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.28.22
* Oh look! The majority of the Supreme Court is once again shifting their interpretation of the law in order to support right-wing political objectives! In a 5-4 decision the Court held Title 42 must be kept in effect during the appeal of a lower court’s decision to end the use of the public health law to quickly expel migrants that arrived to the United States amid the COVID-19 crisis. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the dissent writing, “And it is hardly obvious why we should rush in to review a ruling on a motion to intervene in a case concerning emergency decrees that have outlived their shelf life.” [Law360]
* More law schools are kicking USNWR rankings to the curb. We’re now at 10 percent of law schools that say they will not participate in the ranking process. [Law.com]
* Kari Lake, the Republican that ran — and lost — for the Arizona governorship, may have avoided sanctions for using the courts to avoid accepting the election results, but that doesn’t mean she won’t be paying money. A Maricopa County Superior Court found Lake was responsible for the ~$33,000 in expert witness fees AZ Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs incurred. [Huffington Post]
* There may not be a ton Congress can do about Republican George Santos’s lies that won him his seat, but there are some suspicious campaign campaign finance disclosures… [Slate]
* 2022 was the year that Constitutional Law dramatically shifted (to the right). [ABA Journal]
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Law Schools
The Top Law Schools That Just Won't Quit US News
Most of the T14 has ditched the ranking. -
Law Schools
Are Top Tier Law Schools Pulling Away From US News Because Of Concerned Action Or Concerted Action?
Sure would be cool if we all just independently did the same thing as each other within a very short period of time such that it would be as if we all decided to do the same thing together... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.22.22
* Comedy clearly isn’t alive on Twitter. But is it alive with the glory of Trademarking? [SCOTUSblog]
* Memento Mori US News Law School Rankings? [NYT]
* Could getting rid of standardized tests get rid of diversity? Quick, let’s figure it out before the Court overturns affirmative action! [Bloomberg Law]
* Whodathunk the quick succession of middle fingers toward US News could carry Antitrust implications? [The Reg Review]
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Law Schools
There's A LOT Wrong With These U.S. News Law School Rankings
Even if all you do is replicate their methodology with better data. -
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The Most And Least 'Creditworthy' Law Schools
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Above the Law’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2013
What were the 10 biggest stories about the legal profession in 2013, according to readers of Above the Law? -
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Law Schools With The Most Profligate Spending Will Still Be Favored By U.S. News
U.S. News is set to allow law schools to lie to them.
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A Law School Dean's Painful Decision
One top law school is bucking the trend and increasing enrollment -- but at what cost? -
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The ABA Does Something Right! Will U.S. News Follow And End One Perverse Incentive For Law Schools?
Will overspending still be the way to rankings riches? -
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U.S. News Adding Employer Survey
Looks like U.S. News is trying to add more results-based components to their ranking. I wonder who they're competing with? -
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Cardozo Admits Goof
Cardozo admits what they did, but they're still not telling anybody why they did it. -
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Law School's Guerrilla Campaign To Inflate Its U.S. News Rank Turns Out To Be Too Dumb To Inflate Its U.S. News Rank
Is this the most embarrassing alumni giving campaign in the world? -
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A Law School Shows Everything That's Wrong With Law Schools and U.S. News Rankings, In One Email
The email that tells you how to increase the value of your law degree.... -
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From the Career Files: Interview With Kenneth Kleinrock, Associate Dean for Admissions at NYU Law
AdmissionsDean helps prospective law students better get to know the Associate Dean of Admissions at New York University Law School, Kenneth Kleinrock.