Moving From The Rap Game To Law School In Search Of Stability
The transition to 1L year is always difficult. Now imagine you were leaving behind a successful rap career.
From Across the Desk: An Apprenticeship to Practice — That Works
Bruce MacEwen discusses one apprenticeship that seems to be working for law school graduates.
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USC Law Dean Steps Down. The First ATL 50 Casualty?
USC is nicer to its law deans than its football coaches.
Law Dean Complains That School Is Too Poor To Pay For Caps And Gowns
Law school tries to nickle and dime students, right until the end.
From Rock Star To Law School: Meet William Tell
William Tell went from being a rock guitarist to a law student -- and fiancé of television personality turned entrepreneur Lauren Conrad.
Open Thread: 2014 U.S. News Law School Rankings (15 – 31)
Do you have something to say about your law school's U.S. News ranking? This is the place to do it!
Why Better Financial Acumen is the Key to Law Firm Success in 2025
From training to technology, uncover the essential steps to futureproof your law firm in a competitive market.
California Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread
The school-by-school breakdown of the California bar exam results is out. Let's take a look!
Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Fibs: Is Rob Kardashian Even Going to Law School?
Which law school is Rob Kardashian attending? More importantly, does anyone really care?
Which Member of the Kardashian Klan Is Going to Law School?
Who is the latest "celebrity" law student? A member of the Kardashian family....
California Bar Passage Rate Holds Steady; Shame For Underperforming Schools Deepens
California has released some macro-level results from the July 2011 administration of the bar exam. The California bar is notoriously difficult, and every year we like to take a look at which schools prepared their students well for the exam, and which schools did not. You might be surprised at which California law school had the best passage rate on the California bar. Hint: it's not Stanford, or Boalt Hall, or UCLA....
The Hidden Threat: How Fake Identities used by Remote Employees Put Your Business at Risk—and How to Defend Against This
Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
USC Law’s Snitch Patrol: Episode Two
Last week, we covered the apparent epidemic of snitching happening at USC Gould School of Law. A person who sympathized with the snitch wrote a sarcastic email making fun of those who were outraged by the tattletale. And he was just warming up. Read on for updates, amusement, and enlightenment....
Student Rats Out Professor, Then Flips Off Rest of Class
Some people will say that today's stupid law student email of the day comes from a rat. A snitch. A person who betrayed the trust of his fellow classmates. Others will say it comes from a whistleblower. A person of conscience. A student who saw a wrong being committed and decided to speak up. Either way, it comes from a person who needed to take a break, a nap, a siesta, before rattling off an email to his entire class....
California Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread
Here in New York, home to Above the Law and Breaking Media, we’re gearing up for more epic snow. Those of you lucky enough to live in the Golden State might have to deal with earthquakes, mudslides, and obnoxious celebrities, but at least you don’t have to deal with blizzards. Falling snow? Not in sunny […]
Christopher Stone Is Not Actually a Trojan Man
Gawker posed a very inflammatory question yesterday: How Did the Owner of a Barely-Legal Teen Gossip Blog Get Into a Prestigious Law School? The law school in question is USC Gould School of Law, currently ranked #18. Gawker commenters wondered whether this was a misuse of the term “prestigious.” The gossip blog owner in question […]
USC’s Ultimate Solution for Student Debt
A tipster reports that USC’s Gould School of Law has a new proactive solution to student debt: death or permanent and total disability. That’s right, USC kids. If you can’t get a job coming out of the Gould School of Law, you could always just die. Perhaps not the J.D. you had in mind when […]