UVA Law
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Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Racism, UVA Law
Is Johnathan Perkins Going to Graduate From UVA Law?
UPDATE (10/3/2017): We now know much more about what happened to Johnathan Perkins back in 2011 than we did at the time, and it majorly changes how he and the situation should be viewed. See this new story, Was UVA Law Alum Johnathan Perkins Pressured By The FBI Into Recanting His Account Of Racial Profiling? […] -
Law Schools, Quote of the Day, UVA Law
Quote of the Day: I do not think 'honest' means what you think it means.
Johnathan is always honest, sometimes brutally so. — Johnathan Perkins, describing himself for a listing of peer advisers at UVA Law School. Perkins, a 3L at UVA, recently admitted that he fabricated a story of how he was racially profiled and harassed by university police. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Reader Polls, UVA Law
What To Do With The UVA Law Student Who Cried Wolf?
What would Sally Hemings say to Johnathan Perkins?
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Bad Ideas, Crime, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Reader Polls, UVA Law
A Law Student Plays the Race Card -- And Gets Busted, Big Time
UPDATE (10/3/2017): We now know much more about what happened to Johnathan Perkins back in 2011 than we did at the time, and it majorly changes how he and the situation should be viewed. See this new story, Was UVA Law Alum Johnathan Perkins Pressured By The FBI Into Recanting His Account Of Racial Profiling? […] -
Bar Exams, Law Schools, Money, UVA Law
This is How A Top Law School Should Look Out For Unemployed Grads
A couple of days ago, we told you that NYU 3Ls without jobs lined up are receiving discounts on tickets to their law school formal. It’s a nice gesture, but some NYU Law School students wanted more action from the NYU administration regarding the soon-to-be-unemployed students. Well, maybe the NYU kids should have gone to […] -
Art, Job Searches, Law Schools, UVA Law
Most Creative Way To Shame Your Office of Career Services
We spend a lot of time with soon-to-be-unemployed 3Ls who are looking for some way to express their dissatisfaction with their law school and the career services they received. When people pay or borrow over $100K for three years of legal education and their employment future still comes down to how they perform during McDonald’s […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Student Loans, UVA Law
Law Students at a Top School Protest Continued Unemployment
Too often, people act like post-graduation unemployment is a malady that affects only students at lower-ranked law schools. People act like only lazy students at third-tier institutions — or “rank not published” institutions, if you prefer — end up desperate for work after three years of legal education. But we know better. We know that […] -
Boalt Hall, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News, UVA Law
Open Thread: 2012 U.S. News Law School Rankings (7 - 14)
Welcome Texas! As you are all know, the University of Texas School of Law has moved into the “top 14” in this year’s U.S. News law school rankings. It’s a bit of cheat for U.S. News: Texas is technically tied for 14th, which means that the magazine has actually managed to cram 15 schools into […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Bad Ideas, Drinking, Law Schools, Minority Issues, Parties, Racism, UVA Law
Do You Really Need Confederate-Flag Decor at Your Law School Party?
On Friday we wrote about the settlement agreed to by Cure Lounge, a club in Boston that was accused of discriminating against African-American patrons. In the comments, it seemed like some of our Southern readers where all too happy to point out that this example of racist behavior took place in the North. Lord knows […] -
Crime, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Politics, UVA Law, Violence
Federal Judge John Roll Among Victims in Arizona Congresswoman Shooting
We’re not going to weigh in on all the rampant speculation about what gave rise to the shooting today in Arizona involving Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona). But we did want to inform you that news outlets are now reporting that federal judge John Roll was one of the victims in the shooting in Tucson. UPDATE: […] -
New York Times, UVA Law, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Jews Versus Episcopalians
We were somewhat surprised to learn that this actually isn’t the most depressing day of the year. That honor goes to the third Monday in January, not the first. There’s a whole mathematical formula about it. Anyway, here’s some LEWW cheer to brighten your gray Monday. Administrative note: Signs are indicating that LEWW will soon […] -
Alex Kozinski, John Roberts, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, UVA Law, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.8: Oklahoma!
When we filed our last column, we were full of anticipation over Chelsea Clinton’s then-upcoming wedding. And the New York Times did not let us down with its wall-to-wall coverage of the big day. In case you missed it, you can read the NYT on Chelsea’s dress, Chelsea’s wedding planner, the secrecy, the confidentiality agreements, […] -
Biglaw, Summer Associates
Which Firms Aren't Having 2011 Summer Associate Programs?
On-campus interviewing for 2011 summer associate positions is getting underway, or about to get underway, at many law schools. And this OCI process will give us some insight into what different firms are up to and how they are doing. The OCI schedules can shed light on several questions. Which firms are ramping up hiring […]
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Arent Fox, Law Schools, UVA Law
UVA Law Stakes Claim to Become the Douchiest Law School of All Time
Last year, in our douchiest law school competition, Duke Law was crowned as the douchiest law school in the land. But we might have to run the contest again based on the new information we have about UVA Law. On the law school’s website, the school is posting summer associate stories from UVA students who […] -
New York Times, UVA Law, Weddings, White House Counsel
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 2.15: First-Rate
There was no LEWW last Friday because last week’s wedding pages were even bleaker than the Biglaw employment news. We’ve bounced back nicely, though, because Valentine’s Day fell on a Saturday this year, making this week’s weddings section a February feast of premium nuptial news. We present three outstanding couples for your consideration: 1. Parisa […] -
Adam Liptak, Ben Wittes, Dahlia Lithwick, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Job Searches, John Roberts, Linda Greenhouse, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Tony Mauro, UVA Law
Covering The Court: Thoughts From Dahlia Lithwick
We spent a fair amount of time last week in lovely Charlottesville, Virginia, where we spoke at the University of Virginia Law School (coverage of our talk appears here and here). We spent lots of quality time with UVA Law students — at dinner, at a karaoke bar, and walking around the beautiful grounds. One […] -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Skaddenfreude, UVA Law
Skaddenfreude: Private Law School Salaries, Please
In response to our recent request for information about academic salaries, a number of you reminded us that the salaries of many professors at state law schools are already publicly available. We had a vague recollection of this, but were too lazy to dig up links. Thankfully, a number of you did that for us. […]