Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Yale and Stanford are moving their virtual interview programs to June -- and other law schools may be forced to do the same. The post Top Law Schools Change The Dates Of Their Virtual Interview Programs appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It’s not what you bring to the table when you enter law school, it’s the education you carry when you practice. The post Rankings, Shmankings: Has USNWR Law School List Ever Been Relevant? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Can this law student outwit, outlast, and outplay the competition? The post Top Law School Student To Compete On Survivor’s 46th Season appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 103

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Law professor Paul Campos prevailed in his fight with his employer. The post It Turns Out Law School Leaving A Paper Trail Of Retaliation Was A Poor Litigation Strategy appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How many millions does it take for a law school to change its name? The post Law School May Receive Name Change After ‘Historic’ Charitable Donation appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 84

Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

An invitation to participate in the Summer School on Consumer and Market Law in the European Circular Economy has been opened for all interested candidates. The following topics are particularly addressed: Consumer protection and empowerment; Private international law; Dispute resolution and redress issues; and Market regulation.

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Laws 109

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

With almost half of all summer associate offers coming before official OCI, it looks like the times are changing for Biglaw recruiting at law schools. The post ‘FOMO’ In Biglaw Recruiting: Will More Law Schools Switch Their Dates For On-Campus Recruiting? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 106

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The post ABA’s New Law School Free Speech Requirement Just Makes Everything Worse appeared first on Above the Law. The ABA's new accreditation requirement doesn't live in a vacuum.

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Law School Laws 92

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Times are changing for Biglaw recruiting at law schools -- but what if things are changing a little *too* much for comfort? The post Will OCI Disappear At Law Schools Thanks To Biglaw’s ‘Precruiting’? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 76

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Law Student Chosen For 46th Season Of Survivor: Now would be a good time to brush up on those conflict resolution notes. David Schott Accuses Denver Law Of Gender Discrimination: Let's see how this goes. The post As If Surviving Law School Wasn’t Hard Enough — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 93

HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“Congratulations To The 2024 Bristow Fellows; There’s a nice mix of law schools in this latest class, including one school that hasn’t had a Bristow in a long time (if ever)”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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Law School Laws 100

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A list that may be useful for non-lawyers interested in learning the law, without getting a JD. The post The Best Online Master Of Studies In Law School Programs (2024) appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Law schools that want to use the JD-Next exam in admissions will have to continue to seek a variance, the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar determined at its Feb. 22 meeting.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, the Supreme Court’s first Latina member and the first Latina or Latino leader of California’s judicial branch, will be the keynote speaker at Pepperdine Law School’s Belongings Awards on March 2. Here and here.)

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A Texas judge ruled in favor of Barbers Hill Independent School District on Thursday, finding that the school district did not violate a new state law prohibiting race-based hair discrimination when it punished a black student for refusing to change his hairstyle.

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Education Laws 210

ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Law School Finance Lawyer Lawyers 98

JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Virginia law authorizes VDOE to issue model policies regarding the treatment of transgender students, and the policies are required to reflect “evidence-based best practices” for the inclusion of trans students in public schools.

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Sports Education Attorney Laws 211

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

There are good reasons to turn down top law schools. The post Students Should DEFINITELY Turn Down Better Schools To Attend ASSLaw… Be Our Guest! appeared first on Above the Law. this is a remarkably bad one.

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Law School Laws Court 110

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

‘Law school isn’t fair for us men anymore, women always outperform us nowadays,’ the anonymous texter said. The post The FBI Is Investigating Strange Texts Sent To Women Law Professors appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 110

JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A Michigan jury unanimously found Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Oxford High School shooter who killed four fellow students in 2021, guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday. Crumbley will be sentenced at a later date but faces up to 15 years in prison under Michigan law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Standardized tests are still your best path to law school. The post ABA Pumps The Brakes On LSAT Alternative appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law School Laws 105

HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Supreme Court Bar’s Breakout Lawyer This Term Started Out in Journalism; Easha Anand, now co-director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, is scheduled to argue three cases this term”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

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Litigation Litigating Lawyer Lawyers 100

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The post There’s A Multistate Trend Of Public Schools Replacing Guidance Counselors With Pastors appeared first on Above the Law. Who needs the DSM V when you have Deuteronomy?

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Laws Education Government 145

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Law school faculties do not appear to be embracing the liberal message of wokeness. appeared first on Above the Law. The post DEI?

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Law School Laws 95

HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

“Third Scalia Law Graduate Since 2021 Selected as SCOTUS Clerk”: The George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School has issued a news release that begins, “The Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University has announced selection of a graduate as a U.S.

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Laws Law School Court 100

HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“Justice Alito’s Hypocritical and Question-Begging Dissent in the Fairfax County Magnet School Case”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

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Laws 100

The Estrin Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

I was considering law school and wanted to get a taste of what it was like to work in a law firm. At that position, an attorney took me under her wing and taught me everything I knew about personal injury law and litigation in New York. It’s also never too late to reconsider law school.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I was considering law school and wanted to get a taste of what it was like to work in a law firm. At that position, an attorney took me under her wing and taught me everything I knew about personal injury law and litigation in New York. It’s also never too late to reconsider law school.

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Paralegal Paralegals Personal Injury Litigation 242

JURIST

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Mayotte Journal reports that the new “ lifting of the land law ,” ends the right of citizenship based on birth in their district. In Mayotte, they can’t attend school, receive public healthcare, or work. Migrants from Comoros islands flee to Mayotte, hoping to immigrate to Europe. They become technically stateless.

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Immigration Healthcare Laws 223

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I get the feeling the school shouldn't budget around alumni donations in the years to come. The post Golden Gate University Sued By Students And Alumni Over Poor Management appeared first on Above the Law.

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Laws Law School 85

HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

“Lawyers for student barred from wearing shirt to school that said ‘there are only two genders’ argue before Boston appeals court”: Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe has this report. Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “ Massachusetts student fights ‘two genders’ shirt ban in US appeals court.”

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Lawyer Lawyers Court Laws 100

ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A graduate of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School will be clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, despite a prior allegation…

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Law School Court Laws 109

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The post Florida School Asks Parents If It’s Okay For A Black Person’s Book To Be Read During Black History Month appeared first on Above the Law. I guess that's one way to celebrate Black History Month.

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Laws Education Government 121

JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

.” According to the Human Rights Campaign, Tennessee has enacted more anti-LGBTQ+ laws than any other state in the country since 2015, making the state “increasingly hostile and unlivable for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.” The ACLU is currently tracking twenty-nine anti-LGBTQ+ bills in Tennessee for this legislative session.

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Government Laws Court 232

JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

” He went on to say that: Our schools and institutions of higher learning will not entertain applicants, let alone enroll persons associated with such alien, anti-life, un-African and unchristian values which are being promoted and cultivated by, as well as practised in decadent societies with whom we share no moral or cultural affinities.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post Missouri School Employees Who Sued Over Optional Race Primer Get Dismissed As Frivolous appeared first on Above the Law. Do you know how high the threshold for frivolousness is?

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