Dec 5, 2012

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Dean Explains Why Law School Is The Biggest Catch-22 Of Them All
Business Insider
Law students are being set up to fail under the current system, a University of California law dean told the American Bar Association. Contrary to popular belief, there is actually a "tremendous quantity of legal work that is not being done," Frank Wu ...
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Controversy Continues at a Leading Law School Over Allegations of Racial Bias
Above the Law
But Elie Mystal's post from last Friday, about allegations of racial bias in selecting an interim dean at George Washington University Law School, has drawn almost 200 comments (and counting). I don't get that excited about race issues — my views on ...
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Above the Law
Madison County Bar Association funds law school scholarships
Madison County Record
In a contest where law school alumni vie for matching funds from the bar association to maximize benefits to the scholarship funds, donations from St. Louis University Law School alumni won a recent competition, resulting in a $4,905 donation from the ...
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Quote of the Day: The Top Eight Things Wrong With Law Schools
Above the Law
Eighth, the ABA should, and only the ABA is positioned to, undertake extensive public education about the importance of legal institutions, not only law schools but also an independent judicial system. That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? Law ...
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Judge Rules Lawsuit Against Thomas Jefferson School of Law can Continue
JDJournal.com
Prior to the hearing, the law school filed documents with the court that said one of the plaintiffs, Anna Alaburda, turned down a $60,000 job with a law firm from Southern California following her graduation from the school in 2008. Alaburda has ...
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Law students help 1st responders draft wills
UW Badger Herald
Overly said the Wills for Heroes program is a good example of the law school's philosophy that students take what they learn in class and apply it to situations that students might come up with in their careers. "The Wills for Heroes experience ...
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Law school professor co-authors "Same-Sex Legal Kit"
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
Widener Law professor John G. Culhane has co-authored a new book in the "Dummies" line of publications that will serve as a legal resource for people in same-sex relationships. "Same-Sex Legal Kit for Dummies," published by John Wiley & Sons, is a ...
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Summary Judgments for December 5
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
This past weekend, New York Times ethical columnist Chuck Klosterman answered a reader who asked if law schools are acting immorally by taking prospective students' money while knowing the dismal job prospects that await. Klosterman said no -- the ...
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School offers grad degree in admiralty and maritime law
Marine Log
Dean Abrams DECEMBER 5, 2012 — Given the legal and regulatory environment in which today's marine industry operates, it's no surprise to learn that there is a growing demand in the United States for a graduate law degree in admiralty and maritime law.
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Ed Law Center honors education champions
Philadelphia Public School Notebook (blog)
Rieser, an attorney and graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School, started at ELC in 1982, handling cases and projects in all major areas of the organization's education advocacy efforts. Rieser, also a member of the ...
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Jimmy Anderson Won't Let Personal Tragedy Dictate His Life
WisBar
Now 26, Jimmy is finishing law school this month, preparing for a career as a Wisconsin lawyer. And Jimmy will be the first one to convince you that he's going to succeed, despite his physical limitations. Although he regained some movement below the ...
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Should 3Ls Be Able To Sit For The Bar Exam?
Above the Law
Yesterday, I reiterated the point that the third year of law school is largely useless. Such a position is not novel. Recently, NYU Law announced a big change to its 3L curriculum because, in part, the current use of the time is silly. But even changes ...
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Law faculty distinctively 'Calgarian'
Calgary Herald
"The level of government support for legal education has not been keeping up with inflation, and so increasingly law schools at every university in Canada have to turn to external sources of support," Holloway says. "Trying to put those two things ...
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Mnookin honored by International Academy of Mediators with Lifetime ...
Harvard Law School News
Professor Robert Mnookin '68, chairman of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, was honored by the International Academy of Mediators with a lifetime achievement award. The IAM Award is presented to a person who has made exceptional ...
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Harvard Law School News
Quote of the Day: When Football Completely Scrambles Your Brain, Law School ...
Above the Law
After winning two Super Bowl rings, surely Gay could have been admitted to a prestigious school. But alas, he's not attending a very highly ranked law school. In fact, some might say it's kind of like how the Saints played last night: crappy. It may ...
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High profile attorneys involved in Sisk case
Keokuk Gate City Daily
Parrish has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, tried the country's first federal "three strikes" case and handled Iowa's first death-penalty case in 40 years. Conlin entered Drake University in Des Moines at age 16 and graduated from law school five ...
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Campbell Law School Announces the Addition of Ashley H. Story to the School's ...
PR.com (press release)
Raleigh, NC, December 05, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Campbell Law School (http://law.campbell.edu) has announced that Ashley H. Story has joined the Campbell Law School Board of Visitors. The board assists the dean, faculty, and leadership in developing and ...
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Marquette hosting election analysis discussion
Bizjournals.com
Marquette University Law School will host a series of post-election analysis conversations on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the law school's Eckstein Hall. The free event will run from 8:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be hosted by Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow ...
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Supreme Court to revisit ObamaCare lawsuit
Liberty Champion
"It is very rare to have the court reverse itself, but on Monday it reversed its own ruling and directed our case to be reheard at the court of appeals," Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School ...
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Weston retiring after 40 years in law
Mount Vernon News
Traveling to school from Canton to Westerville, "I always thought this was a neat town," said Weston of Mount Vernon while passing through on Ohio 3. While in college, he was involved in the Air Force ROTC, graduating from Otterbein in 1968. Law school ...
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Law enforcement offers advice for school lockdown situations
WOWK
Prosecutors and the victims were preparing for a long trial against 69-year-old Donald Copley, but before the trial even began, Copley agreed to plead guilty without any plea deal. A Proctorville man is going to spend the rest of his life in jail ...
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UCLA Announces Law and Sexuality LL.M. Specialization
LLM GUIDE
According to the law school, the specialization will "provide rigorous training to emerging lawyers and scholars working in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity law, while enhancing the breadth and depth of legal scholarship related to ...
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Looking for That End-of-the-Year Tax Deduction? Think Wisconsin Law ...
WisBar
Law School provides legal aid to low-income or indigent victims of major natural disasters. "We need your help today to continue to grow the Foundation so we can fund worthy programs like these and expand our impact in furthering our mission of law ...
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Op Ed: A Troubling Shortage Of Lawyers
KUNM
After all, an astonishing 40,000 students graduate from American law schools each year, and there are already well over a million lawyers in the U.S.. But whether you believe there are too many lawyers may depend on who you are. If you're Hispanic, and ...
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In Sandy's aftermath, Barron urges urban planning at a national level
Harvard Law School News
3, Harvard Law School's David Barron '94, the Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law, addressed some of these questions at a talk sponsored by the Environmental Law Society. No one disputes that urban sea levels are rising, said Barron, who ...
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Harvard Law School News
Challenge heard to Oklahoma virtual charter school law
NewsOK.com
State Supreme Court referee hears arguments that the measure should be struck down because it violates a constitutional prohibition on placing multiple subjects into a single bill. An attorney for the state says the measure is legal because both fall ...
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AdaptiBar Survey: One-Third of Law Students Give Schools Failing Grade for Bar ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
With 2012 bar exam passage rates in the books, a new AdaptiBar survey has found that almost a third of law students would give their schools a failing grade in preparing them for the test. Thirty-one percent of more than 900 survey respondents gave ...
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Underutilized Options Could Ease Student Loan Crisis
U.S. News & World Report
Catherine Terrell graduated from law school in May 2010 and found herself with $110,000 in student loan debt. That debt made for $1,100 in monthly student loan payments — a massive burden for someone fresh out of law school. To make things easier, she ...
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Warren To Be On Banking Committee
Harvard Crimson
News outlets reported Tuesday morning that U.S. Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren, a former Harvard Law School professor and champion of the liberal left, will likely be appointed to the Senate Banking Committee when she takes office in January.
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State Lawmaker to Groton: Defy the State and Refuse to Redistrict Schools
Patch.com
Redistricting pending. The Board of Education would be the ultimate decision maker on whether to fight the law. Board members are considering a redistricting plan that would would move 522 children throughout Groton and affect every elementary school.
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The Meteoric Ascent of the Patent Troll and the Devastating Consequences for ...
Scientific American (blog)
According to research recently published by Boston University School of Law, last year patent trolls won a cool $29 Billion. One of the most worrying findings of research in to patent trolls is that the mere threat of a suit is enough to put the ...
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Scientific American (blog)
Detroit schools emergency manager seeks quick decision on suit seeking his ...
Detroit Free Press
LANSING — Roy Roberts, the state-appointed emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, today joined the man suing to have him removed in urging the Michigan Supreme Court to take up the case quickly. Robert Davis, a Highland Park school ...
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MacArthur Foundation Program Honors Juvenile Justice Reform Achievements ...
News from Rutgers
NEWARK, NJ – Laura Cohen, Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, has been recognized by the MacArthur Foundation Models for Change program for her zealous and effective advocacy on behalf of youth in the criminal justice system ...
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At Harvard Law, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels promotes a model for secondary ...
Harvard Law School News
But most importantly, he said, Indiana has expanded the ability of families to determine where their children go to school. A 2008 law had allowed children to attend any public school, including those outside their districts, without being charged tuition.
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Fate of conversion therapy ban unclear after 2nd judge weighs in
Los Angeles Times
"If two district court judges come out in opposite ways, ultimately the 9th Circuit is going to have to resolve it," said UC Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. He said the outcome would depend on how the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals views ...
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Power of attorney
Calgary Herald
I met Jim Seckinger, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, while I was teaching trial skills at the University of Calgary about five years ago. He has a great intensive trial skills course that he offers his students twice per year. It's taught by ...
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Amanda Concha found her calling in real estate.
San Antonio Express
Amanda Concha was set on going to law school after getting her degree in political science and history from Our Lady of the Lake University. But she graduated in December, and the law schools she wanted to attend didn't start first-year classes for months.
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Futerfas appointed to SUNY Ulster board
Hudson Valley Press
Futerfas was admitted to the bar in 1974 and was educated at both Syracuse University and Albany Law School. He is currently a member of the New York State Bar Association. Futerfas served as Ulster County Assistant County Attorney from 1979 to 1980 ...
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Inside the Law School Scam: Phoenix School of Law continues to ...
By LawProf
My name is Jasmine Crowe, I work in the office of admissions here in downtown Phoenix, AZ. I see that you were planning to take the LSAT over the weekend, how did it go? Unlike other schools, PhoenixLaw has rolling admissions.
Inside the Law School Scam
Prospective graduate students thinking about Law School?
By The Brooks Blog
There is funding available for prospective research students in Law (details here) including various scholarships and studentships for our PhD and MJur programmes. Further information can be found by contacting the School here or ...
The Brooks Blog
February LSAT Advice From December LSAT Test-Takers | Most ...
By Colin Elzie
December LSAT prep students have to pay extra close attention to the law school application timeline, because they don't get their LSAT scores back until early January. This means that it's ideal for them to apply the day LSAT scores finally do ...
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Law School Holds Third Transactional Lawyering Competition
The conventional law school curriculum implicitly emphasizes appellate litigation. But a transactional practice demands additional skills," says Professor Charles ...
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Former Maine legislator receives law school award - SFGate
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former legislator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell is being honored by the University of Maine ...
www.sfgate.com/.../Former-Maine-legislator-receives-law-scho...
Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law - Wikipedia, the free ...
Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law (also known as Penn State Law) is the law school of Pennsylvania State University. Penn State Law, one of ...
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