Entirely Preventable Cheating Scandal Rocking Law School
Above The Law
MAY 20, 2024
The post Entirely Preventable Cheating Scandal Rocking Law School appeared first on Above the Law. Exactly none of this had to happen.
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“Yale Law School triggers me”
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2021
“Yale Law School triggers me”: Columnist Kathleen Parker has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
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Professor Luna Teaches Animal Liability at George Washington Law School
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
After her lecture, she took a nap in front of the class. Previously, the law students were able to see Professor Luna in more casual surroundings at a class party at my house. At 77 (in human years), Professor Luna still possesses a penetrating intellect and accessible teaching style.
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Which law schools are choosiest? Washington University is in top five, while Yale is mostly No. 1
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Yale Law School is No. 1 based on ABA admissions data showing that it is the choosiest law school in terms of acceptance rate and…
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“Texas Bar Application Adds Questions About ‘Incivility’ and Free Speech in Wake of Stanford Law School Fracas”
HowAppealing
APRIL 14, 2023
“Texas Bar Application Adds Questions About ‘Incivility’ and Free Speech in Wake of Stanford Law School Fracas”: Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has this report.
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“At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm”
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 15, 2021
“At Yale Law School, a party invitation ignites a firestorm”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post. Therein, Marcus writes, “Sorry, but if you’re triggered by the Federalist Society, you don’t belong on a law school campus.”
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“Citing Concern for Free Speech, 12 Federal Judges Say They Won’t Take Clerks from Yale Law School”
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 4, 2022
In addition to Fifth Circuit judge James Ho, who announced on Thursday that he would no longer hire law clerks from the nation’s top-ranked law school, 12 federal judges — both circuit and district court jurists — told the Washington Free Beacon they are joining the boycott.”
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“Judge Ho’s Yale boycott is the best idea yet for pushing back on illiberal law schools”
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 21, 2022
“Judge Ho’s Yale boycott is the best idea yet for pushing back on illiberal law schools”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at the Washington Examiner. The post “Judge Ho’s Yale boycott is the best idea yet for pushing back on illiberal law schools” appeared first on How Appealing.
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Law School Hits Student With $17K Bill Even After They Transferred
Above The Law
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The post Law School Hits Student With $17K Bill Even After They Transferred appeared first on Above the Law. WashU could clear some of this up if they dropped the video.
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“Yale Law School Accepted a Donation for Clarence Thomas’s Portrait. Five Years Later, the Painting Is Nowhere To Be Seen.”
HowAppealing
APRIL 30, 2023
“Yale Law School Accepted a Donation for Clarence Thomas’s Portrait. ” Eliana Johnson of The Washington Free Beacon has this report. The post “Yale Law School Accepted a Donation for Clarence Thomas’s Portrait. Five Years Later, the Painting Is Nowhere To Be Seen.”
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“A leaked memo offers details on the case against Penn law professor Amy Wax, accused of racist speech and behavior; In addition to sanctions against her, a university hearing board also recommended her classes be recorded and taught outside the law school buildings”
HowAppealing
MARCH 6, 2024
“A leaked memo offers details on the case against Penn law professor Amy Wax, accused of racist speech and behavior; In addition to sanctions against her, a university hearing board also recommended her classes be recorded and taught outside the law school buildings”: Susan Snyder of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
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Breyer shares views on treatment of female classmates at Harvard during law school talk
ABA Journal
MAY 19, 2023
In a discussion at the George Washington University Law School on Tuesday, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer admitted that he did not fully…
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“Federal Judges Say They Won’t Hire Clerks From Stanford Law School; James Ho and Elizabeth Branch, who announced a clerkship boycott of Yale Law last year, are adding Stanford to the list”
HowAppealing
APRIL 1, 2023
“Federal Judges Say They Won’t Hire Clerks From Stanford Law School; James Ho and Elizabeth Branch, who announced a clerkship boycott of Yale Law last year, are adding Stanford to the list”: Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has this report.
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Top Law School Refuses To Fire Justice Clarence Thomas As Adjunct Professor
Above The Law
JUNE 30, 2022
A petition called the justice's employment at GW Law 'completely unacceptable.'. The post Top Law School Refuses To Fire Justice Clarence Thomas As Adjunct Professor appeared first on Above the Law.
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Clarence Thomas Quits Law School Class, Depriving Students Of BOTH Sides Of The ‘Do Gay People Have Human Rights?’ Debate
Above The Law
JULY 27, 2022
The post Clarence Thomas Quits Law School Class, Depriving Students Of BOTH Sides Of The ‘Do Gay People Have Human Rights?’ ’ Debate appeared first on Above the Law. Was this really advancing the academic mission in the first place?
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Law School Suffers Critical Computer Collapse In The Middle Of Finals
Above The Law
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The post Law School Suffers Critical Computer Collapse In The Middle Of Finals appeared first on Above the Law. Students deserve a little leeway here.
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Law School Wants You To Know They Lost Your Exam… K Thx BYE!!!!!!!
Above The Law
DECEMBER 17, 2021
The post Law School Wants You To Know They Lost Your Exam… K Thx BYE!!!!!!! appeared first on Above the Law. GW is going through some things.
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Hold Breath No Longer — This Top Law School Has Announced Their US News Plan!
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The post Hold Breath No Longer — This Top Law School Has Announced Their US News Plan! appeared first on Above the Law. Down with the Commodores!
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97 “Amy Coney Barrett received $425,000 book payment, records show; New financial-disclosure reports released by the Supreme Court show the justices were paid thousands to teach at law schools and give speeches”
HowAppealing
JUNE 9, 2022
“Amy Coney Barrett received $425,000 book payment, records show; New financial-disclosure reports released by the Supreme Court show the justices were paid thousands to teach at law schools and give speeches”: Ann E. Marimow and Emma Brown of The Washington Post have this report.
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Law School For Non-Lawyers Rests On Knife’s Edge Between ‘Good Idea’ And ‘Cynical Cash Grab’
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The post Law School For Non-Lawyers Rests On Knife’s Edge Between ‘Good Idea’ And ‘Cynical Cash Grab’ appeared first on Above the Law. Honestly, this could be the start of a great new frontier in legal education. But it could also be a costly waste.
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Law School Canons: You can’t always “have it your way!”
Patently O
JUNE 6, 2021
He authors a series linking law school canonical cases with intellectual property counterparts. The sole owner, employee, and officer lives and works in Washington D.C. However, the district court found that PerDiemCo’s office in Texas was essentially for show since PerDiemCo’s sole employee lived and worked in Washington D.C.
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“Third Scalia Law Graduate Since 2021 Selected as SCOTUS Clerk”
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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Washington State Faces Defense Attorney Shortages
The Crime Report
MAY 8, 2023
Franklin County in Washington state is facing a lawyer shortage as newly booked inmates are not being assigned defense attorneys for the last two months, Cameron Probert reports for Tri-City Herald. Judges also have the power to assign private law firm attorneys, with the counties having to foot the bill.
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Mom-Owned Law Series: Shelley Kier, Connecticut Special Education/Education Law Attorney?
My Shingle
MARCH 23, 2022
Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Shelley Kier, special education/education law attorney in Connecticut. Law School attended and year of graduation. The George Washington University Law School, 2011 Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm.
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Justice Thomas told GW Law he is ‘unavailable’ to teach constitutional law seminar after student outcry
ABA Journal
JULY 29, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t be teaching a constitutional law seminar at the George Washington University Law School after thousands of students asked…
Mom-Owned Law Series: Frances Shefter, Rockville, Maryland Education Law Attorney
My Shingle
MAY 25, 2022
Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Frances Shefter, an education law attorney in Rockville, Maryland. Frances Shefter Law School attended and year of graduation. Stetson University College of Law, 2005 Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm.
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Law Student’s Gen AI Product, Lexplug, Makes Briefing Cases A Breeze
LawSites
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.
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Morning Docket: 09.11.23
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
* Harvard Law School grads don't end up in the Boston market. WSJ ] * Joshua Wright's behavior was an "open secret" around the law school. WSJ ] * Joshua Wright's behavior was an "open secret" around the law school. Washington Post ] The post Morning Docket: 09.11.23 And no one did anything.
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“Georgetown Law professor terminated after ‘reprehensible’ comments about Black students”
HowAppealing
MARCH 11, 2021
“Georgetown Law professor terminated after ‘reprehensible’ comments about Black students”: Lauren Lumpkin of The Washington Post has this report. ” Georgetown Law’s Dean William M. Sellers, an adjunct professor, had been terminated, and David C.
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Recent Developments in Private International Law: the US and Beyond
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
As the 118th American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting approaches, the ASIL Private International Law Interest Group will organize a fireside chat on Thursday, April 4 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET in Washington D.C. Professor Ronald A. Department of State in 2023, with insights into initiatives planned for 2024.
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“7 Updates On Judge Kyle Duncan And Stanford Law; Here’s a curated yet comprehensive collection of news updates, original documents, and online commentary”
HowAppealing
MARCH 14, 2023
“7 Updates On Judge Kyle Duncan And Stanford Law; Here’s a curated yet comprehensive collection of news updates, original documents, and online commentary”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site. ” Online at The Recorder, law professor Rory K.
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“Why Clarence Thomas shouldn’t have backed down”
HowAppealing
JULY 29, 2022
“Why Clarence Thomas shouldn’t have backed down”: Columnist Kathleen Parker has this essay online at The Washington Post. And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article headlined “ ‘Guys. We did it’: Student activists celebrate Justice Thomas dropping GW Law class.”
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“Columbia Law Students Call Kavanaugh A Rapist, Egged On By Radical Academic Department; Virtually all race-based groups said they would no longer help the school after mention of Kavanaugh that one called ‘a terrifying stamp of approval'”
HowAppealing
APRIL 4, 2023
“Columbia Law Students Call Kavanaugh A Rapist, Egged On By Radical Academic Department; Virtually all race-based groups said they would no longer help the school after mention of Kavanaugh that one called ‘a terrifying stamp of approval'”: Luke Rosiak of The Daily Wire recently had this report.
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Law School is No Picnic: Environmental Law Society Pulls References to a Picnic as Offensive
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 8, 2023
After the University of Nevada Las Vegas law school’s Environmental Law Society announced a picnic, it was renamed “Lunch by the Lake” due to “diversity and inclusion” concerns. Many schools have moved to drop the term “alumni,” which is already gender neutral. And is that really what we want our school identity to be?”
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Big Oil Climate Ruling Sets Dangerous Liability Precedent
Law 360
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
The recent Maryland court dismissal of Baltimore's case seeking to hold BP responsible for climate damage mischaracterized the city's injuries as divorced from the conduct that caused them, and could allow companies that conceal the dangers of their products to escape liability, says Randall Abate at George Washington University Law School.
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UMKC School of Law Wins National Patent Application Drafting Competition
Patently O
APRIL 23, 2024
Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I would encourage any law student interested in pursuing a career in patent prosecution to consider participating in the competition next year.
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Howard Law School Sued by White Student Over Racial Discrimination
JonathanTurley
MARCH 3, 2023
A new lawsuit is garnering attention in Washington where a white law student has sued Howard University’s School of Law for racial discrimination. Michael Newman alleging the school maintains a “hostile education environment.” Holley and Newman filed complaints against each other.
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Shut Up And Stop Heckle Vetoing Me, Law School Prof Yells At Clouds
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Botching the Constitution for fun and profit!
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“The Supreme Court at a Crossroads”
HowAppealing
MAY 16, 2022
“The Supreme Court at a Crossroads”: I (along with apparently many others) somehow missed out on my opportunity to view this program , moderated by Kannon Shanmugam and hosted by the Harvard Law School Association of Washington, DC , when it originally aired live on Zoom, and I cannot find any link for on-demand viewing now.
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Morning Docket: 10.17.22
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2022
* Yale Law responds to the attempt to cancel its students. Washington Examiner ]. Fewer folks are applying to be law students in 2023. Live in Nebraska and want to go to law school in order to help people? Harvard Law's student body is also getting involved in political activism. This is not entirely bad.
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Morning Docket: 04.17.23
Above The Law
APRIL 17, 2023
CNN ] * US News delays release of law school rankings following freak out from schools worried about what their own stupid boycott caused. Bloomberg Law News ] * Is it bad when your lawyer is recusing himself because he had to testify to the grand jury about you? Washington Post ] * Ron Klain heads back to O’Melveny.
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Electronic Monitoring ‘Sets People Up to Fail’: Study
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Illustration courtesy George Washington University Law School. The number and nature of monitoring rules, combined with the capacity of surveillance technology, facilitates easier detection of technical rule violations, which in turn drives reincarceration,” said the study.
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Washington’s Supreme Court Green-Lights Three Ways To Skip The Bar Exam
Above The Law
MARCH 18, 2024
The post Washington’s Supreme Court Green-Lights Three Ways To Skip The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law. Three cheers to razing the bar!
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A Path from Paralegal to Lawyer
Paralegal Bootcamp
MAY 18, 2023
Are you a paralegal Who’s wondering if you should go to law school? Should I take my paralegal career to the next level and go to law school? Now I’m not the right person to answer that question because the only time that I contemplated going to law school was when I was in a job that I didn’t like.
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