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• New Exam Issue Tests NYU Law School: How to Grade, When Some Saw Questions Earlier?

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 688
  In at least the second such snafu reported this month concerning a law school exam, New York University administrators are now pondering how to handle a situation in which some of the students in a law school class, through no fault of their own, saw the questions in advance. Earlier, the University of Oregon was in ...
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• Junior Faculty Workshops at GW

  
  The Conglomerate — Authority: 577
  As my colleague Larry Cunningham over at concurring opinions has noted , the business law faculty at GW have been pretty busy lately working to launch a comprehensive business law program, the Center for Law, Economics and Finance (C-LEAF).  In addition to other endeavors, C-LEAF will feature a junior faculty ...
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• Washington & Lee’s 3Ls Learn in-the-Trenches Practice

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 688
  An innovative program has third-year students at Washington and Lee University law school outside the classroom, learning about practice in the world. This year’s program began with a two-week course that required students to handle a court case, from start to finish, the Washington Post reports. “It was a ...
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• From UofL Law: " House Approves Yarmuths Resolution Honoring Career of Louisville Native and Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis"

  
  Kentucky Law Review — Authority: 133
  Thanks to Virginia Smith at UofL Law for the following post at the schools web site: House Approves Yarmuths Resolution Honoring Career of Louisville Native and Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis By vmsmit06 on Student Wednesday December 16, 2009 (Washington,DC) Today, the House of Representatives ...
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• LSU Legal Clinic Wins Asylum Case

  
  Feminist Law Professors — Authority: 136
  Robert Lancaster, Director of the Legal Clinic at Louisiana State University Law Center, reports that the Immigration Law Clinic won an asylum case for a Kenyan national facing persecution for her religious beliefs and membership in a particular social group. Law students Bryant Harvey and Nichole Schulte represented ...
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• Own Network Marketing

  
  Business to Business b2b | Marketing | eCommerce | Telemarketing — Authority: 150
  A lot of people come to network marketing in search of a financial independence and improvement of quality of life. Why 75 % come leave from MLM in the first year? Allow me to inform you with basic advices for success in network marketing, which will help you to achieve your dream. You should teach others and learn ...
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• Schools forced to teach labor union propaganda

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has just signed a bill into law that forces schools to teach the glories of organized labor and collective bargaining. Doyle has received significant campaign contributions from labor unions over the years prior to forcing their special interest agenda into the classroom. Ever since unions ...
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• Washington & Lee’s New Curriculum Will Go On Without Innovative Dean

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 688
  As news broke of Dean Rodney Smollas imminent departure from Washington & Lee University School of Law to become the president of Furman University, concerned law students worried about the fate of the school’s 3L curriculum reform, which launched this fall. The program eliminates traditional coursework and ...
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• Best Canadian law firm websites

  
  FP Legal Post — Authority: 436
  The CBAs National magazine has finally released its piece on the best Canadian law firm websites. You may recall that I asked for nominations in the summer as I was part of the selection committee. Enjoy - or not. I look forward to the 2010 nominations. Mtich Kowalski  
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• Is Law School Worth It??

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 436
  Going To Law School Proceed With Caution is an interesting December 14, 2009 National Law Journal article. The article questions whether law school is worth it? Why? Because of the time commitment, the expense, the difficulty in finding a job,...
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• B+

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 776
  I am delighted to say that President Obama has supplied me with what to say to students coming to complain about receiving a B+ in my classes — a semi-regular occurrence, in these days of grade inflation.  (I have a sneaky feeling that my student evaluations are going to take a nosedive this term, having advised ...
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• Where are the women? There is only one woman among the twelve speakers at the Emory Law Journal’s 2010 Randolph W. Thrower Sympoisum: “The New New Deal: From De-Regulation to Re-Regulation”

  
  Feminist Law Professors — Authority: 136
  The speakers . –Ann Bartow
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• A Law School Carol

  
  FP Legal Post — Authority: 436
  A disgruntled U.S. law student has posted an interesting series of Youtube snippets based on the Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol," in which a law student is visited by 3 ghosts of his past, present and future. Enjoy. Mitch Kowalski
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• Oops. Accidental Distribution of Exam Offers ‘Teachable Moment,’ Law Prof Says

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 688
  An accidental posting of a law school exam on a University of Oregon School of Law list-serve last week offered students an opportunity to apply legal ethics rules in real life, their law professor says. The advance distribution of Professor John Bonines administrative law exam tested the moral character of students, ...
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• Leaked Exam a Teachable Moment on Ethical Consequences for Oregon Law Students

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 688
  It is exam time, and everybody is hunkered down. Oregon Law students are undoubtedly excited about the upcoming Rose Bowl, but theyll have to get through finals first. One group of Oregon Law students received an unexpected surprise during study period last week. They checked their list-serve for Professor John ...
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• Washington & Lee Law Dean Leaves School (And Unfinished Business) Behind.

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 688
  Earlier this month, we mentioned that Washington and Lee Law School Dean Rodney Smolla was a candidate to become the new President of Furman University. Well, Dean Smolla got the job and he is taking it: Dear Washington and Lee Faculty, Students, Staff, and Alumni: This afternoon, Furman University will announce ...
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• A Public Law School for Massachusetts

  
  PrawfsBlawg — Authority: 616
  Massachusetts is, by my rough count, one of only six states without a public law school. But not for long, it  seems . The public  University of Massachusetts  (UMASS) has recently approved a proposal to acquire the private  Southern New England School of Law  (SNESL), a move that will create the states ...
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• Continued Homophobia in the Legal Profession

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 444
  ENDA appears to be going nowhere this year and as a result LGBT employees in a majority of states - including ever backwards Virginia - will continue to have no employment non-discrimination protections. That includes LGBT attorneys and paralegals who either cannot get hired by law firms in the first place or who ...
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• ATL Mocks Columbia Law School Student’s Method for Starting a Study Group

  
  Feminist Law Professors — Authority: 136
  Isn’t English rich enough to provide ways to mock something that don’t refer to women’s genitalia? Since when is “ douchetastic ” a word? -Darren Rosenblum P.S. This is not an endorsement of the  student’s methodology for finding a study group!  It’s a critique of  the lack of creativity on ...
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• Bateman Bill Giving Public Access to School Audits Clears Senate

  
  New Jersey Senate Republicans — Authority: 127
  Senator Christopher (Kip) Bateman, R-District 16, said he is pleased that the Senate unanimously passed his legislation requiring that state agencies release any report resulting from a school district audit with 30 days of completion. “When taxpayers pay for a study or an audit, they should have the right to see ...
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