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• David Segal on law school economics

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 618
  The New York Times reporter whose series on law schools has set off a furor lately talks with Bloomberg’s Lee Pacchia about the schools’ high cost, the role of the ABA as accreditor, and the competition for prestige that shapes many of the schools’ actions. Tags: law schools Related posts WSJ: John ...
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• Accepted Student Days (Convenience Please)

  
  Wanna Be Lawyer — Authority: 104
  Alright, so this may be a bit of a rant, but it’s just something I find perplexing. The goal of law school admissions is to convince you to attend their law school, not their peers. Logically, one would think you would do whatever you could to entice  students i.e., make it easier  for students to learn about ...
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• WSJ column proposes solution to rising legal fees

  
  InhouseBlog.com — Authority: 115
  A solution to rising legal fees? Or one that will lead to even more new lawyers looking for work? It’s simple math, according to John O. McGinnis and Russell D. Mangas. The high cost of law school leads to a limited supply of lawyers, and results in big legal bills for clients and few legal services for the middle ...
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• Teams, Shopping Carts, and Lawyering

  
  Conglomerate — Authority: 512
  In the Crocker Fellows class today, we talked about teams. I have blogged about entrepreneurial teams and teams in the classroom , but the Crocker Fellows Program is built on a particular notion of teams, captured by the famous definition of teams in Katzenbach and Smith (1994) : "a small number of people with ...
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• Federal Judge Nixes Duncan Law TRO, Calls School’s Future Success in Suit Against ABA ‘Unlikely’

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 664
  A federal judge in Knoxville today refused to grant preliminary injunctive relief sought by the plaintiff Tennessee law school in an antitrust lawsuit against the American Bar Association that also alleges due-process violations. Lincoln Memorial Universitys Duncan School of Law is "unlikely" to succeed on the merits ...
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• Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Updated Official List for October Term 2011, and a Request for Tips

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Many months have passed since our last report on the hiring of Supreme Court law clerks . We are getting ready to do a new report. If you have SCOTUS clerk hiring news for October Term 2012 or October Term 2013 that we have not yet reported, please email us (subject line: “SCOTUS Clerk Hiring”). In order to ...
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• Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Updated Official List for October Term 2011, and a Request for Tips

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Many months have passed since our last report on the hiring of Supreme Court law clerks . We are getting ready to do a new report. If you have SCOTUS clerk hiring news for October Term 2012 or October Term 2013 that we have not yet reported, please email us (subject line: “SCOTUS Clerk Hiring”). In order to ...
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• At NYU Law, Using The Same Exam Three Times In A Row Is Apparently Not A Problem

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  The faculty at NYU Law are our poster children for law professors who lazily reuse old exams, instead of ripping themselves away from their largely unread law review articles long enough to write a new issue spotter. Apparently, the school really likes being on that poster. Despite the fact that we’ve been ...
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• At NYU Law, Using The Same Exam Three Times In A Row Is Apparently Not A Problem

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  The faculty at NYU Law are our poster children for law professors who lazily reuse old exams, instead of ripping themselves away from their largely unread law review articles long enough to write a new issue spotter. Apparently, the school really likes being on that poster. Despite the fact that we’ve been ...
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• There Is a Law School Lunch Thief Running Wild in Our Midst

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  With some of the truly horrible stuff going on in law these days — law students allegedly trying to kill each other, managing partners having affairs with their subordinate’s wives — it’s almost reassuring to know that people can still afford to get crazily worked up about good old-fashioned nothing. Some ...
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• There Is a Law School Lunch Thief Running Wild in Our Midst

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  With some of the truly horrible stuff going on in law these days — law students allegedly trying to kill each other, managing partners having affairs with their subordinate’s wives — it’s almost reassuring to know that people can still afford to get crazily worked up about good old-fashioned nothing. Some ...
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• Who is Robert Ringley? An Ave Maria Law Classmate Tells All

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Robert Ringley Earlier this week, we brought you news about Robert Christopher Ringley , the second-year student at Ave Maria School of Law who stands accused of shooting at and threatening to kill two of his classmates — Christopher Graves and Samantha Morris — during an alleged drunken bender. In case ...
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• Who is Robert Ringley? An Ave Maria Law Classmate Tells All

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Robert Ringley Earlier this week, we brought you news about Robert Christopher Ringley , the second-year student at Ave Maria School of Law who stands accused of shooting at and threatening to kill two of his classmates — Christopher Graves and Samantha Morris — during an alleged drunken bender. In case ...
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• Law School Transparency: Who’s Naughty and Who’s Nice?

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Kyle McEntee (left) and Patrick Lynch (right), co-founders of Law School Transparency (LST). Late last year, plaintiffs’ lawyer David Anziska pledged to make 2012 “the year of law school litigation.” Anziska, who’s currently spearheading efforts to sue law schools over allegedly misleading employment ...
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• Law School Transparency: Who’s Naughty and Who’s Nice?

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Kyle McEntee (left) and Patrick Lynch (right), co-founders of Law School Transparency (LST). Late last year, plaintiffs’ lawyer David Anziska pledged to make 2012 “the year of law school litigation.” Anziska, who’s currently spearheading efforts to sue law schools over allegedly misleading employment ...
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• Law Student Who Made Up Racial Profiling Claim Received His J.D.

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 664
  A University of Virginia law student who admitted fabricating a racial profiling claim has received his law degree. The student, Johnathan Perkins, was acquitted of a university honor charge this summer by a jury of fellow students, report Above the Law, the Daily Progress and the Cavalier Daily. The acquittal allowed ...
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• Morning Docket: 01.18.12

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Laura Kaeppeler * The Fourth Circuit denied Rick Perry’s Virginia election law appeal in about four seconds flat. Not like it matters. He’s probably going to be out of the race come Saturday. [ Washington Wire / Wall Street Journal ] * Women are having trouble making equity partner in Biglaw firms, and ...
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• Morning Docket: 01.18.12

  
  Above the Law — Authority: 638
  Laura Kaeppeler * The Fourth Circuit denied Rick Perry’s Virginia election law appeal in about four seconds flat. Not like it matters. He’s probably going to be out of the race come Saturday. [ Washington Wire / Wall Street Journal ] * Women are having trouble making equity partner in Biglaw firms, and ...
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• Want to Trim Costs of Legal Education? Allow Undergrad Law Degrees, Law Prof Says

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 664
  A law professor and a BigLaw lawyer have a solution to the high cost of legal education: Allow would-be lawyers to take the bar exam after obtaining an undergraduate law degree. Northwestern University law professor John McGinnis and Kirkland & Ellis associate Russell Mangas outline their proposal in an opinion ...
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• Only 26% of Law Schools Report Percentage of Grads with Legal Jobs, Study Finds

  
  ABA Journal — Authority: 664
  Most law schools still hide critical information from applicants, according to a study of websites by the group Law School Transparency. The study (PDF) analyzed employment data for the class of 2010 provided on websites of ABA-approved law schools. Only 1 percent of the 197 law schools—in other words, two ...
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