Student Body Diversity Case To Be Decided By Eight Caucasians and A Black Guy
WASHINGTON D.C. ~ On Wednesday, six Catholics and three Jews will consider a challenge to the use of diversity in undergraduate admissions at the University of Texas in Austin. The nine justices all...
View ArticleLaw Firm Associates and Federal Prisoners: A Comparative Analysis
“I spent ten years in a federal prison running a jailhouse lawyer practice for my fellow prisoners, preparing everything from habeas petitions to certiorari petitions filed in the U.S. Supreme Court....
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“The Prosecutor As Bully” ~ Larry Lessig On Aaron Swartz
Some will say this is not the time. I disagree. This is the time when every mixed emotion needs to find voice. Since his arrest in January, 2011, I have known more about the events that began this...
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New England Law Dean Reportedly Paid $867,000 A Year For Fourth Tier Law...
John F. O’Brien, Dean, New England School Of Law There is a surprising piece this week on the New England Law, Boston. New England has long been ranked in the lower ranks of law school — ranked 154th...
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Minnesota Lawyer Disbarred For Servicing Client
Thomas P. Lowe has been disbarred for 15 months. Eagan, Minn. ~ Thomas P. Lowe, a divorce lawyer in Eagan, Minn., has been barred from practicing law for 15 months. Lowe admitted to having sex with a...
View ArticleIn Declining To Hear A Criminal Case, Justices Rebuke Federal Prosecutor
WASHINGTON D.C. – In a rare and forceful take-down of a Federal prosecutor, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Stephen Breyer, devoted a nearly five-page statement to the...
View Article“To Practice Law, Apprentice First” by John J. Farmer, Jr.
Bio: John J. Farmer, Jr. The following is excerpted from John’s recent piece in New York Times–- “The job market for law school graduates is collapsing; some schools have been misleading, or even...
View ArticleTo Place Graduates, Law Schools Are Opening Firms
“I realized that was what we needed — a teaching hospital for law school graduates.” ~Douglas J. Sylvester, dean of the law school at Arizona State University “It’s a perfect storm. The longstanding...
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