Recent Headlines from Above the Law
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Stanford Law School Trades Dignity And Principle For Trump Judge's Approval
Judge Kyle Duncan threw a tantrum and Stanford Law School sold out its own to please him. -
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Stanford Law School Defused Free Speech Crisis By Throwing Minority Students Under The Bus
And then backing that bus over the DEI dean. -
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U.S. News Law School Rankings Preview Is Here: Major Shakeup Or Much Ado About Nothing?
Quite often, much fanfare signals nothing. This is one of those times. -
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Stanford Law School Moderates May Be The Biggest Snowflakes Of All
Protecting the 'silent middle' from strong opinions might be the worst of all possible law school outcomes. -
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Stanford Law Protects Their Speakers From ‘Institutional Orthodoxy And Coercion’ By Forcing Their Students To Undergo ‘Mandatory Educational Programming’
The letter was a full throated "If you don't like it, just have a counter speaker somewhere else". -
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Federal Judge Turns Law School Event Into Pro Wrestling-Style Spectacle
Also, Elon Musk really needs legal counsel. -
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Federal Judge Calls Stanford Law Students 'Appalling Idiots' After Refusing To Answer Their Questions
Judge Duncan goes to Stanford, 'looking more like a YouTuber storming the Capitol.' -
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Sam Bankman-Fried's Bond Guarantors Reveal The Surprisingly Lucrative World Of Legal Academia
It's nice to have a legal luminary on your side when trying to post bail. -
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Stanford Law Student Proves That Fair Play Doesn’t Really Apply To The Police
Wait, is our legal system not egalitarian or something? -
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Serial Killer Admits To Murder Of Stanford Law Librarian
This cold case has finally been solved. -
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Stanford Law School Bar Passage Ranks 5th... Among California Schools
Withdrawing the USNWR rankings couldn't come any sooner! -
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Are Top Tier Law Schools Pulling Away From US News Because Of Concerned Action Or Concerted Action?
Sure would be cool if we all just independently did the same thing as each other within a very short period of time such that it would be as if we all decided to do the same thing together... -
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Paul, Weiss Backs The Hell Away From Messy FTX Litigation
Maybe, um, let your lawyers do the talking. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.06.22
* Boutique firm aims to represent problem clients. Guess they’re taking “everyone deserves representation” seriously. [NBC News]
* New York church sues for right to bring guns into church. Looks like the armor of God just isn’t what it used to be. [WGRZ]
* Law school accidentally accepts 4,000 applicants. Before you ask, this probably isn’t IIED. Still sucks though. [Boston]
* Stanford is experimenting with income sharing! Let’s see how long it takes for other law schools to adopt. [Stanford Daily]
* An internal investigation turned deadly — LAPD officer investigating his four colleagues alleged gang rape was killed during a “training accident”. His lawyer suggests there was foul play. [Complex]
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Stanford Law School Tests New Plan To Make Law Degrees Affordable
Pilot program currently limited to 20 students, though... -
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Stanford Law Just Made It A Little Easier To Afford A Quality Education
The only way they could mess this up is if they increase the cost of applying there. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.16.22
* Abortion havens? If Roe is overturned, Native sovereignty could be a basis for continued access. [The Hill]
* Change of course: JetBlue’s offer for Spirit airlines could upset the potential Spirit/Frontier merger. Will it upset the antitrust division? [Reuters]
* If only YouTube were a website, maybe we’d have free speech? [The Verge]
* Stanford Law just waived college costs for folks with low family income. Woop woop! [Stanford Daily]
* Is it time for a federal privacy law? [NYT]
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Biglaw
What All The Biglaw Firms Are Saying About Future Russia Business
Stanford Law School has compiled the master list of firm statements. -
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Stanford Law School Student's Graduation Was Put In Jeopardy Because FedSoc Can't Take A Joke
Nuttin' but a bunch of hypocrisy to see here.