Can Stanford Overtake Harvard and Yale and Become the #1 Law School?
Hello, West Coast readers! How’s it hangin’ out there past the Rockies? Here at Above the Law, we try to overcome any suggestion of East Coast bias by consistently publishing a post later in the day...
View ArticleCalifornia Bar Exam Results By Law School: Open Thread
Here in New York, home to Above the Law and Breaking Media, we’re gearing up for more epic snow. Those of you lucky enough to live in the Golden State might have to deal with earthquakes, mudslides,...
View ArticleStanford Law Dean Explains Why Stanford Law Deserves a Bigger Tuition Hike...
I think we’ve all been waiting for this. Last Wednesday, we picked up a report from the Stanford Daily announcing that students at Stanford Law School would be looking at a 5.75% tuition hike for the...
View ArticleCalifornia Bar Passage Rate Holds Steady; Shame For Underperforming Schools...
California has released some macro-level results from the July 2011 administration of the bar exam. The California bar is notoriously difficult, and every year we like to take a look at which schools...
View ArticleAdderall Abuse At Stanford Law School? Only If You Look Really Close.
We might have evidence on just how Stanford was able to jump ahead of HLS this year. A tipster reports that there's an Adderall epidemic at Stanford Law. He says there might be an "Adderall ring" at...
View ArticleThe Best and the Brightest: Some Reflections on Entry-Level Law Firm Hiring
Are law firms using the wrong criteria when it comes to hiring associates?
View Articlealt.legal: Stanford’s FutureLaw 2015 – Literally With Robots (And RoboCops)
Technological change is coming to the legal profession, and those that embrace it (and understand it) will prosper.
View ArticleThe (Mostly Liberal) Political Ideologies Of American Lawyers, Law Schools,...
Some findings from the most extensive analysis of the politics of U.S. lawyers ever conducted
View ArticleBeware The Adorable Rapist
A former sex-crimes prosecutor shares her views on the case of Brock Turner, the former Stanford student convicted of rape.
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 06.09.16
* Justice Thomas calls a woman a "venireman." First of all, say what you will about PC language policing of generic terms, but when "juror" is available, you consciously chose to be a sexist. Plus, the...
View ArticleCriminally Yours: The Right Lesson To Learn From The Stanford Rape Case
Judges should not be stripped of sentencing discretion or recalled because of one sentence out of whack with what many view is fair.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.10.17
* Law forces Oklahoma town to cancel Valentine's Day dance. But, you know, keep worrying about states imposing Sharia law. [ABC News] * When a lawyer who routinely represented sexual assault victims as...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 02.24.17
* Ted Cruz predicts another Supreme Court vacancy this year based on absolutely nothing but his desire to see his name in stories reporting his baseless ramblings. [ABA Journal] * Hope you didn't dump...
View ArticleCalifornia Bar Passage Rate Holds Steady; Shame For Underperforming Schools...
California has released some macro-level results from the July 2011 administration of the bar exam. The California bar is notoriously difficult, and every year we like to take a look at which schools...
View ArticleAdderall Abuse At Stanford Law School? Only If You Look Really Close.
We might have evidence on just how Stanford was able to jump ahead of HLS this year. A tipster reports that there's an Adderall epidemic at Stanford Law. He says there might be an "Adderall ring" at...
View ArticleThe Best and the Brightest: Some Reflections on Entry-Level Law Firm Hiring
Are law firms using the wrong criteria when it comes to hiring associates?
View Articlealt.legal: Stanford’s FutureLaw 2015 – Literally With Robots (And RoboCops)
Technological change is coming to the legal profession, and those that embrace it (and understand it) will prosper.
View ArticleThe (Mostly Liberal) Political Ideologies Of American Lawyers, Law Schools,...
Some findings from the most extensive analysis of the politics of U.S. lawyers ever conducted
View ArticleBeware The Adorable Rapist
A former sex-crimes prosecutor shares her views on the case of Brock Turner, the former Stanford student convicted of rape.
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 06.09.16
* Justice Thomas calls a woman a "venireman." First of all, say what you will about PC language policing of generic terms, but when "juror" is available, you consciously chose to be a sexist. Plus, the...
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