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Free Speech Is Under Threat at Top Law Schools
In the past several months, four prestigious law schools have shown an inability to tolerate opinions that transgress campus orthodoxies.
Bring Accountability To Woke Law
Law schools ought to serve as bastions of intellectual thought, curiosity, and diversity.
Big Law Firms Have Gone Back to Some Bad Habits
In the early 1960s, law firms were operated on a pseudo-apartheid basis: there were firms that didn't hire Jewish lawyers; there were Jewish firms that hired both Jewish and non-Jewish lawyers; and mixed firms, which hired a few token Jewish applicants.
These Law Firms Don't Know What They're Doing—Hopefully
Some of the most prominent U.S. law firms have been, likely unknowingly, providing some UC Berkeley's student groups with financial support.
Law student busted after etching notes on pens to cheat in exam
Yolanda De Lucchi told Newsweek the student failed the course and he had to retake it, but that he is "probably a lawyer today."
Georgetown University's Disgrace is Ilya Shapiro's Freedom
"Relieved, excited, free!" the distinguished constitutional law scholar Ilya Shapiro told me when I asked him how he felt after resigning from Georgetown University's Center for the Constitution.
Breastfeeding Woman's Response After Lecturer Demands Webcam On Praised
"Boldness changes the world." Reddit loved the woman's hilarious response to her lecturer, who demanded she turn her webcam on while breastfeeding.
In Defense of the LSAT
The LSAT is not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than whatever alchemy its opponents want to replace it with.
Did Joe Biden Cheat in Law School? What He Has Said About 'Stupid' Mistake
Syracuse University Law School initially failed Biden for plagiarizing, without citation, five pages from a published law review.
Why the Law School Admission Test Needs to Go
Putting an end to the LSAT will take more than a simple American Bar Association recommendation.
Yale Mob Illustrates Larger Free Speech Problem at America's Universities
Every academic institution must be a place where free speech prevails—where we civilly debate the most polarizing issues of our day.
Black Authors Are Being Pulled From School Libraries Over CRT Fears
Writers of color tell Newsweek that many of the people trying to ban the books have little knowledge of what the theory is.
Internet Hilariously Reacts to Law Student Shaving Body To Pass Drug Test
"Even with a law degree you aren't going to be able to out earn a coke habit," one commenter wrote.
Law School to Remove Name of Anti-Indigenous Founder
The University of California Hastings College of the Law voted to change its name to distance itself from its founder's attacks against Indigenous people
Justice John Marshall Name From Illinois Law School Due to Slave Ownership
The longest-serving chief justice in the United States Supreme Court is having his name removed from University of Illinois' law school after investigation into his pro-slavery actions.
Law Student Faces Discipline for Saying Women Have Vaginas During Seminar
Other students reported the student for saying women were the weaker sex.
Ted Cruz Calls Out Law Student Who Ambushed Him on Camera as Ignorant
The Republican senator was confronted after a press conference during which he spoke out against "court packing."
Georgetown Fires Professor for Agonizing over Black Students' Grades
The dean of Georgetown's law school sent a chilling message: if you are to participate in any discussion regarding grades and race, you must express the politically correct view of the matter.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett Is the Right Nominee for This Moment
As a former law clerk of hers, I am one of the many people who models his life on Judge Barrett's.
What Obama DHS Secretary Would Have Told USC Law School Graduates
"Trust is your bond, and if people trust you to be a person of your word, that will carry you far in the profession," Jeh Johnson said.
Law Professor Deletes Twitter Over 'Latinaness' Tweet
A conservative University of Chicago Law School professor deleted his Twitter for a second time after commenting that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was only appointed due to her "Latinaness."
LSAT Prep Questions Ridicule 'Ronald Thump'
Law School Admissions Test prep questions used disparaging references to President "Ronald Thump" to illustrate how reasonable conclusions could be drawn from biased statements.
Tiffany Trump and Boyfriend Ross Mechanic Break Up
The couple reportedly broke up in the fall.
Tiffany Trump Is Following in Bill Clinton's Footsteps
The 23-year-old toured Harvard, Columbia and NYU, but she's reportedly headed to Georgetown.
In Chicago, Obama Calls for Garland's Nomination
The president made his case Thursday for the Senate to vote on his Supreme Court nominee.
The Bar Exam Is Unfair and Undemocratic
How does memorizing archaic rules to prepare for multiple-choice tests improve a person's ability to competently practice law?
Law Schools: Reform or Go Bust
With demand slumping and costs soaring, legal education is heading for disaster.