The full U.S. News & World Report law school rankings are out and they are… something. Duke is tied with Harvard? NYU nearly drops out of the top 10? Are we just hurling darts at a dartboard here? In a sense, yes. At least ever since law schools started withdrawing their cooperation. Meanwhile, a Biglaw…
Homelessness is a challenging problem. Some cities have attempted to address it, in part, by prohibiting sleeping or camping in public places. The Supreme Court of the United States is currently considering whether, and under what circumstances, such ordinances are constitutional. I recently listened to the oral arguments in the case. Those who are currently…
On a good day, media coverage of Megan Thee Stallion ranges from teasing a new album or reminding everyone that she’s a canon member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unfortunately, not all days are good ones. Recent headlines have centered on claims alleging Megan had an inappropriate work relationship with one of her photographers. Blavity…
As former President Donald Trump navigates the legal system as a defendant, writers have noted the lessons he learned from Roy Cohn, his former lawyer and mentor. (Perhaps the most recent example: Kai Bird’s essay last month in the New York Times.) Cohn, a brilliant, corrupt attorney, first made his name as a prosecutor in…
Anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed in states like Texas and Florida is tied to a national trend of trying to make LGBTQ+ people and people of color invisible and more easily discriminated against, says Imani Rupert-Gordon, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Imani Rupert-Gordon“All students deserve to have places of support on…
Home Daily News Weekly performance meetings in glass room… Law Firms Weekly performance meetings in glass room visible to others were retaliatory, plaintiff says in suit against Morgan Lewis By Debra Cassens Weiss April 1, 2024, 3:37 pm CDT A Black patent prosecution specialist born in 1962 alleges that Morgan, Lewis & Bockius gave better…
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The United States Supreme Court has gone rogue. Evidence for that proposition is abundant. Progressives rail against what is going on in our nation’s highest court. They are right to do so. But they have yet to develop a plan for reining in the Court and for protecting its institutional integrity. While it is clear…
There’s no point in waiting any longer: If your college or university doesn’t have a generative AI use policy, it’s time to build one before the fall semester gets here. There’s plenty of guidance from schools that already have policies on generative artificial intelligence, including dozens of examples from across the higher education landscape. There’s also…
Dive Brief: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed a bill into law Wednesday that will tie tenure at the state’s public colleges to whether professors promote intellectual diversity and free inquiry. Under the law, faculty members may be denied tenure if they are deemed unlikely to encourage intellectual diversity or expose students to scholarly…