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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Drinker Biddle Making Waves

by John on May 12, 2009

in Legal Industry

Drinker Biddle is in the news quite a bit this week and last for unveiling a dramatically different structure with first years: less salary, less billable hours, and whole lot more training. But mostly I’m posting this because it features one my favorite professors from law school.

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Syracuse University Law School has a problem with cheaters. After a rash of allegations of academic dishonesty, particularly that students were texting in the bathroom, the law school has taken bold, decisive action. Syracuse’s response: one bathroom break during the exam. Law students are familiar with the idea of a rule being stupid because it’s [...]

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Law students have to take notes right? And while most law students are going to take notes on a computer, they’re still a few crazies that write notes with a pen/pencil and paper. Some of these people are wackjob Luddites, but most realize that paper and writing tool have some inherent advantages that a computer [...]

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