Putting the cool back into law school
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You think that after all the complaining about how law schools are taking advantage of a bunch of suckers by selling them the good life after three very expensive years, Above the Law would be supportive of a school that is trying to get students out as fast as possible. So when the Indiana University [...]
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The US News and World Report law school rankings can be criticized for a lot of things, justly or unjustly. One of the just criticisms is that the rankings favor a certain type of law school. Unorthodox and new ideas about how to run a law school tend not to mesh very well with a [...]
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Anyone who’s taken more than one college level economics course knows the term “sticky downwards.” It’s the theory that when the cost or value of something goes up, we’re very reluctant to give that up. It’s especially true with wages, where most workers would rather risk losing their jobs than take a paycut. And it’s [...]
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If lockstep compensation isn’t on life support than it must be a death row inmate who’s been served its last meal and is waiting on a reprieve from the governor. And news today makes it sound like up-or-out promotion (not the same thing) might be next. Biglaw firm Orrick has announced that what once was [...]
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Maybe some people out there were still suffering under the delusion that there were not enough lawyers. If so, please pull your head out of the sand and look around. If the rising tide of lawyer layoffs and associate deferrals wasn’t enough to convince you, this should. Above the Law is reporting that the University [...]
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The New York Times City Room Blog covered an event run by the New York City Bar Association, where unemployed lawyers spent a day learning how to “jump start their career.” The story isn’t in the event, which I’m convinced could have been titled “Come Hear Things You Already Know” and felt the answer to [...]
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If at first you don’t succeed, wait for someone else to make a huge (or half-assed) mea culpa and beg for your forgiveness. Either Useless Dicta is getting thrown a lifeline here, or the district attorney’s office likes to twist the knife after they stick it in.
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Yesterday I looked at how Millenials might have a shot at changing the legal industry. There was no discussion on what that change will look like—maybe another day. But since this is a law school blog, the challenge is to apply that potential to law school right now. There are decisions you can make right [...]
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