Archive for the Law News Category

A former University of Illinois College of Law dean finds herself in some legal hot water.  Read more at WGNTV.com… Former UI law school assistant dean charged with stealing from Chicago agency Authorities say a former assistant business dean at the University of Illinois College of Law had been charged with stealing $20,000 from a [...]

ABA Journal reports… Former Prof Arrested, Accused of Taking 2 Guns, 53 Rounds Into Law Library By Martha Neil A former adjunct faculty member at the University of Louisville’s law school was arrested Friday after allegedly bringing two handguns and 53 rounds of ammunition into the law school library around 8:30 a.m. Police were initially [...]

As the Bar Exam looms in many jurisdictions, some preemptive excuse making never hurts!  Actually, it often hurts!  But that doesn’t stop this article from making its case. Read the whole article at MinnLawyer.com… Bad economy can make taking the bar exam even more stressful by Michelle Lore The lack of sleep, quick meals, missed [...]

This hotshot NYC attorney’s scrape with the law reads like part of a law school exam fact pattern. I wonder where her precocious children learned their off putting behavior?  Hmmmm… The NY Daily News reports… NY lawyer charged with misdemeanor after leaving her bickering daughters on the side of the road BY CARRIE MELAGO A [...]

What happens when you combine the strong self esteem and unshakable self image of the modern warrior-lawyer, and research into their IQs relative to the rest of the population?  Panic, defensiveness, and clichés, of course! Read the whole article at TheLawyer.com… Study reveals lawyers’ IQs are more in line with mere mortals’ by Kit Chellel News [...]

When established lawyers are given their walking papers at even the finest, most presigious law firms, what’s a working lawyer to do?  And heaven help us, what’s a recent law grad have to do to get a break in this town? Read the whole article at The Boston Globe… Boom times turn bleak for Boston [...]

Some more rough tales from the front. Even competent, established lawyers are facing firings as the legal industry tightens its belt. Read the whole article at The Los Angeles Times… Laid-off lawyer in predicament she never imagined By STEVE LOPEZ “I can’t get a job anywhere.” I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails that start [...]

Folks, don’t try this on your Evidence Law final exams!  Read more at ITV.com… Witness ‘too believable’ says judge A woman’s case has been thrown out of court after the judge ruled her evidence too “believable”. Driving instructor Denise Dawson, 36, was punched and robbed as she was giving a lesson in Bristol. Judge Jamie [...]

Well, I know somebody who evidently didn’t pay much attention in their 1L Criminal Law class. Read all about it in The Star… Law student’s big miscalculation A law student and the professor who paid to have sex with her face up to a year in jail after the student told police she was a [...]

An educator wants to look at the impact of affirmative action programs on the career prospects of minority law students.  Seems fair enough, but his chief obstacle: The State Bar of California, which won’t release the relevant data. Read this interesting editorial in The Los Angeles Times… Affirmative action and the bar exam A California professor studying affirmative [...]