Tag: Penn State Law

Faculty make the case for the main campus location.

But they caught me with some contemporaneous third-party emails?

Why now?

* E pluribus unum, says Penn State Law. [Collegian]

* The Senate has passed a bill protecting same-sex marriage. Up to you, House. [Guardian]

* California’s formerly incarcerated may actually have their debts considered paid soon. [NYT]

* Big Oil is opposed to new environmental laws. No way! [The Reg Review]

The LSAT's death grip on law school admissions is slipping.

After sitting out the worst of the recession, our guy is ready to go to law school.

We can't say whether or not this student cheated. We can however, troll this law school for its pretty terrible grasp on how the justice system is supposed to work....

Where should these two aspiring law students matriculate?

Ann K. Levine offers advice to pre-law students about getting better law school scholarships.

This law school sale isn't a bad thing, but it shouldn't be confused with real reform.

* It’s springtime, and the nation’s highest court is getting ready to drop some of its biggest decisions yet. If Tolkien had written this, Justice Kennedy would be the one to bear the One Vote. [UPI]

* But for SCOTUS to maintain legitimacy in the eyes of the people, its justices must do battle against a “modern-day tsunami of special interests.” How well are they doing? [National Law Journal]

* To answer that question, let’s look at their record. Political labels aside, thus far, the Roberts court has shaped up to be “the most pro-business court since the mid-1930s.” [New York Times]

* Meanwhile, Justice Thomas has been busy taking shots at President Obama, noting that he always knew the first black president had to be pre-screened by “the elites” and “the media.” [Mother Jones]

* Sometimes even federal prosecutors are willing to take pity upon rich old white men: Mel Weiss, formerly of Milberg LLP, won’t be returning to jail after his foray into DUI territory. [Am Law Daily]

* “Chevron can afford to litigate this case ‘until hell freezes over.’ But [Steven] Donziger can’t.” As it turns out, clients who can’t pay their bills are problematic for John Keker of Keker & Van Nest. [Reuters]

* Penn State Law is continuing with its plans to fleece students at two separately accredited sites, because clearly what the world needs right now is MOAR LAW SCHOOLS. [Centre Daily Times]

If you can't bring China to your law school, go work for a law school in China...

Penn State's plans have been foiled by politicians...

Declining enrollment numbers could be evidence that prospective law students are starting to get it...

Calling a law school's accreditation into question is really just a "minor mistake"...

The Penn State football scandal has nothing to do with the law school. Let's try to remember that...

* Start spreading the fabulosity: Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has asked the Supreme Court to grant certiorari on a pair of cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. [BuzzFeed]

* Lawrence Lessig wants groups of 300 randomly selected people to craft a constitutional amendment in response to Citizens United. He clearly expects a bit too much of our population. [National Law Journal]

* In South Dakota, your abortion now comes with warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and suicide. Forget that medical certainty hooey, it’s not constitutionally misleading. [WSJ Law Blog]

* “We do not arrest people because of the color of their skin.” Oh, of course not, Sheriff Arpaio. We totally believe you. But you might stop them, question them, and detain them because of it, right? [New York Times]

* We’ve just got too much Dickinson up in here. And in other Penn State news, the school is now considering a move that may cause at least one of its two law school campuses to lose its accreditation. [Patriot-News]

* Lady Gaga was sued by MGA Entertainment, the maker of Bratz dolls, over her alleged failure to approve a line of dolls made in her image. This is not a company you want to start a bad romance with. [Bloomberg]

* And I am telling you, I’m not going — to grant you parole. William Balfour, the man convicted of murdering Jennifer Hudson’s relatives, was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole. [CNN]

It’s been quite a while since we last discussed law-related vanity license plates. Today, we’ll be writing about lawyers who really, really love their law schools....

Another one bites the dust: former U.S. senator (and lawyer) Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Being a student at Penn State has to be about as close as you can come to being in a World War I foxhole. Their reputation is getting bombed from all sides. Right now, kids should just be trying to keep their heads down and ride this out. But in the PSU Law foxhole, somebody just laid an egg. Apparently students at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law have already been banned from a few area hotels for drunken and inappropriate behavior this fall. And now a student is throwing around a slur on the school list-serv. It's not happy times in Happy Valley...