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A Paradoxical Defense of Berkeley Law School

Two 2019 alumni of Berkeley Law School, Nir Maoz and Olivia Wittels, are concerned that the recent attention given to the "no speakers who support Israel's existence" rule adopted by nine student groups at the law school is giving people a false impression of the school. Jewish and Zionist students…

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Yale Law School Dean's "Message to Our Alumni on Free Speech"

Just released today: Dear members of our alumni community: Yale Law School is dedicated to building a vibrant intellectual environment where ideas flourish. To foster free speech and engagement, we emphasize the core values of professionalism, integrity, and respect. These foundational values guide everything we do. Over the last six…

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Yale Law School, Judge Ho, Neutrals, and Secondary Boycotts

Even when there's good reason to criticize universities, we should keep the students out of our battles.

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U.C. Berkeley School of Law Faculty Statement in Support of Jewish Law Students

Given David Bernstein's and my posts here on this controversy, I thought I'd pass along this statement from various UC Berkeley Law School faculty members, which was released late last week: We hereby endorse the principle of free and open speech at the law school. This includes the fundamental principle…

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Thoughts On Judge Ho's Clerkship Boycott

[This is a guest post by Prof. Jack Goldsmith of the Harvard Law School.]

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Could a Public Law School Stop Student Groups from Excluding Speakers Based on Their Support of Israel?

Several student groups at UC Berkeley Law School have signed on to a pledge not to invite any speakers—speaking on any subject—if those speakers "have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,…

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Berkeley Law's "Jew-Free Zone" Controversy

In August, nine student groups at Berkeley law school signed a statement sponsored group Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Two…

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UC Berkeley Law School Blasted For ‘Jew-free Zones’ As Dean Denies Allegation

There are allegations that UC Berkeley's School of Law has mandated “Jew-free zones” to prevent pro-Israel speakers on campus

Zenger

R. Venkataramani Takes Over As New Attorney General Of India

Venkataramani was designated as senior advocate by the Supreme Court in 1997. He has also been associated with National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Descendants of UC Hastings College of the Law founder sue California to block school name change

Descendants of UC Hastings College of the Law's founder sued California on Tuesday to block a scheduled name change that was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month.

Los Angeles Times

Giving Yale Law School The Heave-Ho

Another way to understand the boycott of YLS grads.

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Boycotting Law Schools in Clerk Hiring As a Way to Influence Law School Culture

Thoughts in response to Judge Ho's recent announcement.

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The Yaliest of All Torts: Wrongful Interference with Clerkship Opportunities

The Yale Law School DinnerPartyGate lawsuit (Stubbs v. Gerken) can go forward on an interference with prospective business relationships claim, based in large part on the law school's alleged interference with plaintiffs' clerkship opportunities, though the other claims are dismissed.

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Educate officials on environmental laws with help of NLSIU, HC tells KSPCB Chairperson

Court found that cases filed for violation of environmental laws are being quashed as officials are not following procedure as per law

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From Yale to jail: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes' path

The founder of the militia group Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, was once a promising Yale Law School graduate

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s newest City Council member: Just call him ‘Timmy’

The name was part of an emotional and potentially high-risk coming out for Timmy Knudsen after he graduated law school and joined a buttoned-down Chicago firm he was not at all certain would welcome an openly-gay attorney.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Kagan warns Supreme Court can’t be seen as political

Speaking at Northwestern Law School, Kagan said the Supreme Court’s legitimacy can be questioned if it is seen as “spoiling for trouble.”

Salon

How Justice Scalia created this chaos

Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky on the incoherent, dishonest ideology that has warped the Supreme Court

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Some "Classified" Events

Some upcoming events, plus a new review and a podcast.

Miami Herald

Reports detail how Haiti’s public administration is a cesspool of corruption

Fictitious government jobs and contracts, political patronage, embezzlement, and university employees and civil servants who use government bank accounts as their personal checkbooks.

The Hindu

National law school for NK region being contemplated: Bommai

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Advice to Entering Law Students - 2022

Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you in law school.

The Independent UK

Brazil manifestos seek to rein in Bolsonaro before election

Brazilians poured into the University of Sao Paulo’s law school to hear a manifesto denouncing the brutal military dictatorship and calling for a prompt return of the rule of law

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: There's a lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And that's OK

Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices went to Harvard or Yale law schools. So did nearly a fifth of the federal judiciary. This rankles some politicians, watchdog groups and others who see it as an outrageous manifestation of elitism that needs to be changed, given how much power this…

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Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: The Employer's Own Free Speech Rights?

As I mentioned earlier this week, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments…

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