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Biden must cancel all student loan debt, including for those with graduate degrees

Politicians argue that canceling student debt will mainly benefit doctors and lawyers. But it is first-generation graduates of color who are struggling to make payments

The Guardian - US

Penn law dean seeks ‘major sanction’ against professor Amy Wax

Controversial University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, whose “racist speech” and inflammatory comments have long generated criticism, once allegedly suggested that it was “rational” to fear Black men in elevators and that Mexican males were more likely than other men to assault women.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Stephen Carter Makes the Case for Barring the Bar Exam

The famous columnist and Yale Law School professor points out that the case made against other standardized tests, such as the LSAT, also applies to bar exams.

Reason

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No-Contact Order Against Law Students (and Professor) Based on Conversation About Homosexuality and Bible …

likely unconstitutional, holds a federal district court.

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Changes at NG Chartered Surveyors, Cambridge & Counties Bank, Freeths, Hexa Consulting and Intoware

Birmingham Post

George Washington U. Rejects Requests to Stop Justice Thomas's Co-Teaching of Law School Class

Prof. Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit) passes along this e-mail from the GWU Provost and Law School Dean, which I applaud: Dear Members of the George Washington University Community, Since the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, we have heard from members of our community who have expressed…

Reason

From an SC jail, Alex Murdaugh tried to get his son back into law school

Sitting in the Richland County jail on financial fraud charges, once powerful Lowcountry lawyer Alex Murdaugh fretted about getting his surviving son, Buster, back into the University of South Carolina’s law school.

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Bengaluru: National Law School of India University alumni angry over action on duo

BENGALURU: The alumni of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) have criticised the institute for taking action against two members of its sexual harassment inquiry committee. The two are said to have shared with other students of the varsity the ordeal of a survivor in a sexual harassment case.

The Times of India

From Vanuatu law school to the Hague: the fight to recognise climate harm in international law

Vanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal ramifications

The Guardian - AU

Camille Vasquez gushes about being an ‘inspiration’ to women going to law school after Johnny Depp trial

Camille Vasquez spoke out on ABC’s GMA on Wednesday morning where she told host George Stephanopoulos that it was ‘overwhelming’ to have become a social media star during the bombshell case

The Independent UK

Ilya Shapiro Resigns From Georgetown University Law School

"Further analysis shows that you’ve made it impossible for me to fulfill the duties of my appointed post," writes Shapiro.

Reason

Ilya Shapiro Reinstated at Georgetown Law, then Resigns

The law school reinstated him on a technicality, but made it clear that they weren't going to uphold the university's free speech policy.

Reason

In Texas, where abortion rights began, GOP builds new barriers

AUSTIN, Texas — Linda Coffee was in her mid-20s and barely out of law school when she and former classmate Sarah Weddington stunned the legal establishment—and much of America—by successfully arguing Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973.

Tribune News Service

Govt. to consider demand for law school in North Karnataka

Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani says it is a valid demand from the region

The Hindu

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Does Pulling Funding from CUNY Law School Because of School's Anti-Israel Resolution Violate First Amendment?

$50K in funding was withdrawn by a Brooklyn councilwoman, and transferred to a different organization.

Reason

"In Defense of the LSAT"

From Clayton Kozinski (Newsweek); seems quite right to me. An excerpt: [S]tudies have consistently shown that LSAT performance is the single strongest predictor of academic success in law school…. Criticisms of the LSAT largely echo criticisms of standardized tests more generally. Essentially, they boil down to the claim that the…

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The Crystal Mangum Duke Lacrosse Hoax Comes Up Against Court, Albeit Highly Indirectly

From Mangum v. Oxygen Media, LLC, decided Tuesday by James Dever III (E.D.N.C.): On August 23, 2021, Crystal Gail Mangum ("Mangum" or "plaintiff") filed a pro se "libel and defamation" action against Oxygen Media, LLC and Jennifer Geisser …. On April 3, 2011, Mangum stabbed her boyfriend Reginald Daye ….…

The Independent UK

Kim Kardashian learned she passed ‘baby bar’ law exam at Red Lobster

Kardashian passed exam in December 2021 after previously failing three times

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CUNY Law Graduation Speaker is Recently-Named "Antisemite of the Year"

I accidentally posted a link a few minutes ago that I meant to post elsewhere, but you can find the basic story here. The student in question is best-known for pulling out a lighter, lighting it, and then threatening to set someone's Israel Defense Forces shirt on fire--while he was…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Honor the last Nuremberg prosecutor: The House stands up for Ben Ferencz; now it’s the Senate’s turn

For about 20 minutes on the floor of the House of Representatives late Tuesday afternoon, the usual partisan jockeying was dispensed as a handful of members on both sides of the aisle extolled an only-in-America original: Ben Ferencz, a Jewish immigrant brought here by his family as baby fleeing Eastern…

Reason

New Textbook: Firearms Law and the Second Amendment

Regulation, Rights, and Policy

Reason

Lael Weinberger Guest-Blogging About "The Limits of Church Autonomy"

I'm delighted to report that Lael Weinberger (Olin-Searle-Smith Fellow in Law & Lecturer, Harvard Law School) will be guest-blogging this coming week on this forthcoming Notre Dame Law Review article of his; the abstract: American courts apply "church autonomy doctrine" to protect the self-governance of religious institutions, based on both…

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Yosmin Badie, NYU Law Student and Antisemite

Let's recap what happened at NYU Law School recently. NYU Students for Justice in Palestine sent out an email in essence justifying Palestinians terrorists murdering Israeli civilians. In the course of doing so, the author of the email threw some antisemitic tropes regarding Jewish control of the media, including arguing…

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