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Aug 03, 2012
Why Graduates Suing Their Law Schools Isn’t Going to Fly

Lately there have been a number of unsuccessful lawsuits involving law students suing their alma maters (such as Cooley Law School and New York Law School). The story goes something like this: Law Student A looks at Law School Z’s post-graduation employment statistics and decides that graduation from Law School Z virtually guarantees a job.

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Jul 06, 2012
The PPACA is Constitutional – Will Your Life Change, Law Students?

Almost 75 years ago, another Justice Roberts supposedly switched his vote on minimum wage laws in Parrish, overturning a previous SCOTUS decision and rendering them constitutional. Not only did this signal a shift that would continue in future New Deal decisions (though maybe Congress just got better at writing constitutional laws), it also stopped FDR’s

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Mar 14, 2012
Latest Trend: Law School Grads Suing Their Law Schools

PROGRAMMING NOTE – US News & World Report rankings are out. We’ll have an article about it up either tonight or tomorrow morning. It all started when Anna Alaburda filed a complaint against Thomas Jefferson School of Law for publishing misleading employment statistics. Legal commentators were quick to discuss her relatively low chance of winning

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Dec 17, 2011
Objection! The Top Three Silliest Lawsuits of 2011

Enough with the all too serious LSAT and law school advice of the past month. It’s time to strap in for some funny. And nothing says “holiday cheer” like a good ol’ frivolous lawsuit . . . or three. The depths to which people are willing to stoop in the name of entitlement never ceases

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Jul 12, 2010
Shortcut to Being a Lawyer? Don’t go to Law School.

I think we can safely say that anyone who has taken the LSAT has at least entertained the idea of going to law school. In fact, when you’re taking that lovely test, you have to write a passage on your test form in painful, painful cursive saying you are taking the test to go to

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Jan 02, 2010
The Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2009

It’s only the second day of the New Year. Before you begin actually attempting to make good on that New Year’s Resolution to lose weight/stop smoking/refrain from Facebook stalking your ex, we wanted to bring you a little light reading. Without further ado, the most ridiculous lawsuits of 2009.

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Dec 02, 2009
World of Warcraft and Other Awesome Lawsuits

We thought we’d break up the mid-week monotony with a round-up of some of the more ridiculous lawsuits of all time. First up is Erik Estavillo, who has nothing better to do (apparently) than sue video game companies. He currently has lawsuits filed against four different gaming corporations. One of our favorites is against Activision

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