Law School

Fiddling with the US News Law School Ranking Formula
Gaming US News Rankings by Accepting 1L Transfers Are some law schools gaming US News rankings by accepting a large number of 1L transfers? Check out what Bill Henderson (Indiana), Brian Leiter (Texas) and Larry Ribstein (Illinois) have to say...

UNT - The $60 Million Dollar Law School
The proposed new public law school of the University of North Texas is coming up for a vote of the Texas Legislature again this legislative session, and none to late. The funding bill for the law school past the Texas Senate the last time around, but failed in the House for technical reasons...

16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School
How does someone get this wise at 28?! Read the full post: 16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School By Henrik Edberg "So here are 16 things I wish they had taught me in school (or I just would like to have known about earlier): 1....

German Law Professor Sent to Prison for Accepting Kickbacks
From A judge has sentenced a German law professor to three years in prison for accepting kickbacks from doctoral students. The Hannover university professor, whose identity was not revealed, confessed to accepting euro156,000 (US$240,000) to serve as a faculty adviser...

ACLU obtains injunction against Florida school district over prayer and other school events
Pensacola News Journal reports: A federal judge has granted an injunction against the Santa Rosa School District in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union regarding prayer at graduation and other school events ...

Where Is The Line Between Letting Things Happen and Making Things Happen
There was a stretch of my life where I actively studied eastern religions, especially Buddhism. Buddhist have an amazing way of simply accepting anything and everything that may be happening around them...

Law Prof Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Accepting $240k in Kickbacks From Students
From the Associated Press: A judge has sentenced a German law professor to three years in prison for accepting kickbacks from doctoral students. The Hannover university professor, whose identity was not revealed, confessed to accepting euro156,000 (US$240,000) to serve as...

Should I Be Sad
So, I recently read somewhere in the blogosphere that the deadline for accepting a visiting position at another law school during the 2009-2010 school year has just passed, and so I'm wondering whether I should feel sad that one more year has come and gone without anyone asking me if I'd like to visit at their nice law school...

The Real Things You Learn In Law School
There was an interesting post by a recent law graduate on The Good Kind of Random, in which he expounded on the 5 things he learned in law school. These are all good. I believe they are worth highlighting here...

Top 10 Things I Hate About Law School
A Top Ten list is like penicillin, the catch-all means of remedying writer’s block, and I’ve had the bird flu of writer’s block of late. So, thought I’d put together some lists of stuff I like and hate about law school, hopefully with our loyal readers adding to the random stuff I include...

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Collins GA
Elementary School Children May Have Been Exposed to Asbestos

Fayette County School Board
faces sex abuse class action lawsuit

Ellsworth School District
4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement.