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By Stuart N. Brotman I am a lawyer, First Amendment scholar and an endowed journalism and electronic media enterprise and leadership professor at a major research university. Given these multiple professional identities, my thoughts on a recent headline-grabbing incident at Stanford Law School cannot be summarized by a pithy tweet, which is the coin of … Read more
Home Daily News In-person LSAT will return in addition to… Legal Education In-person LSAT will return in addition to remote option By Stephanie Francis Ward April 5, 2023, 8:38 am CDT Image from Shutterstock. Starting in August, the Law School Admission Test will be administered at testing centers, in addition to a remote exam, the … Read more
Home Daily News Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist… Law Schools Exchange at Stanford Law event with Federalist Society wasn’t productive, associate dean says By Stephanie Francis Ward March 24, 2023, 11:32 am CDT Stanford Law School in November 2012. Photo by King of Hearts, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A Stanford Law School administrator … Read more
Home Daily News After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law… Law Schools After ‘disruptive heckling,’ Stanford Law requires free speech session, notes associate dean’s leave By Debra Cassens Weiss March 23, 2023, 11:09 am CDT Stanford Law School is requiring its students to attend an educational session on free speech following students’ “disruptive heckling” of a conservative … Read more
Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Protesters target law dean;… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Protesters target law dean; Florida’s Stop Woke Act blocked at universities By Debra Cassens Weiss March 17, 2023, 3:00 pm CDT Students of the New College of Florida and their supporters protested the closing in February of the college’s diversity, equity and … Read more
Home Daily News Law prof placed on leave after he’s charged… Law Professors Law prof placed on leave after he’s charged with assaulting woman at New York casino By Debra Cassens Weiss March 14, 2023, 9:55 am CDT The Syracuse University College of Law in 2008. Photo by Crazyale, PD-self, via Wikimedia Commons. A Syracuse … Read more
Home Daily News Stanford apologizes after conservative federal… Law Schools Stanford apologizes after conservative federal appeals judge is heckled during Federalist Society talk By Debra Cassens Weiss March 13, 2023, 11:32 am CDT U.S. Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan has received an apology after protesters he described as “juvenile idiots” interrupted his March 9 speech … Read more
Home Daily News 15-year-old who got 174 on LSAT looks forward… Law Students 15-year-old who got 174 on LSAT looks forward to law school By Debra Cassens Weiss March 8, 2023, 8:37 am CST Image from Shutterstock. A 15-year-old Mississippi youth is planning to attend law school this year after getting a 174 on the … Read more
Home Daily News Which law schools are choosiest? Washington… Law Schools Which law schools are choosiest? Washington University is in top five, while Yale is mostly No. 1 By Debra Cassens Weiss February 27, 2023, 12:09 pm CST Yale Law School is No. 1 based on ABA admissions data showing that it is the choosiest … Read more
Home Daily News Former Stanford law dean was among bond guarantors… Law Schools Former Stanford law dean was among bond guarantors for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried By Debra Cassens Weiss February 17, 2023, 8:55 am CST FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried returned to court on Thursday to explain why he keeps accessing parts of the internet … Read more