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The Saga of Fired Baltimore Law Dean Continues: U of Baltimore Responds Publicly to Dean Phil Closius

02 Aug

All this sounds more than vaguely familiar to what happened at DePaul back in 2009 when that University’s Administration decided to air its dirty laundry publicly. The Baltimore Sun reports the following: The University of Baltimore’s president issued a sharp…

 

In The News: Jobs, Books, Babies, Stupid Lawsits, Cable Porn, and Data Caps

01 Aug

Things I’ve read in the news lately: The dismal market for law school graduates may be the public sector’s gain, if this story out of Virginia is to be believed. Cash strapped public sector offices are hiring unpaid summer interns….

 

Univ. of Baltimore Law School Dean Told to Take a Hike by University Administration

01 Aug

Quoting from the published announcement by Baltimore Law’s Dean Phil Closius: At a meeting at 4 o’clock on July 28, University President Robert Bogomolny asked for my resignation as Dean of the School of Law. As of today’s date, I…

 

Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs

31 Jul

New York Business Litigation Lawyer Blog http://www.newyorkbusinesslitigationlawyerblog.com/ http://www.newyorkbusinesslitigationlawyerblog.com/index.xml Covers business litigation laws, news and updates in New York. Published by Silverberg Zalantis LLP. Jacksonville Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog http://www.jacksonvillebankruptcylawyerblog.com/ http://www.jacksonvillebankruptcylawyerblog.com/index.xml Covers bankruptcy law updates, cases, and news in Florida. Published by…

 

Credit Repair How Does It Work?

29 Jul

Credit repair – the law is on YOUR side! When an attorney challenges strikes
against your credit, the credit bureaus often wipe them off rather than fight. Here’s why.

 
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The Fastcase 50: Honoring the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders

28 Jul

Earlier this week the fine folks at one of the most, if not the most, innovative online legal publisher, Fastcase announced its inaugural class of the Fastcase 50: “the fifty 49 most interesting, provocative, and courageous leaders in the world…

 
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Does the President Have Directive Authority Over Agency Regulatory Decisions?

27 Jul

I think I would add Maryland law prot Robert V. Percival’s Who’s in Charge? Does the President Have Directive Authority Over Agency Regulatory Decisions? [SSRN] 79 Fordham Law Review 2487 (2011) to the reading list for an ALR course. Here’s…

 

Could Jailhouse Lawyers Teach Legal Skills to Law School Students?

26 Jul

What the hell, why not? Could save some employment costs at state-run law schools. But I don’t think Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is thinking outside-the box. Not yet, anyway. See Adjunct Law Prof Blog’s Gov. Walker To Now Use Prison…

 

Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs

25 Jul

We’ve fallen behind in LLB’s regular Sunday Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs feature. So in an effort to start catching up, here’s a listing of blogs that may be of interest. While most law practitioner blogs tend to focus on…

 

How important is it for law journal authors to have their articles published in print?

19 Jul

The print format is fairly important if the author’s work was not accepted by the most prestigious law journal he or she submitted it to. Over two-thirds of the respondents to our survey said they would have published their article…