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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 · Jun 24, 2022

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 · Jun 19, 2022

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 · Jun 8, 2022

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$50K in funding was withdrawn by a Brooklyn councilwoman, and transferred to a different organization.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 · May 30, 2022

"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…

Reason · May 25, 2022

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 ….…

Reason · May 20, 2022

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

Kardashian passed exam in December 2021 after previously failing three times

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

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…

Reason · May 16, 2022

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…

Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022

New Textbook: Firearms Law and the Second Amendment

Regulation, Rights, and Policy

Reason · Apr 28, 2022