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By KAREN SLOAN | July 17, 2017
Lawyer Serranus Clinton Hastings made his fortune during the California Gold Rush and served as the first chief justice of the state's Supreme Court before giving $100,000—supposedly in gold coins—to establish the University of California's first law school in 1878.
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By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle | July 17, 2017
Elena Kagan was far along in the new Obama administration's vetting process for an important U.S. Justice Department job when she got a call from the White House. That job she was in line to get? Well, the White House wanted her to do something else. Kagan was asked to be the U.S. solicitor general instead and was nominated for the position on Jan. 5, 2009. The rest is history.
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By Karen Sloan | July 14, 2017
One man advocated for barring Chinese immigrants; another apparently enjoyed an abhorrent pastime.
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By KAREN SLOAN | July 13, 2017
The hoped-for law school “Trump Bump” might actually have legs.The number of people who took the Law School Admission Test in June climbed nearly 20 percent over last year—the largest percentage increase for any individual LSAT administration since September 2009. (Legal education observers will remember that the 2010-11 academic year was the high-water mark for national law school enrollment before a steady, six-year decline.)
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By Karen Sloan | July 12, 2017
A&M's Andrew Morriss will lead the university's new School of Innovation starting Aug. 1.
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By Vivia Chen, The Careerist | July 11, 2017
Thanks to law professors Joanna Grossman at Southern Methodist University and Deborah Rhode at Stanford University, we now have a primer on sexual harassment on the job.
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By MARK DUBOIS | July 11, 2017
I recently had the privilege of working with two judges on different CLE programs, both dealing with the issue of candor to the tribunal. It's a sticky, tricky subject — both for the bench and the bar.
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By dailyreportonline | Daily Report | July 11, 2017
A roundup of events for CLEs, networking and conferences.
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By KAREN SLOAN | July 10, 2017
A longtime professor at Howard University School of Law has been ordered to attend sensitivity training and submit future exam questions for administrative review after several students complained about graphic test question involving a Brazilian wax.
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By Editorial Board | July 7, 2017
Have you heard of Charlotte School of Law, or of Whittier Law School? Well, you may not hear of them for much longer. Both were scheduled to close this year, though in both cases there were campaigns by faculty and alumni to keep them open.
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