The Shark

[Brian] Some Shark readers may not regularly read Above The Law. Damn popular blog, yeah, but some days it’s also liable to scare you right out of your chosen profession. So if you missed it, bloggers there found it remarkable...

[dennis] Are we getting more value for our buck or is this the price of prestige? The CM Law blog has found a government report that answers the question: According to law school officials, the move to a more hands-on,...

[dennis] Oh the irony of law schools charging future lawyers hidden fees! A student from the UVA law school has an interesting idea, the pay-as-you-go law school: The announcement that 3Ls planning on attending their own graduation have to toss...

[petra] Stephanie Enyart doesn’t want to be a law clerk indefinitely. Enyart, who is working at Disability Rights Advocates in Berkeley, is legally blind. Since graduating in spring 2009, she’s been trying to take her bar and professional responsibility exams....

[cynthia] The Wall Street Journal Law Blog is reporting that associate bonus season has been opened by Cravath. While the announcement is positive in one way (there are going to be bonuses this year!), the numbers truly pale in comparison...

[petra] The federal government has dropped some major moolah into the hands of two California law professors for clinical programs that investigate inmates’ claims of innocence. California Western School of Law and Santa Clara University School of Law will split...

[cynthia] Sharon Nichols, a blogger and law student from Alabama, posted an interesting recap today of SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas's appearance at her school. Justice Thomas played the question and answer game with law students, resulting in some pretty casual,...

[petra] Don’t know what you’re doing next summer? The ACLU of Southern California is accepting applications from law students interested in national security and immigrant rights litigation for its 2010 summer internship. The ACLU office has nine lawyers total and...

[cynthia] According to a study released by Government Accountability Office, we can all gather 'round and blame US News (and its less popular siblings) for the rapid clip of tuition increases in the last few years. According to my much-loved...

[petra] Hastings students anxious about mid-year tuition increases can relax – at least for now. I caught up with law school CFO Dave Seward this evening to ask about today’s meeting where tuition was discussed. Seward assured me that there...

[dennis] Law Week reports that things are bleak in Colorado:In 2009, more people passed the July Colorado bar exam than in any other year this decade. But the boom in the number of new lawyers is happening during a bust...

[dennis] It is mid-October. Brief due dates are looming, and class attendance is dropping. Attendance was so bad in my tax class yesterday that the professor thanked us for showing up. Today in employment law, I was the only person...

[cynthia] MTV and Cardozo are apparently in talks to produce a reality show based on life at the law school. Above the Law says the school is gathering opinions from students via Twitter. So, what's the consensus? So far only...

[dennis] An Arizona sheriff faces criticism after citing a non-existing law to bolster his claim that he can continue to arrest undocumented immigrants during controversial crime sweeps even without a special agreement with ICE. The Wall Street Journal has covered...