Tag Archives: Law Schools

The New York Times 9:32 pm on June 6, 2022
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Ilya Shapiro Quits Georgetown’s Law School Amid Free Speech Fight

Ilya Shapiro, who tweeted that a “lesser Black woman” would get a Supreme Court nod, was cleared by a school investigation. He decided to leave anyway.

#black-people, #cancel-culture, #colleges-and-universities, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #georgetown-university-law-center, #law-schools, #race-and-ethnicity, #shapiro-ilya

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 3, 2022
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Biden Is Right to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court must be an representative institution in touch with all of American life.

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The New York Times 1:09 am on February 1, 2022
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Georgetown Suspends Lecturer Who Criticized Vow to Put Black Woman on Supreme Court

Ilya Shapiro has apologized after tweeting that President Biden was poised to nominate not “the objectively best pick,” but a “lesser Black woman” to the Supreme Court.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #black-people, #breyer-stephen-g, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #georgetown-university, #georgetown-university-law-center, #law-schools, #politics-and-government, #race-and-ethnicity, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 9:43 pm on January 29, 2022
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Black Women in Law Feel Pride and Frustration Ahead of Court Nominee

As Biden prepares to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court, members of this small, elite group are watching with complicated emotions.

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The New York Times 8:35 pm on June 7, 2021
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Amy Chua Controversy Exposes Divisions at Yale Law

A dispute centering on the celebrity professor Amy Chua exposes a culture pitting student against student, professor against professor.

#battle-hymn-of-the-tiger-mother-book, #chua-amy, #colleges-and-universities, #gerken-heather-k, #law-schools, #new-haven-conn, #rubenfeld-jed, #yale-daily-news, #yale-university

The New York Times 9:30 am on June 3, 2021
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A Stanford Student Mocked the Federalist Society. It Jeopardized His Graduation.

The Stanford student sent a satirical flier that drew a complaint from the conservative group. The university then placed a hold on his diploma.

#colleges-and-universities, #comedy-and-humor, #conservatism-us-politics, #conway-george-t-iii, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #elections-attorneys-general, #federalist-society, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #hawley-josh-d-1979, #law-schools, #paxton-ken, #stanford-university, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #tribe-laurence-h, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 12:15 am on June 3, 2021
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Robert Mueller will take law students behind the decision-making process of the Russia inquiry.

Mr. Mueller and three lawyers who worked with him plan to explain the challenges that prosecutors faced and the legal context behind critical decisions.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 3, 2021
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Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur

A Rutgers Law student repeated an epithet from a legal case, and now Black students at the New Jersey school are calling for a policy on slurs — and apologies.

#academic-freedom, #apologies, #black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #foundation-for-individual-rights-in-education, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #handler-alan-b, #law-schools, #legal-profession, #new-jersey, #race-and-ethnicity, #rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey, #vera-bergelson

The New York Times 3:25 pm on April 2, 2021
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Hunter Biden’s Memoir, Translating Amanda Gorman and Learning to Love Cardboard: The Week in Narrated Articles

Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.

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The New York Times 10:29 pm on March 11, 2021
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Georgetown Law Terminates Professor for Remarks About Black Students

The law school said Sandra A. Sellers, an adjunct professor, had been terminated, and David C. Batson, another adjunct, had been placed on administrative leave.

#batson-david-c, #black-people, #discrimination, #georgetown-university-law-center, #law-schools, #sellers-sandra-a-1962, #video-recordings-downloads-and-streaming

The New York Times 2:00 pm on October 13, 2020
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She Was Going Into Labor. But She Had a Bar Exam to Finish.

Brianna Hill, who gave birth to a baby boy between sections of the exam, has earned kudos for determination. But some law school graduates say her story points to flaws with the testing system amid the pandemic.

#chicago-ill, #law-schools, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #tests-and-examinations

The New York Times 7:46 pm on August 26, 2020
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Yale Law Professor Is Suspended After Sexual Harassment Inquiry

Jed Rubenfeld, a high-profile professor who helped students obtain sought-after clerkships, denied he had harassed anyone.

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The New York Times 9:20 pm on July 24, 2020
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Big Tech Funds a Think Tank Pushing for Fewer Rules. For Big Tech.

Google, Amazon and Qualcomm finance a George Mason University institute teaching a hands-off approach to antitrust regulators and judges.

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