The New York Times 8:35 pm on June 7, 2021
Tags: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Book), Chua, Amy ( 2 ), Colleges and Universities ( 581 ), Gerken, Heather K ( 2 ), Law Schools, New Haven (Conn) ( 9 ), Rubenfeld, Jed ( 2 ), Yale Daily News, Yale University ( 32 )

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.

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The New York Times 9:30 am on June 3, 2021
Tags: Colleges and Universities ( 581 ), Comedy and Humor ( 160 ), Conservatism (US Politics) ( 260 ), Conway, George T III ( 4 ), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots ( 1,216 ), Elections, Attorneys General ( 7 ), Federalist Society ( 14 ), Freedom of Speech and Expression ( 191 ), Hawley, Josh D (1979- ) ( 46 ), Law Schools, Paxton, Ken ( 18 ), Stanford University ( 62 ), Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021) ( 637 ), Tribe, Laurence H ( 2 ), United States Politics and Government ( 5,950 )

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.

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The New York Times 12:15 am on June 3, 2021
Tags: Goldstein, Andrew D, Law Schools, Mueller, Robert S III ( 64 ), Quarles, James L III, Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates ( 272 ), Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel) ( 74 ), United States Politics and Government ( 5,950 ), University of Virginia ( 4 ), Zebley, Aaron

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
Tags: Academic Freedom ( 6 ), Apologies ( 29 ), Black People ( 1,995 ), Colleges and Universities ( 581 ), First Amendment (US Constitution) ( 46 ), Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ( 4 ), Freedom of Speech and Expression ( 191 ), Handler, Alan B, Law Schools, Legal Profession ( 72 ), New Jersey ( 236 ), Race and Ethnicity ( 1,352 ), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ( 14 ), Vera Bergelson

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.

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The New York Times 3:25 pm on April 2, 2021
Tags: Beautiful Things: A Memoir (Book) ( 4 ), Bellafante, Ginia ( 2 ), Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 3,330 ), Bilek, Mary Lu, Books and Literature ( 1,536 ), Colleges and Universities ( 581 ), Gorman, Amanda ( 15 ), Law Schools, Phillips, Maya (Author) ( 2 ), Poetry and Poets ( 106 ), Race and Ethnicity ( 1,352 ), The Hill We Climb (Book) ( 4 )

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
Tags: Batson, David C, Black People ( 1,995 ), Discrimination ( 942 ), Georgetown University Law Center ( 2 ), Law Schools, Sellers, Sandra A (1962- ), Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming ( 358 )

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.

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The New York Times 2:00 pm on October 13, 2020
Tags: Chicago (Ill) ( 113 ), Law Schools, Pregnancy and Childbirth ( 155 ), Tests and Examinations ( 25 )

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.

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