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Category Archives: Law
Judge Kosinski Retires
Comments at Steve Sailer: * A clerkship with Judge Kozinski is really hard to get, but it is a serious boost to people who want to go on to clerk for the Supreme Court. He really did have an “in” … Continue reading
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Good Idea To Lower Standards For Passing California Bar In The Name Of Diversity?
Lowering standards for passing California Bar Exam in the name of diversity …https://t.co/umYbWhAVnl Wouldn't blatant quotas be better? pic.twitter.com/89RUWgHB47 — Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) August 23, 2017 Performance by race/ethnicity on major postgrad test: LSAT, GRE, MCAT, GMAT, and DAT in … Continue reading
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Legendary Lawyers
Steve Sailer writes: It’s hard to be a legendary lawyer outside your state boundaries. Racehorse Haynes of Houston had a couple of national network miniseries made about his biggest cases in Texas, but he stuck to Texas. Los Angeles has … Continue reading
Research: Black Judges Are Reversed On Appeal More Than White Judges
Comment: “The possibility that diversity appointments just might not be as good at reasoning and preparing opinions never even comes up.” NPR: President Obama has tried to diversify the federal judiciary by appointing more black judges. Data show black federal … Continue reading
The Best Court Transcript Of All Time
Here. Highlights.
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Law School Joke
This was a joke at a top five law school: A students become law professors. B students become corporate lawyers. C students become judges. D students become contingency lawyers and drives Mercedes and out-earn them all. Graduates of the top … Continue reading
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Paralegal school – is it worth it? Probably not.
Comments: * For me, going to paralegal school was the first of a series of several bad decisions that I made. * The job market for paralegals is, and has been, terrible. Paralegals have lost their jobs. Paralegal work has … Continue reading
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Making A Murderer
Over the weekend, I watched all ten episodes of the Netflix true-crime series Making A Murderer. On Saturday night, I couldn’t stop watching until I had finished the series and it was light out. I was furious at what appeared … Continue reading
Don’t Like The Test Results? Scrap The Test!
The New York Times reports: “Many law school deans, bristling from criticism that they are replenishing their ranks with less academically qualified students as the number of law school applicants has fallen sharply, began to openly question the mechanics of … Continue reading
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Why Didn’t He Pass The Bar?
Joe* says: I have a theory as to why he did not pass the bar. The bar is mainly reading comprehension of the English language at a high level, based on a firm education in the language from infancy. So … Continue reading
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