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Daily Business Review

UM Launching Entertainment Law LL.M. Program

The University of Miami law school will offer its eighth graduate program, an LL.M. in entertainment, arts and sports law, starting in August.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Second Podcast Examines Murder Case Explored by 'Serial'

Millions of listeners couldn't get enough of "Serial" — the "This American Life" spinoff podcast that for three months chronicled the case against Adnan Syed, convicted in the 1999 murder his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Now a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law is taking up the case in a follow-up podcast.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Harvard Law School Now Wants Older Applicants

Want to get in? Don't apply straight from college.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

The Justices Save the Big Rulings Until the End. Here's Why.

June is known as the month for weddings — and for blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court decisions. This June will be no exception, with the strong likelihood that landmark cases dealing with same-sex marriage and other hot topics will be decided then.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

No 'L.A. Law' in This Podcast

Personal injury attorney Tricia Dennis candidly discusses her career challenges and consolations during the "I Am The Law" podcast, a weekly dose of reality produced by Law School Transparency, a nonprofit organization.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE: A Response to Roberts' Law-Review Gripe

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.'s offhand 2011 criticism of law review articles has stung legal academics ever since. Nearly four years later, his comment has finally met its match in the form of … a law review article. Plus more in this week's column.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Sotomayor: Don't Blame the Justices for Politicization of Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday blamed outside factors, not the justices themselves, for the public perception that the high court has become a political institution. Speaking at the New York Public Library, Sotomayor said, "The world around us has politicized what we've done."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: New Details in DLA Lawyer's Killing | DOJ's Reaction to Immigration Ruling

The feds like what they saw in the Fifth Circuit earlier this week in an immigration case. Police reveal new details in the killing of DLA Piper associate David Messerschmitt. And a New York photographer beats privacy claims over shots he took of unsuspecting residents. This is a roundup of legal news from ALM and other publications.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Batter Up: Law Students Drop Books for Softball Tourney

The academic year is drawing to a close and final exams are just around the corner, but more than 1,700 law students will set aside their textbooks and outlines this weekend and pick up softball gloves and bats.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Two Candidates Remain in Seton Hall Law Dean Search

The field of candidates to be the next dean of Seton Hall University School of Law has been whittled down to two.
5 minute read

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