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Will all the behind-the-scenes drama and soul-searching take FedSoc to a better place?
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These controversies could be wake-up calls—for the YLS community, legal academia, and society at large.
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The ‘trap house’ email controversy is even worse than we thought.
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'Cancel culture' gets crazier.
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The New Haven soap opera continues—with a faculty meeting this afternoon that should be quite the showdown.
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I read five articles and 20,000 words about the Tiger Mother, so you don't have to.
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Colbert is 'cautiously optimistic' that the climate at YLS might improve in the wake of this conflict.
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Look on their wrecked reputations, ye Mighty, and despair.
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The prominent professor has been stripped of certain teaching duties after allegations of misconduct — allegations she forcefully denies.
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A look at the 2022 Vault 100 rankings—and also, for historical perspective, the 2007 Vault 100 rankings.
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An obnoxious email sent to a Biglaw associate goes viral, boutiques pay bountiful bonuses, and other legal news from the week that was.
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Plus a provocative question: could a preference for multiple lower-court clerkships be a bad thing?
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