The Supreme Court, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011), set a high standard for class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 (“Rule 23”). Under Rule 23(a), the ...

Many lawyers feel that we go to a trade school where they do not really teach us our trade. The legal academy prides itself on teaching the ubiquitous skill of “thinking like a lawyer.” Thinking like ...

A controversy at the University of Illinois Chicago John Marshall Law School (not to be confused with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). [1.] Here's the text of an exam question (worth 1 ...

Much like traditional civil procedure classes leave off e-discovery and traditional contracts classes are not touching on blockchain, law schools have sometimes overlooked what really forms students ...

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