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Cardozo Professor Named to City Council on Technology and Innovation

February 29, 2012 #Cardozo #law school #Professor

Last November, Professor Susan Crawford was named to Mayor Michael Bloomberg�s new Council on Technology and Innovation. Crawford, an expert on communications law and policy, is the only professor on the 11-member committee. Other members include technologists, entrepreneurs and individuals

Opinion, The News

My First Time… Taking a Law School Exam

#1L #exams #law school #law students

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When do closet nerds come out of the closet? When do overachievers have existential crises? When do smart cookies compete ferociously with other smart cookies? Playing Angry Birds? Wrong! Law school final exams!� Before beginning the issue spotting jungle of

Opinion, The News

Exam Reactions from the First Year

#1L #exams #law school #law students

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How was your break, 1Ls?
How much time did you spend obsessing about your unknown grades? Did you check Banner every day, or even multiple times each day? Did nightmares of failure or class rankings haunt your sleep at night?
No need

Community, The News

Advice on the Job Search For Your 1L Summer

#1L #Jobs #law school #law students

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The imminence of the 1L summer job search process is so omnipresent that it is now possible to distinguish three types of first year students on Cardozo campus: those who have already found their first summer job; those who have

Community

Acing ExamSoft

February 27, 2012 #Cardozo #exams #examsoft #law school #law students

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The first two weeks of second semester are popular time for reflection on fall grades and preparation for the spring semester. A shared feeling amongst many students during this time, other than an unanimous feeling of disgust towards Banner and

Opinion

Auditing the SBA

#Cardozo #Finance #law school #law students #nyu #SBA

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For the first time ever, the Student Bar Association is being audited. The umbrella association represents almost 1,000 students and more than thirty-six student groups and organizations at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Accountability is imperative in any

Opinion

Getting Paid to Drop Out of Law School? Not a Great Idea…

#Cardozo #Finance #law school #law students

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In November of last year, two Yale professors published an article in Slate magazine suggesting that the humane thing for law schools to do is �pay students to quit.� Professors Akhil Reed Amar and Ian Ayres recommended that law schools

Opinion

Law Schools, Give Those College Grads Time to Think

#admissions #law school #law students #lsat

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This proposal isn�t perfect. In fact, I think it�s a little paternalistic. But, it should be taken seriously. Alright, I know, enough with the prefacing.
Law schools should not accept applicants straight out of college. To be accepted, applicants should need

Opinion

Springing Into the New Semester

#Cardozo #cardozo jurist #law school #law students #OCS

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Dearest Readers,

Welcome back to a new semester that has certainly started out with a bang! With this issue, the Jurist hopes to catch you up with some of the more interesting- and perhaps not too well known- happenings within our

Culture & Entertainment, The News

Sara Liss: Law School Breeds Sissy Men, Butch Women

February 24, 2012 #Culture & Entertainment #dating #law school #law students

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The men of law school are a wimpy bunch. Notwithstanding their waiflike frames, academia-atrophied muscles, and overly indulged, cardigan-based uniforms, male law students are also an internally sissy-ish bunch. Of course, male law students cannot be blamed for their cupcake-like