It was a Good week for …
Hypocrisy, after Above the Law published its first ever law school rankings. The legal gossip site vilified The National Jurist when it released its rankings in March, and it has been very critical of other organizations that rank law schools. Elie Mystal, one of the site’s more acerbic writers, wrote a story on everything that is wrong with its own rankings.
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t proud of the effort, he wrote. “But I haven’t made my career based on liking things. I hate things. If anybody else released a new law school rankings, I’d be critical of it. There’s no reason I should give ATL special treatment.”
But not surprisingly, his critique was not as sharp as he has been with other rankings, although he did recognize that ATL is a bit elitist in its approach.
Alternative summer jobs, after Luke Bielawski, a law student at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, announced he would spend his summer hitting a golf ball across the U.S. Bielawski will start in Ventura, Calif. On May 7 and conclude 110 days later in Charleston, S.C., He estimates he will swing 48,000 times. His “From Tee to Shining Tee” journey is to raise scholarship funds for Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. His goal is to raise $100,000 and fund 12 scholarships to the Catholic, college-prep high school with the distinctive Corporate Work Study program. His journey can be followed at www.getonthegreen.org and on Twitter @getonthegreen.
It was a BAD week for …
Celebrating diversity, after Anya Bargh, a law student at the University of Connecticut School of Law, was arrested by campus police for harassment and breach of peace over a series of racist emails. Bargh allegedly sent an email to the Student Bar Association concerning the school’s search for a new dean that said, “Let’s celebrate diversity by having the next dean NOT be Jewish.”
Bargh also posted photos of mutilated Barbies on Flickr with comments directed towards her professors — “I hate you so much I would like to see you butchered.” She has accused three professors of sexual harassment.
Police arrested Bargh last week, based on emails she allegedly sent in February to the Student Bar Association regarding the search for the new law dean. Police claim that Bargh wrote:
