The Top Stories of the Week
Friday, July 22, 2016

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• Wrongly convicted man sworn in to the New York State Bar

  Jul 20, 2016, 2:02 pm CDT

• A Message From Tabs3 Software

  One of These Four Law Firm Financial Management Methods Is Better Than the Others

  May 24, 2016, 2:38 pm CDT

• Prison time for firm partner who never had a law license

  Jul 19, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

• Trump's VP pick once said he wouldn't wish law school 'on a dog I didn't like'

  Jul 18, 2016, 11:10 am CDT

• Cert petition says judge's 89-page opinion was ghostwritten by prosecutors

  Jul 21, 2016, 7:00 am CDT

• Lawyers, the algorithms are better than you (at some things)

  Jul 21, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

• Law professor calls for disbarment of Baltimore prosecutors in Freddie Gray cases

  Jul 19, 2016, 4:00 pm CDT

• Which law schools' grads have the least amount of debt?

  Jul 19, 2016, 2:00 pm CDT

• Rape victim who had breakdown on witness stand was jailed to ensure future testimony, lawsuit says

  Jul 21, 2016, 9:33 am CDT

• Stanford law prof Deborah Rhode is at war with complacency (podcast)

  Jul 20, 2016, 8:45 am CDT

• Why Gibson Dunn represented a New York financier for only 16 days

  Jul 18, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

• Disney's top lawyer is best-paid general counsel

  Jul 20, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

• Do you know it all? Prove it! Take the ABA Journal's legal news quiz

  Jul 18, 2016, 1:35 pm CDT

• Lawyer flung coffee at Venable partner during deposition, sanctions motion claims

  Jul 21, 2016, 10:41 am CDT

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

• Did you like law school?

In the last week, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence—who graduated from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1986—was named Donald Trump’s running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. In a 1994 news story unearthed in response to Pence's nomination, Pence said he didn't like law school.

"No one I know likes law school," he told the Indianapolis Business Journal (PDF) at the time. "It was a bad experience. I wouldn't wish it on a dog I didn't like."

So this week, we'd like to ask you: Did you like law school? (Or, if you're in law school right now--do you like it?) Do you have happy memories of your student days--the informal lifestyle, the friendships, having high hopes for the unknown future? Or are you just extremely glad it's all behind you now?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: Ever had an employee or a co-worker who was a bad 'fit'? Seen discrimination attributed to 'fit'?

Featured answer:

Posted by DesertDavey: "I have been denied promotion on several occasions, passed over by those very junior to me (and in several cases, passed over by people whom I had trained and mentored when they joined the office), according to my supervisor, on the grounds of 'fit.' I always assumed that 'fit' is the word used by management when they know perfectly well that if they TOLD YOU the real reason why you were passed over, they could be sued for unlawful discrimination. So the word 'fit' is what they use to avoid that consequence. But maybe I'm biased."