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Millennial claims millennials are “not screwed” while disparaging other millennials. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/bodY97vJ7vs/story01.htm

* Does Chief Justice Roberts care enough about avoiding the appearance of partisanship that he’ll sink challenges to Obamacare? [Huffington Post] * Wow. In 1938, they arrested a woman for wearing pants to court. [LA Times] * LSAT takers were down AGAIN. It’s now down more than 40 percent since 2009. Maybe someday soon it […]

A law school debt infographic. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/GzqPLuKVtxM/story01.htm

Please join us in Chicago on November 20! Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/tOEbIoMZoI8/story01.htm

* 1,000 foreign experts needed, only 600 respond so far (adds details, quotes) Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/qlgFOBFsXw8/idAFL6N0SI54220141023

The neighborhood Skadden is moving to isn’t very pretty right now, but that might change in the years to come. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/aBttuoapzp0/story01.htm

ABUJA, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Nigeria will send a contingent of 600 volunteers to help Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone fight the worst outbreak of Ebola on record which has killed nearly 5,000 people in West Africa, the acting health minister said on Thursday. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/sCHea1xa-HQ/idAFL6N0SI5WY20141023

Two important cases — Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia (public access to trials) and Larkin v. Grendel’s Den, Inc. (the First Amendment Establishment Clause and a church’s power to control a liquor license) — in a long career and assessing the problem and real impact of the Supreme Court taking on Bush v. Gore. “People […]

Twelve labour unions, including public health and education sector workers, have declared a nationwide sit-down strike, over what they refer as “government’s failure and undue delay” in paying part of their pension contributions into a private account. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/IbusTFaStEM/ghana-labour-unions-agitate-over-pension-fund.html

Chains of low-cost private schools are springing up from Kenya to South Africa. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/U8EvR1yyup4/education-private-solutions-for-public-gaps.html