Above the Law: Morning Docket: 10.26.12

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Morning Docket: 10.26.12 Oct 26th 2012, 13:06 * Gloria Allred's "October Surprise" for Mitt Romney didn't exactly go according to plan, but that's probably because she never filed the appropriate motions related to the gag order in this decades old divorce case wherein Mitt Romney testified. [Bloomberg] * This Election Day, 16 Biglaw firms in offices across the country will be manning an Election Protection hotline to field questions, because despite the bad jokes about the legal profession, "lawyers can play a really valuable civic role." [Am Law Daily] * "We never make decisions to eliminate positions with any discriminatory conduct." In other news from the CYA Department, Paul Hastings really doesn't like getting sued by former legal secretaries who were laid off. [JD Journal] * The assistant dean of academic support at TSU's Thurgood Marshall School of Law claims the school discriminated against her based on her skin color. Did we mention she's white? [Courthouse News Service] * Apparently the allegations of false reporting levied against TJSL are a "crock of crap" because the school claims the ex-employee who told on them never alerted the dean. Hmm… [Thomas Jefferson School of Law] * A nice pipe dream: now that "the twilight of the generalist law degree is here," perhaps law schools will move to a two-year model, with an optional third year for specialization purposes. [DealBook / New York Times] Continue reading » Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Tags: Age Discrimination, Anne Hollingsworth, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Election 2012, Election Law, Election Protection, Employment Data, Employment Statistics, Gag Orders, Gloria Allred, Job Statistics, Karen Grant, Labor Statistics, Law Schools, Legal Secretaries, Maureen Stemberg, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, Mitt Romney, Money, Morning Docket, October Surprise, Patricia Garrison, Paul Hastings, Politics, Race Discrimination, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Shawnda Foster, Staples, Texas Southern Law School, Texas Southern University School of Law, Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Thomas Jefferson Law, Thomas Jefferson Law School, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Tom Stemberg

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