Anyone seeing this type of thing at the local level or is it still confined to larger firms (longish read)
Anyone seeing this type of thing at the local level or is it still confined to larger firms (longish read)
Let's be clear- this was not in the law school which was a separate entity. I'm sure there was propaganda on the undergrad campus, but as I said, it is completely separate- completely as in sharing a name only and an VU refused to bail the law school out as it was going under. I named the topic for the sake of very little humor.Haven't had time to read the whole thing yet, but there was a mention of commies at a once-existing law school in IN:
Commies at my alma mater? Valparaiso Univ. and the CCP?
I mean, I met a communist or two in law school, but every law school has them. This is all news to me. https://www.dailywire.com/news/indianas-attorney-general-launches-probe-into-chinese-communist-partys-domestic-propaganda-programwww.indianagunowners.com
That was my misunderstanding. Sorry.Let's be clear- this was not in the law school which was a separate entity. I'm sure there was propaganda on the undergrad campus, but as I said, it is completely separate- completely as in sharing a name only and an VU refused to bail the law school out as it was going under.
Hola, HoughLet's be clear- this was not in the law school which was a separate entity. I'm sure there was propaganda on the undergrad campus, but as I said, it is completely separate- completely as in sharing a name only and an VU refused to bail the law school out as it was going under. I named the topic for the sake of very little humor.
I graduated from VUSL in 1998 and taught a class there for 10+ years until it closed.
Anyhoo,
Are there virulent leftists in law school faculty? Of course. However the legal profession, regardless of politics, is one of the more conservative professions. That is, change come very slowly and is resisted at every step.
As for the leftist academics....they have been in law school for a long time, even when I was there. However, myself and many, many other political conservatives just did what we needed to get grades and went on with life. As far as I know, it's always been that way. My education didn't change my viewpoints at all and I don't know of many people, if any, that it did.
Yale? To the practicing lawyer, Yale is a joke. They choose people they believe will end up in important positions and make sure they graduate. Many of the "top tier" law schools are the same way. elitists gonna elite and they always have.
The key is that true liberals, not leftists radicals, liberals are still out there. They don't like the authoritarian leanings of the new generation any more than conservative. It's time for us to get allies where we can. Conservatives and liberals alike should be on the same page when it comes to the right to representation and not vilifying lawyers for representing unpopular clients. Do you want gulags? Because that's how you get gulags. Conservatives- stop attacking politicians who used to be lawyers for representing people accused of crimes, even horrible crimes. I seem to recall a lot of anti-Hillary hate due to some criminals she represented. Stop it. That's very similar to what the hard leftists are doing as detailed in the article.
I could go on and on, but there are plenty of conservative lawyers and nothing that happens in academia short of vetting for political beliefs (unlikely be cause law school value $$$ even more than political homogeny) is going to change that. We will continue to fight, judges will come from both sides and we are in for decades more of partisan division, but with the existence of 2 sides remaining. I mean, we could join with traditional liberals to push back, but it seems like people like defining themselves by their enemies too much to actually accomplish anything.
Let's be clear- this was not in the law school which was a separate entity. I'm sure there was propaganda on the undergrad campus, but as I said, it is completely separate- completely as in sharing a name only and an VU refused to bail the law school out as it was going under. I named the topic for the sake of very little humor.
I graduated from VUSL in 1998 and taught a class there for 10+ years until it closed.
Anyhoo,
Are there virulent leftists in law school faculty? Of course. However the legal profession, regardless of politics, is one of the more conservative professions. That is, change come very slowly and is resisted at every step.
As for the leftist academics....they have been in law school for a long time, even when I was there. However, myself and many, many other political conservatives just did what we needed to get grades and went on with life. As far as I know, it's always been that way. My education didn't change my viewpoints at all and I don't know of many people, if any, that it did.
Yale? To the practicing lawyer, Yale is a joke. They choose people they believe will end up in important positions and make sure they graduate. Many of the "top tier" law schools are the same way. elitists gonna elite and they always have.
The key is that true liberals, not leftists radicals, liberals are still out there. They don't like the authoritarian leanings of the new generation any more than conservative. It's time for us to get allies where we can. Conservatives and liberals alike should be on the same page when it comes to the right to representation and not vilifying lawyers for representing unpopular clients. Do you want gulags? Because that's how you get gulags. Conservatives- stop attacking politicians who used to be lawyers for representing people accused of crimes, even horrible crimes. I seem to recall a lot of anti-Hillary hate due to some criminals she represented. Stop it. That's very similar to what the hard leftists are doing as detailed in the article.
I could go on and on, but there are plenty of conservative lawyers and nothing that happens in academia short of vetting for political beliefs (unlikely be cause law school value $$$ even more than political homogeny) is going to change that. We will continue to fight, judges will come from both sides and we are in for decades more of partisan division, but with the existence of 2 sides remaining. I mean, we could join with traditional liberals to push back, but it seems like people like defining themselves by their enemies too much to actually accomplish anything.
If you want to see where our country is headed this is a must read. Its been said for years, liberalism is a disease but in the hands of this younger generation of lawyers and activist its a cancer thats well on its way to destroying our great Nation. This article should scare the s*** out of us all!Anyone seeing this type of thing at the local level or is it still confined to larger firms (longish read)
"Big Law" is its own thing and, thankfully, I have never been involved in it.Hola, Hough
You were one of the ones I truly hoped would reply. I was wondering about the associates confronting partners and pushing them to get with the program as detailed in the article. To me it seemed like a way not to make partner, but I didn't have any relevant experience to use to assess the veracity
What I know of your firm and situation made me think that if it was showing up in smaller firms, away from the big cities, you might have seen it or heard about it from peers