Headlines • Law Schools Unperturbed by Budget Crisis—Well, Mostly • Boston's Ropes & Gray Headed to Trial on Race-Bias Claims • In Michigan Case, Justices Take Up Affirmative Action—Again • Justices Cool to 'Dirty War' Claims Against Daimler • Seven Best Law School Mentions in Congress This Year • Fiction vs. Reality to Play Out in Trademark Appeal • Government Shutdown Puts Law Student Externs on the Street • Federal Government: Closed Until Further Notice • Companies With Bad Reputations Face Hiring Challenges • High Fashion or Religious Fervor? Headwear Laws Fraught With Trouble While the federal courts and agencies struggle with the federal government shutdown and impending debt ceiling deadline, the nation's law schools mostly remain relative oases of calm. One notable exception operates in the nation's capital. Read More » Ropes & Gray will face a Boston federal court trial on former associate John Ray III's claim that the firm retaliated against him for making an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race-discrimination claim. Read More » Arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday left affirmative action supporters more optimistic than they expected to be that a Michigan ban on racial preference programs might be struck down. Read More » An attempt to hold Daimler A.G. liable in U.S. courts for alleged human rights violations in Argentina 30 years ago encountered across-the-bench skepticism in the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. Read More » In remarks on the House and Senate floors, members of Congress this year brought up law school in a variety of ways. Here are the seven best mentions this year, as reported in the Congressional Record. Read More » A software company is pressing to revive its trademark infringement claims against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. for using the name of a real-life computer program in the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. Read More » Randall Miller is a law student with time on his hands. Since mid-September, the 3L at Washington and Lee University School of Law had been spending fours day per week in an externship with the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission in Washington. Then came the government shutdown. Read More » For the first time since 1996, the U.S. government has ground to a halt. The House of Representatives and the Senate are at odds over funding and all signs point to a continuing bitter fight. The National Law Journal and its sister publications at ALM will provide coverage throughout the shutdown. Read More » A new survey indicates that corporate reputation is a big deal in attracting new employees, with a majority of Americans saying they would not take a job at a company with a bad rap—even if they are unemployed. Read More » The distinction between faith-based garb and trendy styles isn't always clear. Read More » | 
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