The Boyd School of Law is now accepting applications for its Gaming Law and Regulation LLM which it will begin offering this fall. [press release]
Dean Dan Hamilton is out promoting the new LLM. [KNPR]
Former Constable John Bonaventura is still fighting the County Commission on the elimination of his position and duties (which were taken over by Metro). [RJ]
Settlement talks are happening in one of the mental patient bussing cases. [Las Vegas Sun]
In an press release yesterday, it was revealed that our new attorney general Adam Laxalt will be referred to as “General Laxalt.” Use of the title “General” for an attorney general is a somewhat recent trend. [@Ralstonreports]
Desperate indeed. When will law schools begin to adjust to the market? Is it not enough that they've been fat and happy for the past 50 years? If not for the idiots stupid enough to borrow $150k+ for a JD, more than half of all American law schools would go under. Thank goodness for these JD factories that the US government is wiling to guaranty this easy, nondischargeable debt!
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Lawyer Bird
January 6, 2015 6:25 pm
That "General" thing really bothers me. If a solicitor general or attorney general wants a title, why not "Attorney General Laxalt?"
It's a mouthful, but it's better than calling someone a general who's not a general.
He was a JAG officer, so he probably held the rank of Lieutenant. Thus, he naturally, he is only accepting the title that the fine citizens of Nevada bestowed upon him. Here's to General Laxalt, defender of the state, protector of the realm, of counsel to Lewis and Roca due to questionable competence, the first of his name.
He ran for the job of "Attorney General" so that is what he should go by. We don't need cutsie trendy in an office at that level. Also if he used to have a military role, he should remind himself that's his past and Nevada is in the process of moving forward.
Thank you for that link. It made my morning. Now I've got to go think of my own title…….
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Anonymous
January 6, 2015 7:13 pm
Catherine Masto was called General Masto
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Lawyer Bird
January 6, 2015 7:29 pm
Holy shit when did Boyd's dean turn white?
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Anonymous
January 6, 2015 8:10 pm
Catherine Cortez Masto also used General Cortez Masto. In either case, and despite who you may or may not think is right for the job, both are wrong. We are in the business of words, after all. Words matter.
His bio both at LSC and H&M (the new firm, not the clothing store) lists him as being educated at the "University of Wisconsin". I am told that he attended the "University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh", which is where you go if you can't get into any of the other UW schools. For him to refer to himself as having attended the "University of Wisconsin" implied that he went to Madison (the good one), which he most certainly did not.
Isn't it sickening? I went to Boyd during the hike. when I started I thought "well, if I lose my scholarship, it's still a very affordable school and I won't have problem paying the tuition." By my last year I was worried sick every semester that I'd lose my scholarship and I'd need to drop out. I wasn't going to go into debt for a Boyd degree.
You want sick, when I went there it was $7,000 / year and the student loan interest rates were 3.5% because of the securitization craze.
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Anonymous
January 7, 2015 5:02 am
When I went to a state university law school in the late 80's I think my tuition was around $500 per semester. Didn't have to borrow at all. Of course using coal to write on pieces of wood by candlelight wasn't easy.
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Anonymous
January 7, 2015 5:25 pm
We could have an attorney shortage if all these bottom tier schools closed or went out of business. There were several articles about Thomas Jefferson in California which might close. They have massive debt from a new building. The lawyer glut is serious and it is not worth going into a huge debt for JD degree. I don't know how or why the tuition is so high at Boyd. They are subsidized by the State. They must be paying their faculty ridiculous salaries and need to trim overpaid staff.
No. It went to professors' salaries. Check your invitation to the dean's alumni event at his home in the Ridges. The 1% are soooo egalitarian. Can one live behind gates and be a democrat?
Gaming Law and Regulation LLM
Oh give me a break.
The LLM is a desperate attempt to generate revenue. How many new gaming lawyers are needed each year in Nevada? Worldwide?
Desperate indeed. When will law schools begin to adjust to the market? Is it not enough that they've been fat and happy for the past 50 years? If not for the idiots stupid enough to borrow $150k+ for a JD, more than half of all American law schools would go under. Thank goodness for these JD factories that the US government is wiling to guaranty this easy, nondischargeable debt!
That "General" thing really bothers me. If a solicitor general or attorney general wants a title, why not "Attorney General Laxalt?"
It's a mouthful, but it's better than calling someone a general who's not a general.
He was a JAG officer, so he probably held the rank of Lieutenant. Thus, he naturally, he is only accepting the title that the fine citizens of Nevada bestowed upon him. Here's to General Laxalt, defender of the state, protector of the realm, of counsel to Lewis and Roca due to questionable competence, the first of his name.
Marry me.
He is good for the laughs, I will give him that.
He ran for the job of "Attorney General" so that is what he should go by. We don't need cutsie trendy in an office at that level. Also if he used to have a military role, he should remind himself that's his past and Nevada is in the process of moving forward.
Wait, could Laxalt have been one of the managing partners over at LSC? Oh, yeah, same mentality, but 60 years younger.
General Laxalt sounds like a borax laundry soap company.
Sounds like a laxative. "When I'm constipated, I use General Laxalt. It gets shit done!"
I likie a lot!
10:41 AM won the internets today.
Uh oh, I guess Captain Justice might need to make his return…
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/11/captain-justice.html
Thank you for that link. It made my morning. Now I've got to go think of my own title…….
Catherine Masto was called General Masto
Holy shit when did Boyd's dean turn white?
Catherine Cortez Masto also used General Cortez Masto. In either case, and despite who you may or may not think is right for the job, both are wrong. We are in the business of words, after all. Words matter.
So does the sage grouse, he matters, too.
Steve Sanson objects! He matters too!
Well, there's using the word and there's USING the word.
A friend of mine worked for Catherine and the rule of thumb was as follows:
When you're in a public setting, hearing, press conference, etc., you refer to her as "General Masto".
When it's just her and others in the office, Catherine is fine (I am told).
My guess is Laxalt will make everyone call him "General" including the guy who hands him his dry cleaning. Just a hunch.
I am channeling LSC's Hemo. Hemo, darling, your limo is waiting.
While we're on the subject of Hemo…
His bio both at LSC and H&M (the new firm, not the clothing store) lists him as being educated at the "University of Wisconsin". I am told that he attended the "University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh", which is where you go if you can't get into any of the other UW schools. For him to refer to himself as having attended the "University of Wisconsin" implied that he went to Madison (the good one), which he most certainly did not.
So much for snobbery. lol
Meh, he was the managing partner of LSC for many many years. Who gives a shit where he went to school.
Now what does he manage? Himself?
It could be fun for his former military buddies coming aboard to call him General or Sir. Maybe the cronies can all wear cool hats too? Smoke cigars?
Maybe he'll design his own uniform, preferably something with epaulets and lots of gold braid, in the style of a Latin American strongman.
On the radio today they asked about the cost of Boyd and it is now up to $29k a year. It was about 9k when I went there.
Isn't it sickening? I went to Boyd during the hike. when I started I thought "well, if I lose my scholarship, it's still a very affordable school and I won't have problem paying the tuition." By my last year I was worried sick every semester that I'd lose my scholarship and I'd need to drop out. I wasn't going to go into debt for a Boyd degree.
You want sick, when I went there it was $7,000 / year and the student loan interest rates were 3.5% because of the securitization craze.
When I went to a state university law school in the late 80's I think my tuition was around $500 per semester. Didn't have to borrow at all. Of course using coal to write on pieces of wood by candlelight wasn't easy.
We could have an attorney shortage if all these bottom tier schools closed or went out of business. There were several articles about Thomas Jefferson in California which might close. They have massive debt from a new building. The lawyer glut is serious and it is not worth going into a huge debt for JD degree. I don't know how or why the tuition is so high at Boyd. They are subsidized by the State. They must be paying their faculty ridiculous salaries and need to trim overpaid staff.
Funny enough, I think the increased tuition goes to scholarships.
No. It went to professors' salaries. Check your invitation to the dean's alumni event at his home in the Ridges. The 1% are soooo egalitarian. Can one live behind gates and be a democrat?