Education
Wake Up Call: Law Schools Losing Annual $1.5 Billion to Enrollment Drop, Competition, Says Study
• Law schools are losing $1.5 billion in tuition per year, amidst a steep plunge in enrollment and fierce competition for students, a study says. (Law.com) • Legal-tech […]
Corporate Work Is Public Interest, SEC’s Peirce Tells Students
• Corporate work is in public interest “because companies contribute so much to the well-being of society,” Peirce says • Corporate philanthropy is good, but “we need not […]
Law School Enrollment Up, Students Committed to Making Impact (Corrected)
Association of American Law Schools surveyed nearly 25,000 students about reasons Family has a great influence on choosing law as a career, survey shows When students began flocking […]
Wake Up Call: July Scores on Multistate Bar Exam Hit a 34-Year Low
• The average score on the Multistate Bar Exam for the July 2018 test fell to its lowest level in 34 years. The drop on the July exam, on top […]
Wake Up Call: As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Carolina Law Schools Close
• With Hurricane Florence now a Category 4 storm and bearing down on the southeastern U.S. coast, a handful of law schools in North and South Carolina canceled classes. […]
Aspiring Lawyers Warned About Twitter, Social Media Perils
Law schools, firms, advise aspiring students to be careful College social media activity seen as relevant to judicial nominees Firestorms over Twitter and posts haunting social media users […]
You’re a Lawyer, but Can You Run a Law Firm?
How four law schools boost practical skills Project management, budgeting know-how in demand The legal-education model of reading countless cases is evolving as law schools add courses in […]
Court Battles Could Expose ‘Secretive’ Law School Accreditation (Corrected)
•Four law schools are suing American Bar Association for arbitrary enforcement of accreditation standards •Lawsuits have some merit even if for-profit schools suing are problematic, scholars say The […]
Seventh Circuit Adopts Harassment, Discrimination Policies
• Chief Judge Diane P. Wood says Kozinski scandal pushed court to reexamine equal employment opportunity plan • New plan includes sections on harassment, discrimination, and confidentiality The […]
Law School’s Accreditation Yanked, Attorneys Say ABA Justified
The American Bar Association has yanked the accreditation of Arizona Summit Law School, the first time it has taken such action against a fully qualified program, and attorneys […]