American Bar Association / ABA
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law School Deans, Law Schools, LSAT, Rankings, U.S. News
ABA Considers Dropping LSAT Requirement for Admission to Law School
Really, it’s a good news/bad news kind of thing. The good news: the ABA committee reviewing the accreditation standards for law schools is starting to remember it has some power over how law schools operate. The bad news: the committee is contemplating a change that will only result in making it easier for schools to […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Blogging, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Student Loans
The ABA Started 'Warning' People About Going to Law School Years Ago
I have no idea why this is blowing up today, but it looks like the mainstream media just figured that maybe going to law school isn’t the most awesome idea (especially in this economy). On New Year’s Eve, John Carney — our former colleague, from his days at Dealbreaker — noted on CNBC’s NetNet that […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Potential President of Binghamton University Makes Sense When Asked About Founding a New Law School
Binghamton University — best known as the alma mater of the great Tony Kornheiser — is looking for a new president. They are in the process of interviewing a number of candidates, and one of those candidates is a lawyer. Jonathan Alger is the senior vice president and general counsel at Rutgers, and he’s on […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Outsourcing
ABA Delays Decision on Whether to Accredit Foreign Law Schools
Protectionism? You betcha! Bowing to pressure from arguably every unemployed or underemployed American-trained attorney, the American Bar Association has delayed its controversial decision about whether or not to start accrediting foreign law schools. Back in August, we told you that the ABA was thinking about unleashing foreign-educated attorneys upon bar examinations across the country. And […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Boutique Law Firms, Election Law, Politics, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Sonia Sotomayor
Under the Shingle: 11.15.2010
Welcome to the second installment of Under the Shingle, an occasional round-up of news and musings from the world of small firms and solo practitioners. In other words, you get a break from me — mostly. I’ve added a bit of play-by-play to explain and connect these links, which cover such topics as the intersection […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Barack Obama, India, Outsourcing
ABA Asks Obama To Make India Play Fair
If you’ve been following along with the trend towards outsourcing over the past few years, you know what American lawyers are up against. Indian lawyers can do American legal work… while American attorneys are shut out of India’s (large and growing) legal market. As many of you know, President Obama recently fled traveled to India, […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools
The ABA Is Slowly Coming Around on Law School Transparency
For the second time in a month, the people at the American Bar Association are making noises about taking their role in regulating law schools more seriously. Earlier this month, the ABA’s “recession czar,” Allan Tanenbaum, criticized the new law school opening at Belmont. Today the National Law Journal reports that new ABA President Steve […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Student Loans
Someone at the ABA Is Aware That New Law Schools Make No Sense
A year ago (almost to the day), we learned that Belmont University in Nashville was planning to start a new law school. At the time, I asked: “[H]ow colossally dumb are the people who sign up for a Belmont law degree next year?” Well, there’s an article in the Tennessean today suggesting that the new […] - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News, Vanderbilt
Most Schools Would Like Law School Transparency to Just Go Away
In July, we profiled the efforts of a group of Vanderbilt law students who are trying to bring more accuracy and transparency to the employment statistics provided by law schools. Their group, Law School Transparency, has requested all ABA-accredited schools to provide useful information to prospective law students — information that neither the ABA nor […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Outsourcing, Reader Polls
ABA Ponders Accrediting Offshore Law Schools
In August, 2008 the ABA issued a landmark ethics opinion allowing the outsourcing of U.S. legal work. This August, the ABA is pondering whether to accredit offshore law schools that follow the U.S. system. Because apparently 200 accredited U.S. law schools just isn’t enough. The National Law Journal reports: The American Bar Association is already […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Professors, Law Schools
ABA Takes on Law Schools... Over Tenure
Is the American Bar Association going to deal with the unmitigated proliferation of law schools? No. Will the ABA deal with overflow of lawyers entering the profession at a time when few well-paying legal jobs seem to be available? No. Will the organization seriously address the rising cost of legal education? Not really. Instead, the […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
Law School Transparency Group Seeks Data from Law Schools
Back in April, we reported on an admirable organization called Law School Transparency. The goal of LST: “encouraging and facilitating the transparent flow of law school employment information.” Given what’s typically at stake — three years of your life, and six figures of cash (or student loans) — the decision to attend law school is […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Wall Street
ABA Trying to Push Back Against the Financial Reform Bill
The ABA might remain silent when it comes to stopping law schools from taking financial advantage of law students. They might pass rules that allow legal work to flow freely overseas, damaging the livelihoods of lawyers back home. But when it comes to Congress potentially stepping in to regulate lawyers, the organization finds its voice […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Increasing Transparency in Employment Reporting by Law Schools: What Is To Be Done?
Lat here. Today’s topic: transparency in how law schools report their graduates’ “employment outcomes” — i.e., the jobs that their graduates obtain. When we attended admitted students’ weekend at Yale Law School — back in 1996, so almost 15 years ago — we were given detailed lists showing where the past few classes ended up […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Antitrust, Health Care / Medicine, Law Schools
Will an M.D. Soon Be as Worthless as a J.D.?
If a professional organization wants to protect the incomes and job opportunities of its members — and if it wants to ensure the quality of the services being provided, thereby preserving the profession’s reputation — it needs to exert some control over who enters the field. A professional association should arguably do whatever it can, […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Media and Journalism, Rankings, U.S. News
U.S. News to Rank Law Firms, and Now the ABA Is Concerned
Back in July 2009, U.S. News & World Report announced that it would pimp out its prestige whores to the law firm audience. For years U.S. News has dominated the thoughts of prospective law students and the actions of law school administrators. For years the ABA has stood idly by while a magazine has distorted […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Education / Schools, Minority Issues, Money, Racism
The Recession's Impact on Diversity Initiatives
The ABA is out with a new report that suggests the recession has negatively impacted diversity in the legal profession. The report also confirms reports we’ve heard about layoffs disproportionately affecting minority attorneys: The ABA Journal summarizes the findings: “While law firms have increasingly come to recognize that diverse corporate clients and international markets often […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Student Loans
ABA Defends Itself -- and Explains Why It Can't Stop New Law Schools
Earlier this month, Mark Greenbaum penned a blistering op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, blasting the American Bar Association for not exercising greater regulatory control over law schools. Obviously, I’ve been publicly begging the ABA to do something about the proliferation of new law schools and new law students, hoping against hope that lawyers would […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Student Loans
No. More. Law Schools!
So I’m sitting on a veranda enjoying 70-degree Los Angeles weather, a cuban, and a crisp copy of the Los Angeles Times.* What could possibly make this better? I’ll tell you: an op-ed in a mainstream publication acknowledging the over-saturation of the legal job market that I’ve been preaching about for months. Today’s L.A. Times […] -
American Bar Association / ABA
ABA Executive Director Resigns
There will be a change at the top of one of the few organizations that can help address some of the problems facing lawyers today. The ABA Journal reports: ABA Executive Director Henry F. White Jr. has resigned after three years at the helm of the world’s largest voluntary professional membership organization. ABA General Counsel […]