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La Verne Law School Opts For State Accreditation Rather Than Closure
The Los Angeles-area school will voluntarily give up its American Bar Association accreditation. - Sponsored
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Struggling Law School Will Officially Lose Accreditation
At last, the ABA pounded the final nail into the Thomas Jefferson School of Law's coffin.
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Law School Considers Closing Amid Concerns About Financial Viability
The final decision on the school's future is coming next month. -
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What Would Thomas Jefferson Losing Its ABA Accreditation Mean For Students?
The embattled law school says current enrollees could still take bar exams outside of California. -
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Law Schools Fight Back Following Accreditation Woes
This is what happens when law school deans get a notice of noncompliance from the ABA. -
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Feds Take Laxer Approach To Thomas Jefferson School Of Law Than ABA
DeVos’s education department relieved the school from a letter of credit requirement earlier this year. -
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ABA Revokes Yet Another Abysmal Law School’s Accreditation
This decision has been a long time coming. - Sponsored
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Don't Worry, Law Schools, The New 75 Percent Bar Pass Requirement Is Actually Easy To Beat
If you can game the rankings, you can probably game this too. -
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Only A Small Number Of Law Schools Are At Risk Under The ABA's New Accreditation Standard
Considering that most test takers will pass the bar exam within two years, this might not be such a big deal. -
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Law Schools Have To Actually Teach Lawyers For A Change Or Lose Accreditation
Finally, some teeth to accreditation. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.20.19
* Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank reportedly saw suspicious activity in accounts belonging to Donald Trump and Jared Kushner and thought it ought to be reported to the Treasury Department‘s financial-crimes unit, but… that never happened because “[i]t’a the D.B. way.” [New York Times]
* That’s one way to land a Biglaw job: According to Greg Craig, there was nothing “improper or tawdry” about him asking Skansen Arps to hire Paul Manafort’s daughter to get more business. In fact, he says this sort of thing happens “daily in private law firms.” [POLITICO]
* In case you missed it, on Friday afternoon, the American Bar Association adopted a controversial new bar-pass accreditation standard that requires at least 75 percent of a law school’s students to pass the bar within two years of graduation. How many law schools are going to close thanks to this new rule? [Law.com]
* Stormy Daniels has reached a settlement with Michael Cohen in a suit that was filed by her former attorney Michael Avenatti over Donald Trump’s affair hush money, saying she’s “ready to move on and put these cases behind her.” [Los Angeles Times]
* Is the billable hour what’s driving all of the mental health and burnout issues that lawyers are facing? All signs seem to point to yes, but at least some firms are trying to figure out a new way to do business. [Law.com]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.28.19
* Uh-oh! In the wake of Michael Cohen’s testimony, Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings of the House Oversight Committee sent letters to President Trump’s tax attorney from Morgan Lewis and the Trump Organization’s outside counsel from Michael Best requesting their appearance for a “transcribed interview.” [National Law Journal]
* After widespread rebuke, the Florida Bar has officially opened an ethics investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz’s alleged witness tampering of Michael Cohen via tweet prior to his testimony before the House Oversight Committee. [Daily Business Review]
* Milbank’s profits exceeded the $1 billion mark in 2018, which the firm is absolutely thrilled about. The firm less thrilled about its all-male partner class, and unlike in prior years, they haven’t been listed in a press release. [New York Law Journal]
* Hot on the heels of announcing it intends to become a nonprofit, Florida Coastal Law asked a court to dismiss the accreditation suit it filed against the ABA, saying it’s “no longer necessary to protect the interests of our students.” [ABA Journal]
* “For decades a lot of young lawyers have missed opportunities to build families and this technology puts that ability back into their hands.” Bill now, procreate later? Lawyers are flocking to freeze their eggs and embryos. [American Lawyer]
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A New Proposal To Ensure That Going To Law School Actually Helps You Get A Job
That's one way to crack down on accreditation standards. -
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A New Proposal For Law Schools: Fix Your Bar Pass Rates Or Lose Accreditation
This could actually happen, so law schools might want to get prepared. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.23.19
* “Trump is screaming. He’s so mad at Rudy.” After yet another botched interview, President Trump is reportedly “furious” with Rudy Giuliani, and word on the street is that he’s being told to dump the former New York mayor before any additional damage can be done. Best of luck, because he very obviously needs it. [Vanity Fair]
* Justice will prevail… at least until the end of the month: The federal judiciary is still clinging to life amid the government shutdown, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts just announced its final funding extension to continue operations through January 31. [National Law Journal]
* The Supreme Court’s conservative wind just low-key alerted the nation that big changes could be on the way by deciding to hear a Second Amendment case for the first time since 2010. Will the high court swing further to the right now that its perennial swing justice has retired? [Washington Post]
* Stormy Daniels’s lawsuit against President Trump could be tossed out of court because there no longer seems to be a case. “They admitted what we said all along,” ATL’s 2018 Lawyer of the Year Michael Avenatti said. “So any attempt by anyone to claim that this is not a victory for Stormy Daniels is completely bogus and nonsense and dishonest.” [TIME]
* The ABA’s House of Delegates will reconsider a 75 percent bar pass rate within two years of graduation for law schools to maintain their accreditation. This time around, the proposal could actually pass. Stay tuned, because the effort to push through a stronger bar pass standard will be taken up this coming Monday. [Law.com]
* Congratulations to Chief Judge Stephen Dillard (@JudgeDillard) of the Georgia Court of Appeals, who was recently named as the state’s Twitter laureate. Just as you take judicial notice of my birthday each year, I take editorial notice of your constant kindness. Thank you for being you! [Daily Report]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.14.19
* In this bombshell report, it was revealed that almost immediately after President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey, the agency launched a criminal and counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was working on Russia’s behalf. No collusion? [New York Times]
* “They’re not God, after all. They could be wrong.” Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani says the president’s legal team should be allowed to “correct” special counsel Robert Mueller’s report before anyone else gets to read it, including members of Congress. [The Hill]
* Uh-oh… The longer the government shutdown continues, the longer certain practice areas are going to be in limbo. In fact, law firms “might see a dip [in billable hours] in the first quarter, depending on how much longer this goes on.” [American Lawyer]
* “If a school can’t get enough of its students to have a high enough pass rate, then there’s a problem.” The ABA is again pushing for a 75 percent bar pass rate within two years of graduation for a school to retain its accreditation. [Wall Street Journal]
* Joshua Davis, the lawyer who sued Ticketmaster over tickets he purchased to see “Hamilton” on the wrong day due to a tech glitch, got a quick settlement out of the ticket broker — and now he won’t miss his shot to see the show. [Texas Lawyer]
* Patricia Wald, the first woman appointed to the D.C. Circuit, RIP. [Washington Post]
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Failed Law School Somehow Musters Up 'Respectable' Bar Exam Pass Rate Before Closure
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.19.18
* “You were very busy. Wow. Wow. I always knew I liked him.” President Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom to the Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday and managed to crack a joke about the late justice’s sex life when referring to his wife and their nine children. Wow. [USA Today]
* Speaking about birth control… President Trump has proposed a new way for employers to get around the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate by creating a Title X loophole that would “hijack” programs that already have limited funding and send women to low-income family planning clinics to get their contraceptives. [New York Times]
* Will Biglaw be the next thing that millennials kill? Not only has Weil Gotshal shortened its partner track in order to keep its youthful talent from walking out the door, but the firm that once made a big joke out of work/life balance is now allowing associates to work from home once a week. [American Lawyer]
* The California bar exam results are out, and they’re not anything to write home about — except if you enjoy schadenfreude, that is. Nearly six in 10 failed the test, and the overall pass rate is historically horrible. More on this later. [The Recorder]
* After having already been rejected by the ABA’s House of Delegates, the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has sent its proposed 75 percent bar-passage rate within two years of graduation accreditation standard right back for another vote. Will it be approved this time around? We shall see. [ABA Journal]
* Joel Sanders, the ex-CFO of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, was jailed on Thursday for failing to pay a $1 million fine associated with his fraud conviction, but he was out by the wee hours of the morning on Friday thanks to his new firm, Greenspoon Marder, which paid the entire sum on his behalf. [American Lawyer]
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Law School Admits Defeat, Plans To Close After Losing Accreditation
Adios, Arizona Summit.