Law School Transparency
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Law Schools
Law School Transparency Teams Up With LSAC To Guide Future Law Students
It's amazing how far this nonprofit has come. Great work! -
Law Schools
The ABA To Expand Law School Diversity Data
The ABA is expanding law school diversity data but needs to go further. - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Law Schools
The Law School Putting More Than Half Of Recent Graduates Into Judicial Clerkships
That's... a LOT of clerkships.
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Law Schools
Students At This Law School Are Projected To Have The Most Student Debt
Get ready to service those loans! -
Law Schools
This Law School's Recent Graduates Are Raking In The Money
Big bucks on the horizon for these grads! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.13.20
* A class action about Xbox controllers that allegedly “drift” has been beefed up. I used to blame controllers when I lost at GoldenEye as a kid… [Video Games Chronicle]
* Andrew Cuomo apparently has “no interest in going to Washington” to become Attorney General if Joe Biden is elected president. [Fox News]
* A Connecticut lawyer who served time in federal prison for fraud is seeking reinstatement to the Connecticut Bar. [CT Post]
* Law School Transparency is hosting an event on the future of the bar exam that you should all check out! [Law School Transparency]
* A black man who was allegedly led through Galveston, Texas, by a white police officer on horseback is suing the city for $1 million. [CNN]
* The Florida Bar says a lawyer acted so poorly, the judge had to “resort to a discipline strategy typically reserved to parents separating bickering siblings.” This sounds like so many depositions I’ve attended… [Daily Business Review]
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Law Schools
Scholarship Or Loan In Disguise? Law School Policy Has Experts Asking Questions
California Western Law School's policy has experts wondering about a requirement that the award be repaid if a student transfers to a different law school. -
Law Schools
The Truth About Law School, Diversity, And Debt
What do you need to know before you make the investment? - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.15.19
* Attorney for accused poker cheat explains that he loses all the time, so people who win all the time must be possible too. These are the math students law school was built to serve. [Card Player]
* A Davis Wright Tremaine partner has resigned amid controversy that a board he served on covered up allegations against the non-profit’s founder. [American Lawyer]
* Comedy writer writes tale of what would have happened if he’d listened to his mother and gone into law instead of comedy. Having read this contribution to the New Yorker’s humor section… he should have listened to his mom. [New Yorker]
* Inmate seeks to intervene on R. Kelly’s behalf. He feels a kinship because the prisoner is… Trapped in the Jail Cell. [Yahoo]
* LST is looking to expand its board as part of its commitment to maintain a board reflecting a cross-section of the legal industry. [Law School Transparency]
* Lawyers overpay for less? Shocking! [Legaltech News]
* Irell & Manella may be suffering from failed merger exodus. [Business Insider]
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Law Schools
Maybe This Positive Jobs Report For Law School Graduates Isn't As Positive As It Seems...
Future graduating classes may be in trouble. -
Law Schools
Harvard Law Can Afford To Eliminate Tuition, But Will It? Or Should It?
It would be awesome if this ever happened, but it sure seems unlikely. -
Law School Deans, Law Schools
First Monday Musings By Dean Vik Amar: A Guided Tour Through The Debate Over Changing The ABA Employment Data Form
It's a complicated mix of arguments about substantive policy, procedural thoroughness, and outside perception. -
Law Schools
ABA Takes Giant Step Backwards On Transparency
An abuse of the accreditation process that will benefit a handful of schools and hurt prospective law students.
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Bar Exams, Student Loans
Low-Cost Bar Prep Materials? Unbundling To Drive Down Costs
This company wants to help you prepare for the bar and tackle the student debt crisis instead of contributing to it. -
Law Schools, LSAT
Stat Of The Week: 25% Of Schools Setting Up Significant Numbers of Students To Fail
The number of law schools with "risky" admissions standards has increased. -
Law Schools
Law School Deans Ask For Extension On Exploitation
More than 90 law school deans have asked their accreditor to halt new standards that would hold schools accountable for very low bar passage rates. Last October, the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar approved two new standards to stop exploitative admissions and retention practices. At a time […] -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Charlotte School Of Law Should Be More Transparent, Immediately
The school should err on the side of full disclosure and immediately release any information that could affect its students’ decisions. -
Law Schools, Racism, Sexism, Women's Issues
A Playbook For Combating Implicit Bias
Recognizing implicit bias, while only one step, leads to the later steps of deconstructing stereotypes and rebuilding their subjects. -
Racism, Sexism, Women's Issues
Moving From A Values To Value Proposition
Unlocking our potential requires us not to fictitiously choose a portion of who we are. Each part of our identity is integral, indivisible, and inextricable.