Barbara Boxer
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
Is a Senate Hearing on the Way for Law School Transparency?
Law schools have faced an incredible amount of public scrutiny this year. Three law schools — Thomas Jefferson, Cooley Law, and New York Law School — are facing lawsuits over their allegedly deceptive employment statistics. Fifteen more lawsuits of the same variety may be filed soon. Three senators have demanded action from the American Bar […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Election 2012, Law Schools, Politics, Student Loans
Another Senator Wants to Hop on the Occupy the ABA Bandwagon
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), come on down! Okay, I’m sure Senator Coburn wouldn’t put it this way, but you can count him as the latest Senate member who has joined the fight for something that the Occupy Wall Street people should really care about. He wants there to be more transparency when it comes to […] - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Politics, Student Loans
Not So Fast, ABA -- Chuck Grassley Isn't Letting You Off the Hook
In mid-July, we wrote about Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and his quest to get answers from the American Bar Association about the future of legal education in this country. Apparently unsatisfied with the ABA's response, Grassley fired back last week with a shorter (and snarkier) list of questions....
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Politics, Student Loans
And Now The ABA Has Bi-Partisan Pressure To Actually Regulate Law Schools
When Republicans start asking an organization to make more use of its regulatory authority, you know that organization has grossly failed its mandate. We've documented the pressure Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has been putting on the ABA. Yesterday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) decided to join the party. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Politics
Senator Boxer Keeps Pressure On The ABA
I’m telling you, the tide is turning against the American Bar Association and the weakness the organization shows when it comes to regulating law schools. People are starting to figure out that major American law schools purposely mislead prospective students about post-graduate outcomes. People are starting to figure out that the ABA hasn’t done enough […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Politics
Watch Out, Law Schools: A United States Senator Wants You To Stop Lying
Hell. Yeah. Today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer called out the American Bar Association and asked the ABA to require law schools to provide accurate post-graduate employment and salary information about their former students. And so now the movement to get law schools to engage in some basic transparency about the value of a legal education […]
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