Tag: Education
No. 1 of the Top 10 Horrible, Terrible, No Good Mistakes Lawyers Make in Mediations
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A high-level Justice Department lawyer was in the spotlight this week because he practiced for two months while unaware that his license had lapsed.
5 Emerging Challenges for Law Firm Leaders in 2020
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Five important emerging trends or steps for law firm leaders to consider in 2020, each of which will have significant short and long-term implications for firms.
Are You Being SMART About Your Approach to Business Development?
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SMART provides you with focus, so you can actually achieve your goals.
Too Many Teenagers Want to Become Lawyers or Managers
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Teenagers aren’t being imaginative enough with their ambitions as they aspire to a short list of 20th-century occupations in their future careers, according to the OECD.
ABA Gives Troubled Law School Three More Years of Accreditation
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The school was put on probation in 2017, and the council withdrew its ABA approval last summer.
Law School Transparency Still Fighting Status Quo After a Decade
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One of the early findings of the 10-year-old nonprofit was that high starting salary salaries often listed for law school graduates were based on a low number of alumni responses.
University of Phoenix Reaches Landmark Agreement to Forgive Student Loans
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The university will pay $191 million, of which $141 million will be used to forgive some student loans for certain borrowers who attended the university.
Law Schools With Accreditation Issues See Bar Exam Improvement, But Will They Hit 75% Pass Rate?
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The mean scaled score for the July 2019 multistate bar exam increased this year, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Law Schools With the Greatest Resources for Women
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The findings are based on school reported data — the percent of the student body that are women — and student surveys.
These Law Schools are the Toughest to Get Into
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Results of the study are part of The Princeton Review‘s 2020 Best Law School rankings.
University Assistant GC Resigns After Sparking Controversy By Using N-Word During Free-Speech Event
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The university assistant general apologized during the event, saying she “did not mean to, by any means, offend anyone.”
The Law Schools With the Worst First-Time Bar Exam Pass Rates
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Above the Law takes a look at the law schools whose recent graduates did the worst on the 2018 exam — law schools where less than 50 percent of first-time takers were able to pass the test.
Law School Deans Recently Hit With Noncompliance Notice Say They Can Show Standards Are Met
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Two law schools recently received public notice of being out of compliance with ABA accreditation standards, according to a report by the ABA Journal.
The 10 Most Expensive Law Schools
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U.S. News’ list of law schools with the highest tuition reveals that the average tuition and fees for the 2018-2019 academic year was at least $64,000.
Bar Exam Subject Leak to be Probed in California
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The email listed subject areas of civil procedure, remedies/constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, professional responsibility, and contracts.
Dean Rips Law Prof’s ‘Repugnant’ Race Statements; She Has ‘No Plans’ to Leave School
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Amy Wax has said in an email to Bloomberg that she has “no plans” to leave Penn permanently.
Best Law Schools in the Country for Getting a High-Paying Job
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Above the Law has published the results of its new rankings of law schools, based on current ABA employment data.
Law School With Abysmal Bar Passage Rate Loses ABA Approval
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The San Diego-based school took issue with the ABA’s withdrawal of approval, calling it a “capricious decision.”
Law School Donor Blasts Abortion Law, University of Alabama Might Give Funds Back
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The University of Alabama law school’s largest donor, has called for a boycott of Alabama – school and state – over the state’s latest near-total abortion ban law.
Law Schools Where Starting Salaries for Graduates Exceed Their Student Loan Debt
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Several law schools are not only highly ranked, but their graduates are very well-compensated after graduation – in fact, they’re so well-compensated that it makes up for the high costs of their education, Above the Law reports.
