A hiring lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., wrote to The Ethicist of the New York Times with this question: Is it ethical to recommend rejection of members…
There is a reason why campus psychological counseling programs treat more law students than medical or business students, according to a law school career official.
A growing number of law schools are linking up with foreign counterparts to offer students the chance to learn about the law in home and overseas jurisdictions.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was so eager to question a lawyer in a case involving the discharge of student loan debt that she ended up apologizing for interrupting his response to…
Some law firms that made a limited number of offers during on-campus recruiting are returning for a new round of interviews with second-year law students.
A 23-year-old beautician with no legal training who made headlines by defeating a big British property developer in a High Court case earlier this month is now headed to law…
At least one well-known institution has reportedly found a way to cut the cost of law school for graduates who pursue public interest careers, and another is going to follow…
A law graduate denied bar admission because of unpaid student loans saw another setback earlier this month, when a New York appeals court refused to reconsider its decision in the…
The debate for a uniform bar exam heats up as more jurisdictions consider the adoption of a single exam and scoring system that would be accepted from state to state.
A transfer student unhappy with his “C” grade in a legal writing course has lost a lawsuit seeking to force New York Law School to change to a pass-fail system.
There’s a happy ending to the story of disabled law grad who sued when California bar examiners refused to process her application to take the test because she didn’t fill…
A student at Cooley Law School disarmed a robber wielding a hunting rifle who had burst into a coffeehouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., in the early morning hours last Thursday.
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