Law Student, Reluctant to Give Up Laptop, Disarms Would-Be Robber

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.

Nov 23, 2009 12:23 PM CST

Online Applications for Judicial Clerkships Jump by 66%

Online applications for federal clerkships jumped by 66 percent this year, spurred by an increase in applicants and the number of clerkships for which they applied.

The number of applicants…

Nov 20, 2009 5:15 PM CST

New Guide Aims to Help Would-Be Public Interest Lawyers Evaluate Law Schools

A new online publication is aimed at filling a void in existing law school rankings by tailoring its information to would-be public interest lawyers.

The Nov 17, 2009 5:54 PM CST

Harvard 1L Is a Finalist in Newspaper’s Pundit Contest

Harvard law student Jeremy Haber says he entered the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest on an impulse.

Now the first-year law student is one of four contest finalists,…

Nov 17, 2009 2:49 PM CST

Goal of New ABA Web Effort: All the Federal Decisions that Are Fit to Print

Want to know more about a 9th Circuit opinion on the First Amendment rights of a citizen ejected from a city council meeting for…

Nov 17, 2009 11:30 AM CST

Police Search for Missing Florida International Law Student

Campus police are searching for a law student from Florida International University who wasn’t reported missing until he had been gone for nine days.

The third-year student, Tom Daniels, was…

Nov 16, 2009 12:09 PM CST

Is Law School a Good Investment? No, Law Prof Says, for Many ‘Typical’ Students

Does the cost of going to law school pay off for graduates? The answer to that question is no, for many “typical” students, according to a law professor at Vanderbilt…

Nov 13, 2009 9:58 PM CST

Harvard Law Will Pay $35K Public Interest Stipends for Up to 12 Grads

The job market is bad for law students everywhere—including Harvard.

“In the past year, the job market has been particularly difficult,” says Alexa Shabecoff, assistant dean for public service at…

Nov 12, 2009 5:17 PM CST

ABA Should Collect School Data on Law Grads’ Salaries and Debt, Prof Says

Would-be law students could better evaluate law schools if they knew more about graduates’ jobs, salaries and debt loads, a law professor says.

Writing at the Nov 12, 2009 3:59 PM CST

When Applying to Law School, Avoid These Five Essay Mistakes

Applying to law school? If you think you’ve got a great famous quote to begin your personal statement, think again. It’s one of the top five mistakes you can make,…

Nov 12, 2009 12:33 PM CST

ABA Lobbies for Student Loan Relief for Unemployed Attorneys

The American Bar Association is lobbying Congress and the Obama administration, seeking student loan debt relief for struggling law graduates.

A number of graduates haven’t yet found work and would…

Nov 11, 2009 7:41 PM CST

Raids of Faculty Coffee Spur Harvard Law to End Cutbacks of Free Brew

Earlier this year, Harvard Law School cut back on one its cherished perks: free coffee for students.

The school had announced that free coffee would end at…

Nov 11, 2009 12:41 PM CST

Southern New England Law Dean Prepares for Battle over Merger Plan

Southern New England law school dean Robert Ward is preparing for battle over his school’s plan to merge with the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and become the state’s first…

Nov 6, 2009 2:41 PM CST

Ex-Chief Justice of New Mexico Dies While Giving Speech to Law Students

Former New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Gene Franchini collapsed and died Wednesday while giving a speech to first-year students at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

Students…

Nov 5, 2009 2:25 PM CST

Duke 2L Finds ‘Simpsons’ Knowledge Can Be Lucrative

A Duke law student corrected the actress who voices Lisa Simpson and helped a cake decorator earn $10,000 on the Food Network Challenge television show.

Second-year…

Nov 3, 2009 5:22 PM CST