http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-06-20T04:58:07-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/social_entrepreneurs_awarded_grants_from_their_alma_mater_harvard_law/ Two Harvard alumni are launching a nonprofit civil rights law firm, thanks to a new program that awards grants to grads working in public service, including grads who create their own jobs. It’s the first law school program to offer grants for “social entrepreneurs,” according to a Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Law Schools, Law Students Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:40:14 -0500 44619.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_grad_70_celebrated_50th_wedding_aniversary_last_week_is_now_studying_fo/ Unlike some younger classmates, Sandra Wilson didn't go to law school for the money. Nor is she worried about balancing a fledgling legal career with marriage and children—at 70, she just celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary June 1 and is a grandmother, the News Herald reports. Now,… Careers, Women in the Law, Work/Life Balance, Law Students, States, Alabama, Florida Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:35:50 -0500 44625.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/track_job_outcomes_9_or_10_months_after_graduation_ABA_section_of_legal_ed/ The governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has voted to defer action until August on a proposal to push back by a month the date on which law schools measure graduate employment outcomes. The council, which met Friday in St. Louis, decided… Bar Associations, ABA, Education Law, Labor & Employment, Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:05:24 -0500 44529.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/offer_rates_at_top_law_schools_are_better_than_at_some_elite_kindergartens_/ Getting into a top law school is easier than getting into kindergarten at a private school in New York City, according to a legal blogger. On average, 23 percent of the applicants to the nation's top 25 law schools are offered admission, Bloomberg Law reports in its… Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:00:49 -0500 44518.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_school_offers_a_three-day_taste_of_campus_life_for_about_1000/ William & Mary’s law school has launched a new program aimed at helping nonlawyers understand the law—and offering a taste of law school to those who are considering entering the profession. The course, “Introduction to the U.S. Legal System,” has two parts, Law Technology News reports… Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:30:17 -0500 44511.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cooley_law_school_announces_quicker_path_to_a_jd/ Corrected: Cooley Law School is joining with Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., in announcing a “3 plus 3” program that will shorten the path to a law degree. The program allows students in the final year of Oakland University's integrative studies program to begin taking law school classes at Cooley… Law Schools, Law Students Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:35:35 -0500 44465.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/university_of_louisville_tops_new_list_of_law_schools_getting_the_most_u.s/ The University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law is ranked 68th in the country by U.S. News & World Report, but it gets the most bang for its buck, according to the publication. The school tops a U.S. News list of the most efficiently operating law schools, according to Law Schools, Law Students Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:04:59 -0500 44445.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law-school_applicants_drop_for_third_year_in_a_row/ The number of law school applicants continues its decline. Law-school applicants dropped 13.4 percent this year, according to data from the Law School Admission Council. As of May 17, about 55,760 people had applied to ABA-accredited law schools, the Washington Post reports. Applicants have dropped three years… Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:01:04 -0500 44442.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/employment_picture_for_law_grads_looks_pretty_much_the_same_as_a_year_agofo/ Bar Associations, ABA, Business of Law, Careers, Lawyer Pay, Law Schools, Law Students, Your ABA Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:50:58 -0500 44254.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/legal_education_section_announces_new_staff_director_during_a_time_of_close/ Bar Associations, ABA, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students, Your ABA Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:40:10 -0500 44255.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/whats_driving_change_in_legal_education_and_why_you_should_care/ Change is coming to a law school near you. Economics will drive the change, but the exact configuration will depend on choices made by law schools, state supreme courts, the ABA, and Congress over the next few years. Without intervention, market forces are likely to segment law schools. Are schools… Law Schools, Law Students, Legal Rebels, The New Normal Thu, 30 May 2013 09:01:53 -0500 44395.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/harvard_law_grad_is_one_of_youngest_blacks_to_graduate_from_the_school/ Cortlan Wickliff is graduating from Harvard Law School at the age of 22. He will be one of the youngest African-Americans to ever graduate from the law school, the Boston Globe reports in an inspiring story. He started his college studies at 15, and graduated from Rice… Law Schools, Law Students Thu, 30 May 2013 06:51:02 -0500 44405.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/elite_law_schools_let_down_their_students_because_of_intellectual/ Elite law schools are “bastions of liberalism” that are failing their students because of their “intellectual homogeneity,” according to an op-ed by a Harvard law student. Joel Alicea, organizer of a Federalist Society conference on intellectual diversity, says the lack of conservative views means that many students at top law… Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Wed, 29 May 2013 06:10:33 -0500 44381.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/9th_circuit_oks_student-debt_discharge_for_law_student_who_locked_keys/ After a 10-year legal battle, a 1997 graduate of an Oregon law school has not only won a federal appeals court ruling that eliminates more than half of his student loan debt, but has established favorable precedent for other recent grads struggling with major debt and minimal job prospects. Finding… Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Education Law, Law Students, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 9th Circuit Court, States, Oregon Tue, 28 May 2013 10:01:32 -0500 44366.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/3rd_law_student_charged_in_beheading_of_exotic_vegas_bird_takes_misdemeanor/ A third law student from the University of California-Berkeley has been charged with playing a role in the beheading death last year of an exotic bird at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Hazhir Kargaran, 26, was charged with three misdemeanors in the Clark County case and pleaded no… Animal Law, Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Law Students, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Nevada Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:12 -0500 44335.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/are_you_still_in_touch_with_any_of_your_law_school_professors/ It's graduation season, so you might find yourself attending one soon–or graduating yourself! So this week, we'd like to ask you: Are you still in touch with any of your law school professors? If so, have they continued to be of help to you as you advanced in your law… ABA Journal, Question of the Week, Careers, Law Professors, Law Students Wed, 22 May 2013 13:20:12 -0500 44307.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/as_fewer_traditional_students_seek_law_degrees_schools_market_to_mid-career/ Updated: As the legal job market has contracted and law school enrollment has declined, law school administrators are focusing their marketing efforts beyond the traditional pool of applicants who want to earn a juris doctor degree and practice law after three years of study. Instead, they looking to mid-career professionals… Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:21 -0500 44265.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/harvard_law_student_hopes_to_buy_a_segway_after_his_1m_survivor_win/ A Harvard law student who wrote a prizewinning class paper about the show Survivor became a contestant and won $1 million in the Sunday finale of Survivor: Caramoan. CBS Miami describes winner John Cochran as “skinny, pale, non-threatening,” but says he managed to win physical challenges and… Careers, Law Students, Personal Lives Thu, 16 May 2013 09:53:25 -0500 44214.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_schools_are_choosing_substance_over_lsats._admissions_dean_says/ According to the rumors, it’s a lot easier to get into a good law school nowadays. The Careerist asked the admissions dean at the University of Michigan Law School whether the rumor is true. Sarah Zearfoss, the school’s dean for admissions, financial aid and career… Law Schools, Law Students Thu, 16 May 2013 06:09:42 -0500 44195.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lessons_for_liberals_can_be_found_in_story_of_federalist_society_influence/ Libertarians and conservatives with varying philosophies managed to put aside their differences to advance a broad agenda based on originalism, according to the authors of a new book. They were united by the Federalist Society, which began in 1982 with a symposium and spread to law school campuses throughout the… Constitutional Law, Judiciary, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students, Legal History, Legal Theory Wed, 15 May 2013 06:25:07 -0500 44171.abajournal.com