A judge has dismissed class-action lawsuits against two Chicago law schools by graduates who alleged that they were tricked into attending by the schools’ misleading post-graduation job prospects.
A Cleveland woman who reportedly had more than once used the same stretch of sidewalk to pass a stopped school bus has taken a plea after being brought to justice…
Saying that the ousted president of Pennsylvania State University headed a “conspiracy of silence” that enabled a longtime assistant football coach at the school to sexually abuse boys for more…
A proposal to amend Alabama’s lengthy constitution to delete language providing for separate-but-equal schools is being opposed by educators who fear the proposal could impact funding.
The top court in Massachusetts has agreed to decide whether public schools are violating state equal protection guarantees by requiring students to recite the words “under God” in the Pledge…
Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law has dropped its federal antitrust suit against the ABA over the denial of its bid for provisional accreditation.
A California woman who says she can’t find work as a lawyer and is suing the law school she graduated from turned down a $60,000-a-year job from a Southern California…
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit claiming students in Meridian, Miss., are arrested on the recommendation of school officials and jailed for days at a time without a…
A former assistant career services director at Thomas Jefferson School of Law has admitted to padding the school’s 2006 graduate employment data to include unemployed graduates who had been employed…
A Texas judge has issued a temporary injunction that permits cheerleaders in the small town of Kountze to display Bible verses on banners at football games.
Girls who play basketball at 10 high schools in Southeast Indiana will play as many “prime-time” games as the boys because of a consent decree in a Title IX lawsuit.
In oral arguments on affirmative action in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy indicated he was troubled by the University of Texas’ efforts…
Jerry Sandusky surprised his lawyer in advance of today’s sentencing by sending a taped statement to a news website and radio station run by Penn State students.
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