Law Schools

ABA maintains commitment to bias elimination, diversity enhancement in justice system

The American Bar Association today reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed against the association by the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) in April 2025 over the ABA’s Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund (LOSF).

Apr 27, 2026 10:00 AM CDT

Public support for Supreme Court is falling, new poll finds

Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court is declining, according to a new national survey poll by the Marquette University Law School, with only 43% of respondents giving the justices high marks.

Apr 24, 2026 1:30 PM CDT

Yale Law student with psychiatric conditions denied anonymity in discrimination lawsuit

A federal appeals court denied Monday a Yale Law School student’s request to proceed under a pseudonym in a lawsuit aiming to stop the school from discharging her.

Apr 24, 2026 10:52 AM CDT

After 15 years of falling, number of men enrolled in JD programs grew last year

For the first time since 2010, the number of men enrolled in JD programs increased in 2025, reaching 50,900 last year compared to 49,000 in 2024, according to the AccessLex Institute's Legal Education Data Deck, released Thursday.

Apr 23, 2026 1:22 PM CDT

Retired Justice Breyer defends former colleagues on Supreme Court amid shadow docket scrutiny

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently defended his former colleagues on the high court and said he doesn’t think that any justice is pushing for a particular political agenda.

Apr 22, 2026 9:52 AM CDT

As recruiting season moves up, BYU Law switches immersive programs to fall

As BigLaw speeds up its hiring timeline, the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School in Utah is moving up its immersive simulation-based programs from spring to fall, allowing its first-year students to gain hands-on experience ahead of recruiting, the law school announced Tuesday.

Apr 21, 2026 9:15 AM CDT

DEI law school accreditation standard finds support in comments

An overwhelming majority of comments received regarding the future of a diversity, equity and inclusion accreditation standard for law schools are strongly in favor of keeping—and perhaps strengthening—the embattled requirement.

Apr 17, 2026 12:32 PM CDT

Grad sues George Washington University, Ernst & Young after Gaza ‘genocide’ remarks in commencement speech

Less than 24 hours after a George Washington University graduate included remarks about the “ongoing genocide” in Gaza in her May 2025 commencement speech, Ernst & Young illegally fired her, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Apr 17, 2026 10:31 AM CDT

Relativity, Wickard.ai join forces to offer AI training to law schools

E-discovery company Relativity is partnering with legal artificial intelligence education and training startup Wickard.ai to offer legal training at participating law schools that grants access to its RelativityOne at no cost along with Wickard’s AI-oriented programs.

Apr 16, 2026 9:55 AM CDT

Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court’s emergency orders

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has slammed her conservative colleagues’ use of the emergency docket, which handed a series of victories to President Donald Trump at the beginning of his second term.

Apr 16, 2026 9:32 AM CDT

Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful’ comments about Kavanaugh

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologized for making what she called "inappropriate" and "hurtful" comments last week about fellow Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Apr 16, 2026 9:16 AM CDT

Berkeley Law dean Chemerinsky extends contract, citing ‘unprecedented moment’ in history of democracy

Erwin Chemerinsky will remain the dean of University of California at Berkeley School of Law for two additional years.

Apr 15, 2026 10:01 AM CDT

Florida law school pressed to include chapter of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA

The Barry University School of Law is facing pressure from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to include a Turning Point USA campus chapter, alleging that refusal to do so may violate state law and students' rights to free expression.

Apr 10, 2026 10:00 AM CDT

Enrollment in law school of first-gen college grads drops, new LSAC report finds

While the largest number of law school applicants since 2011 resulted in the largest first-year class in recent years, enrollment of first-generation college graduates decreased for the second year, even before changes to student loans and higher education budgets come into effect, according to a report released Wednesday by the Law School Admission Council.

Apr 8, 2026 3:39 PM CDT

Sotomayor criticizes Kavanaugh over immigration stops concurrence

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday criticized another member of the high court for failing to understand the consequences of an order issued last year allowing immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles to resume.

Apr 8, 2026 10:58 AM CDT