Law Schools

Chatbot to help victims of military sex trauma wins Tech for Justice hackathon event

The traditional Saturday morning plenary session of ABA Techshow served as a wrap-up of activities that took place during the preceding three days, and underscored the main themes of the conference.

Mar 18, 2017 4:09 PM CDT

Did you take note of the US News rankings when deciding on a law school?

This week, U.S. News & World Report’s annual law school rankings were released. As always, this year’s results were eagerly anticipated. They’re also continually criticized. Law.com notes the critique by sociologists Wendy Nelson Espeland and Michael Sauder in Engines of Anxiety that rankings penalize lower-tier schools and nontraditional students. On…

Mar 15, 2017 12:22 PM CDT

Northwestern enters top 10 in latest US News law school rankings; Harvard drops to No. 3

Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law has entered the top 10 in law school rankings released on Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

Mar 14, 2017 8:56 AM CDT

Arizona Summit law school to affiliate with historically black college

Corrected: The for-profit Arizona Summit School of Law, which is part of the InfiLaw consortium, announced Friday that it will sign an affiliation agreement with Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black college in Florida. The law school campus will remain in Arizona, according to a press release. Summit has an existing…

Mar 10, 2017 8:48 AM CST

Penn law school gets $2.2 million from Koch family foundation

The Charles Koch Foundation has donated $2.2 million to the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The money reportedly will help fund a center focused on fairness in criminal justice.

Mar 10, 2017 7:00 AM CST

Harvard Law will accept GRE as entrance exam

Harvard Law School will accept the Graduate Record Examination in lieu of the Law School Admissions Test, starting this fall. The change is part of a strategy to expand law school access domestically and internationally.

Mar 9, 2017 8:35 AM CST

Popular blogger and scholar tapped as Pepperdine law dean; he plans to keep blogging

Paul L. Caron, a professor at Pepperdine School of Law, has been selected as its new dean. The tax law scholar also blogs at TaxProf Blog, and owns and publishes the Law Professor Blogs Network. Besides tax matters, the Tax Prof Blog also has many posts on various challenges in…

Mar 7, 2017 9:39 AM CST

Free LSAT prep courses to be offered by Khan Academy: Could state bar exam help come later?

Khan Academy, a nonprofit online platform known for its large library of interactive math courses, today announced it will offer free LSAT practice materials, working with the Law School Admissions Council. Many LSAT prep courses now are offered by for-profit groups for a fee. “We’re always looking for ways to…

Feb 28, 2017 5:15 PM CST

Will delaying the exam, adding training help Arizona Summit students pass the bar?

Corrected: A year ago, Kelly Blake was stressed out. The Arizona Summit School of Law graduate was studying for the state bar and suspected that her chance at passing was about 50 percent.

Feb 27, 2017 8:30 AM CST

Heather Gerken, known for federalism scholarship, is first woman to become Yale law dean

Yale law professor Heather Gerken will become dean of the law school beginning July 1. Gerken will be the first female law dean and first federalism scholar at Yale Law School, the Volokh Conspiracy, a blog published in the Washington Post, reports. She also is an expert in election law…

Feb 22, 2017 2:31 PM CST

Indiana University law profs are among those targeted by white supremacist group

Professors at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law were among academics targeted by a white supremacist group on that campus and as many as 30 universities across the country. Indiana University contacted the FBI after fliers were posted on campus that were “clearly meant to intimidate, threaten, scare, and provoke…

Feb 8, 2017 2:42 PM CST

Affluent students get law school merit scholarships while others foot the bill, study finds

Law schools have become more generous with merit scholarships, and the money has been flowing to privileged students whose parents are college-educated, according to a report released by the Law School Survey of Student Engagement. Individuals whose parents had no college experience were the least likely to receive merit scholarships,…

Feb 8, 2017 2:31 PM CST

ABA House rejects proposal to tighten bar-pass standards for law schools

The ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday voted against a proposal to tighten bar passage rate standards for accredited law schools. Under ABA rules, the house can send the proposed rule, Resolution 110B, back to the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar twice for…

Feb 6, 2017 3:33 PM CST

Wyoming law school ends out-of-state tuition—for three students per year

Corrected: In-state tuition will be offered to three nonresident students per year at the University of Wyoming College of Law, its board of trustees decided last month. Annual in-state tuition at the law school is approximately $16,000, according to the Wyoming Business Report. Previously, annual out-of-state tuition at the Laramie…

Feb 6, 2017 1:15 PM CST

Charlotte School of Law reportedly files teach-out plan to ABA

Charlotte School of Law has submitted a teach-out plan, which lists Florida Coastal School of Law as its partner, to the American Bar Association, a Charlotte School of Law spokesperson told the ABA Journal. Both for-profit schools are part of the Infilaw System, which is owned by the private equity…

Feb 6, 2017 9:19 AM CST