Law Schools

Following similar moves from Florida and Texas, Ohio reconsiders ABA accreditation

Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court created an advisory committee to review the accreditation process for law schools there. It follows similar actions from Florida and Texas.

Jul 23, 2025 9:21 AM CDT

National Conference of Bar Examiners gingerly tests technology for NextGen Uniform Bar Exam

Updated: The National Conference of Bar Examiners is carefully treading through a maze of tech challenges ahead of the July 2026 launch of the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, hoping to ease bar candidates’ minds and keep test days free from tech-induced drama.

Jul 22, 2025 1:40 PM CDT

Writing University of Michigan Law School optional application essay? Use artificial intelligence, please

Two years after the University of Michigan Law School banned applicants from using generative artificial intelligence, the law school is encouraging potential students to use it for a supplemental essay.

Jul 21, 2025 11:03 AM CDT

ABA Legal Ed council proposal to increase experiential learning credit requirement faces pushback

The proposal to double the required number of experiential learning credits from six to 12 by the council of the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has met fierce opposition, with the majority of comments received arguing against it.

Jul 17, 2025 3:12 PM CDT

Yale law dean moves to Ford Foundation

Updated: After eight years as Yale Law School’s dean, Heather Gerken will leave next month to become president of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest U.S. charitable organizations.

Jul 16, 2025 3:16 PM CDT

Law students’ shifting career goals tied to changing interests, compensation, NALP study finds

More than 40% of 2021 graduates shifted their career goals during law school, prompted by changing interests and compensation issues, according to a Law School Alumni Employment and Satisfaction study.

Jul 15, 2025 2:22 PM CDT

Planning to attend law school? New student loan restrictions may affect the decision

Financing law school will become more difficult for many students as a result of federal loan restrictions in the budget megabill signed by President Donald Trump on July 4.

Jul 14, 2025 8:53 AM CDT

Deans, law school associations oppose Texas proposal to end ABA accreditation

Deans from eight Texas law schools—along with leaders of the Association of American Law Schools, the Law School Admission Council, the AccessLex Institute and the National Association for Law Placement—oppose ending Texas’ requirement that bar exam takers graduate from an ABA-accredited law school, according to responses to the Texas Supreme Court obtained by the ABA Journal.

Jul 10, 2025 9:26 AM CDT

Didn’t get a summer associate offer? You’re not alone

Law students hoping to land a coveted law firm spot post-graduation are facing a changing job market. The traditional summer associate role is no longer a direct route to a job. Instead, law firms are finding new recruiting strategies.

Jul 9, 2025 12:15 PM CDT

Harvard Law School names new dean, a leader who ‘cares deeply about the legal profession’

John C.P. Goldberg, who has been Harvard Law School’s interim dean since March 2024, was formally appointed to the position, effective immediately.

Jul 1, 2025 8:58 AM CDT

NextGen UBE ‘blueprint’ welcome, but more info on new bar exams needed, sources say

The National Conference of Bar Examiners’ “blueprint” for the NextGen UBE offers welcome info about how the new test will be different than the current Uniform Bar Exam, legal academics say. But they also say that critical pieces of information are still missing—and can’t come soon enough for law schools and bar candidates.

Jun 30, 2025 9:28 AM CDT

Judge refuses to block sanctions for Penn Law prof accused of ‘discriminatory and disparaging statements’

A federal judge in Philadelphia has refused to block the University of Pennsylvania from sanctioning controversial professor Amy Wax of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, finding that the harm that she claims is not imminent and irreparable.

Jun 25, 2025 1:56 PM CDT

Do CLE requirements affect bar size? New working paper explores

When a state requires lawyers to take continuing legal education classes, is access to justice affected? A new paper claims that the number of lawyers with active licenses declines in states with CLE requirements.

Jun 24, 2025 12:04 PM CDT

Law student who argued Constitution protects white people received award for top grade in originalism seminar

Updated: A Florida law student won an award after arguing in a paper that the United States was conceived as a white country, and federal courts “have the power to arrest the dispossession of white America.”

Jun 23, 2025 3:31 PM CDT

BigLaw’s manufactured ‘arms race’ for talent recruitment harms us all

BigLaw has manufactured an “arms race” for talent that is hurting employers, students, recruiters, career counselors and legal educators alike. Like most arms races, the action of one law firm has triggered the reactions of others, all seeking to cultivate the impression of superior strength while instead imposing enormous (and often-absurd) costs on everyone.

Jun 18, 2025 8:36 AM CDT