Law Schools

Retired lawyer, 102, sells coin collection for $23M

A 102-year-old retired St. Louis lawyer who collected coins since he was a young man apparently made a good investment of his time and money. The 1,800-piece collection put together by Eric P. Newman since the 1930s for about $7,500 sold at auction in New York City for $23 million,…

Nov 18, 2013 7:15 PM CST

Law profs’ ‘satanic’ pay-raise claim is tossed by state labor relations board

Law professors who alleged they were punished for union activities with pay raises of zilch or $666 have lost their case before the Ohio State Employment Relations Board. The law professors at Cleveland-Marshall had alleged in their unfair-labor complaint that the $666 pay raise was intended as a message that…

Nov 15, 2013 2:47 PM CST

A pyramid collapse for law schools? Most are losing money this year, law prof says

Most law schools are operating at a deficit this year as they grapple with lower enrollment and try to lure more students with tuition discounts, concludes a law professor who studied the numbers. Just how many law schools are losing money? Eighty percent to eighty-five percent, according to the estimate…

Nov 13, 2013 2:04 PM CST

What was Sen. Ted Cruz like at Harvard Law School?

Sen. Ted Cruz was ambitious, charismatic and eager to debate liberals when he attended Harvard Law School from 1992 to 1995. The Boston Globe interviewed Cruz’s classmates and decided he wasn’t much different than he is today. Cruz, R-Texas, is a Tea Party Republican who seeks the limelight, the story…

Nov 11, 2013 1:49 PM CST

Former adjunct law prof suspended for 90 days after taking plea in law-student harassment case

A 70-year-old Minnesota sports law attorney has had his law license suspended for at least 90 days for sexual harassment after taking a plea in a criminal case in which he was accused of exposing himself to a female law student. Clark Calvin Griffith was an adjunct professor at William…

Nov 7, 2013 9:00 PM CST

Why Milbank sends its 4th-year associates back to school (video)

David Wolfson, partner at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and chair of the firm’s professional development committee, talks with Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia about the Milbank@Harvard program. The week-long course at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School takes mid-level Milbank associates through a wide range of professional development courses.…

Nov 7, 2013 6:31 PM CST

Distracting sex-harassment allegations spur law dean to take leave of absence

Case Western Reserve law dean Lawrence Mitchell has announced he is taking a temporary leave of absence because of the “distraction” of a pending suit that accuses him of retaliation and possible sexual harassment. In an email to faculty and students, Mitchell said he is confident that the university’s review…

Nov 7, 2013 3:48 PM CST

Law schools can’t sleep through the technological revolution

It is plain to see that technology is fundamentally changing the way we live. During a recent family trip to a lodge, I was amused to learn that my children did not know what a rotary phone was. But why should they? They were born digital and have grown up…

Nov 7, 2013 2:30 PM CST

Too short rather than two long? Law school prof backs four-year requirement

President Barack Obama got it “exactly backward” when he called for consideration of a two-year law degree, a law professor argues. Instead, says Cardozo law professor Edward Zelinsky, students should spend four years in classes. “Law school should not be shortened; it should be lengthened,” he argues at the OUPblog…

Nov 7, 2013 11:45 AM CST

Phoenix School of Law adopts a new name

The Phoenix School of Law has changed its name after enrollment of new students dropped by 48 percent this year. The school will now be called the Arizona Summit Law School, report the Arizona Republic and the National Law Journal (sub. req.). The school also has a new website, logo…

Nov 6, 2013 7:51 PM CST

Appeals court OKs former law student’s suit over claimed Drake U hostility to service-dog training

A former law student has gotten a green light from an Iowa appeals court to proceed with her suit against Drake University over the law school’s alleged hostility toward the service dogs in she brought to classes between 2006 and 2009. Under state law, those who use service and therapy…

Nov 6, 2013 6:15 PM CST

LSAT test-takers continue to decline; October number is at lowest point since 1998

The number of people taking the Law School Admission Test continues to drop. Only 33,673 people took the LSAT in October, an 11 percent decline from the previous year, report the National Law Journal and the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. req.). The new number is a 45 percent…

Nov 4, 2013 11:35 AM CST

Wyoming law dean resigns, cites lack of ‘meaningful consultation’ on recent decisions

University of Wyoming law dean Stephen Easton has resigned and is airing the reasons why in an email sent to students, faculty, staff and alumni. The email (PDF), noted by TaxProf Blog, cites a lack of “meaningful consultation” in recent important decisions affecting the law school. The Laramie Boomerang and…

Nov 1, 2013 3:05 PM CDT

Yoga anyone? Law school offers wellness program

Students at Duke University School of Law are being encouraged to unwind through a series of wellness events that have included yoga, Zumba, and basketball games with faculty. Jason Belk, the law school’s assistant dean for student affairs, told the Duke Chronicle that the school wants students to get away…

Nov 1, 2013 11:15 AM CDT

Joint degree programs help combine the disciplines of law and technology

The past few years have seen numerous high-profile legal battles over the ownership, boundaries and implementation of technological advances, including issues of privacy in the Internet age and even the patentability of genes. With all the legal scuffling over technology, one thing is clear: There’s a demand for lawyers who…

Nov 1, 2013 8:20 AM CDT