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New Pace Program Lets 1st-Year Law Students Start Classes in January 2010

Joining a small number of law schools nationwide that offer alternative start dates for first-year students, Pace University will be admitting its first midyear class in January of next year. Responding to an increase in last-minute applications from prospective students perhaps daunted by the difficulty of finding work in a…

Sep 15, 2009 6:13 PM CDT

Loyola Law School in Chicago to Rename Building After Big Donation by PI Lawyer (Corrected)

Corrected: Loyola University Chicago’s law school is changing the name of its downtown building to the Philip H. Corboy Law Center. The school announced the name change today and the largest donation in the school’s history—made by Philip Corboy, the well-known Chicago personal injury lawyer, according to a press release.…

Sep 14, 2009 5:35 PM CDT

Law Grads Who Fail the Bar Have a Difficult First Five Years, Then Spring Back

What has happened to the estimated 150,000 law grads who failed to pass the bar exam? A UCLA School of Law researcher who set out to answer the question found that these bar-exam failures had staying power, faring more poorly than even college graduates in the first five years after…

Sep 11, 2009 7:44 PM CDT

Law Prof: Sometimes Accused Criminals Should Be Allowed to Blame the Victim

A criminal law professor at Rutgers School of Law-Newark has written a new book arguing that in some criminal cases, defendants should be allowed to blame the victim. Law professor Vera Bergelson outlines her approach in a book called Victims’ Rights and Victims’ Wrongs, according to a press release. “Considerations…

Sep 11, 2009 4:28 PM CDT

Downturn Hits Harvard Law School, Forcing Coffee Cuts and Clinic Moves

Even the venerable Harvard Law School has been hit by the recession. The school is cutting its budget in ways big and small, the Harvard Law Record reports. The law school expects to cut back on conferences and symposia because law firms are reluctant to sponsor them. Four legal clinics…

Sep 11, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

Law Dean Touts Football Tickets in Successful Letter to Chief Justice

The dean of the University of Michigan Law School offered Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tickets to a football game and a $15,000 honorarium to make an appearance and help the school celebrate its 150th anniversary. Roberts declined the honorarium, the Michigan Daily reports. He will appear at the…

Sep 10, 2009 3:48 PM CDT

Law Prof Charged with Tax Evasion, Claims Severe ADD, Prosecutors Say

An associate law professor at Hamline University who apparently practiced tax law while in private practice has been accused of tax evasion. Prosecutors claim law professor Robin Magee, an expert in criminal law, didn’t file her state tax returns for 2004 through 2006 until this year, never filed for 2007,…

Sep 10, 2009 12:42 PM CDT

University of New Mexico No. 1 on List of Top Law Schools for Hispanics

The University of New Mexico School of Law awards 30 percent of its degrees to Hispanics and has a law faculty that is 23 percent Hispanic, earning the school first place on a list of top law schools for Hispanics. Diversity at the law school “has developed organically from surrounding…

Sep 9, 2009 12:52 PM CDT

UCLA Law Dean Michael Schill to Take Helm at U of Chicago Law School

Michael Schill has announced that he will resign as dean of the law school at the University of California at Los Angeles in order to accept a new job as dean of the University of Chicago Law School. His resignation will take effect at the end of the calendar year,…

Sep 8, 2009 7:02 PM CDT

North Dakota Law Dean Says U.S. News Info on Clerkships Is Wrong

The dean of the University of North Dakota School of Law says U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking is wrong, and she’s asking for a correction. U.S. News & World Report reported on Friday that Yale Law School is tops for having the highest percentage of 2007 grads in…

Sep 8, 2009 3:20 PM CDT

N.D. Law Dean Disputes No. 2 Rank on US News List of Clerk Feeder Schools

Updated: A surprising new ranking suggested that aspiring lawyers yearning to clerk for a judge may want to consider law school at the University of North Dakota or the University of Wyoming. Both were among the top five on a U.S. News & World Report list of law schools with…

Sep 4, 2009 4:23 PM CDT

Ex-Assistant Dean at Illinois Law School Charged with Theft

An assistant dean at the University of Illinois law school who resigned on Aug. 31 has been charged with stealing from a Chicago agency in a former job. Ming Liu of Urbana, also known as Ming Liu Bengtsson, is accused of stealing $20,000 from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs, according…

Sep 4, 2009 3:36 PM CDT

Berkeley Profs Team Up to Launch New Cyberlaw Cases Blog

Two academics at the University of California at Berkeley are teaming up to launch a new law blog that will feature what they consider the top 10 pending cases in the United States concerning Internet, software and database issues. Their Cyberlaw Cases blog will be unique says Jason Schultz in…

Sep 3, 2009 10:52 PM CDT

ABA Should Publish Better Job Info for Naive Law Students, Prof Says

Some critics say the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar accredits too many law schools, producing more graduates than there are good jobs available. Indiana University law professor William Henderson notes antitrust problems with slashing accreditation, and offers a different suggestion: The ABA should publish detailed…

Sep 3, 2009 3:36 PM CDT

Physics, Math Majors Get Top LSAT Scores; Poli Sci Majors Are Average

Physics and math majors do the best on the Law School Admissions Test, according to a study by an economics professor. Physics and math majors have an average LSAT score of 160, well above prelaw and criminal justice majors, who have average LSATs of 148.3 and 146 respectively, according to…

Sep 1, 2009 5:43 PM CDT

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