Law Schools

Gay Rights Advocates Seize on Justice Ginsburg’s ‘Time Bomb’

Gay rights advocates are buoyed by a statement in a majority opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a decision upholding a law school’s decision to refuse recognition to a Christian legal group that excluded gays and nonbelievers. Ginsburg’s statement in the 5-4 decision Christian Legal Society v. Martinez…

Jul 20, 2010 2:15 PM CDT

Law Prof’s Article Not Just a ‘Pebble’ as UT Drops Klansman’s Name from Dorm

The University of Texas will remove the name of a dead law professor from one of its dorms because he was once a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. The university’s governing board voted today to change the name of Simkins Residence Hall, according to the Houston Chronicle and the…

Jul 15, 2010 3:14 PM CDT

Will Law School Credentials Bubble Burst? Law Prof Calls Trends ‘Unsustainable’

Tuition is rising at law schools even as lawyer jobs are disappearing, raising questions about whether there is a dangerous bubble that is about to burst. Even a degree from a top law school doesn’t guarantee a job, notes Indiana University law professor Bill Henderson. He spoke to U.S. News…

Jul 15, 2010 11:00 AM CDT

Appeals Court Permits Solo’s Student-Loan Suit, Despite Arbitration Clause

A federal appeals court is allowing a solo practitioner to avoid arbitration in a lawsuit that claims his student loan company engaged in deceptive practices. The New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Manhattan solo Joshua Fensterstock could pursue his suit because the loan agreement’s ban…

Jul 13, 2010 1:11 PM CDT

New Nonprofit Asks Law Schools for Detailed Salary, Job Information

A nonprofit group called Law School Transparency has sent a letter to law deans and administrators seeking information about the types of jobs obtained by graduates and the pay that they earn. Two Vanderbilt law students, Patrick Lynch and Kyle McEntee, formed the nonprofit to ferret out more jobs data…

Jul 13, 2010 12:14 PM CDT

Some Ivy League Grads Seek Teaching Jobs over Law School

Some Ivy League college seniors are finding it more difficult to get a job with Teach for America than winning admission to law or grad school. A record 46,359 people applied for 4,500 jobs in public schools in high-poverty areas through the program, an increase in applicants of 32 percent,…

Jul 12, 2010 2:59 PM CDT

Law School Applicants Up 3%, Lawyer Positions at Top Firms Down 4%

The number of people applying to enter law school this fall increased 3 percent, even as the number of lawyers at the nation’s 250 largest law firms fell 4 percent last year. The National Law Journal noted the statistics. The applicants were apparently hedging their bets with multiple applications, spurring…

Jul 12, 2010 2:10 PM CDT

Ex-Jailhouse Lawyer Sues to Become the Real Thing, in an Expedited Manner

A former jailhouse lawyer wants to get his law license, but there’s at least one thing standing in his way: He has not been able to gain admission to law school. In a March lawsuit filed in Indianapolis federal court, Clarence K. Carter says he has been rejected 13 times,…

Jul 9, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

King & Spalding Summer Associate Dies in Commuter Train Accident

A summer associate at King & Spalding with a seemingly bright future who was to start his third year of law school this fall died early Sunday in a Washington, D.C., commuter train accident. Joseph Doyle’s death was announced Monday in an online letter to the College of William &…

Jul 7, 2010 5:18 PM CDT

Rude Law School Applicants Beware: You Are Not That Anonymous

Rude callers to the admissions office at the University of Michigan Law School are now forewarned: The school has your number—literally. The warning was posted on the school’s blog A²Z by Sarah Zearfoss, the assistant dean and director of admissions. “I have some bad news for the recent spate of…

Jul 7, 2010 2:39 PM CDT

Law Prof Files Suit Claiming Duquesne Discriminated in Appointment of Interim Dean

The aftershocks continue after the abrupt ouster of the popular dean of Duquesne law school more than two years ago. The latest development: A Duquesne law professor is alleging in a lawsuit that the school discriminated against her in the appointment of an interim dean after the school told Donald…

Jul 7, 2010 2:12 PM CDT

Match Game

The University of New Hampshire in Durham hadn’t been looking to add a law school when Franklin Pierce Law Center came a-knocking.

Jul 1, 2010 9:00 AM CDT

As Easy as 1, 2 ...12

Thanks to Northwestern University School of Law, the only thing standing between foreign lawyers and an American LLM is 12 weeks.

Jul 1, 2010 8:50 AM CDT

Master Small

A degree for ‘little law’

Jul 1, 2010 6:50 AM CDT

Aiming for BigLaw? You May Want a Different Target, Happiness Researcher Says

Positive psychology expert and lawyer Dan Bowling has a hypothesis: Happiness among law students can’t be explained by who will graduate with a high-paying job or who will earn a degree without a mountain of debt. Indeed, Bowling says, a lot of evidence suggests that the least happy lawyers are…

Jun 30, 2010 10:29 AM CDT