Law Schools

Competition for law school admissions expected to remain hot

Thanks to the charged political climate, the law school application boom of the past two years will continue to be strong this year, which may shape up to be more competitive than last year, according to a survey released Tuesday by test prep company Kaplan.

Sep 29, 2026 10:59 AM CDT

Pass rate for inaugural NextGen UBE administration hits 72.7%, NCBE says

Despite disruptions in two states, the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam’s pass rate for the inaugural 2026 administration hit 72.7%.

Sep 28, 2026 1:20 PM CDT

Law school grades are related to bar passage, new study finds

Grades in law school do matter, at least as they relate to first-time bar passage, according to a new study.

Sep 25, 2026 10:34 AM CDT

Justice Jackson criticizes frequent use of SCOTUS emergency docket orders

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday said the high court’s heavy reliance on emergency docket orders allows the federal government unfair access to the justices’ time and attention.

Sep 25, 2026 10:03 AM CDT

18-year-old law school grad enrolls at Northwestern Law

Jimmy Chilimigras won’t be able to buy alcohol for a few more years. But by then, he’ll have an LLM from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law under his belt.

Sep 23, 2026 12:21 PM CDT

UCLA chancellor criticized by law profs for responding to controversial 9/11 symposium

The UCLA chancellor is facing criticism from some law professors for voicing his concern that the law school hosted a 9/11 event featuring the lawyer of a terrorist mastermind.

Sep 23, 2026 10:01 AM CDT

LSAC will lead national convening on solving rural legal deserts

“We all know that one convening is not going to solve these issues, but there’s so much good work going on in different spaces,” says Sudha Setty, the LSAC’s president and CEO. “So how can we come together, and how can we build that collaboration to last for the long haul? The investment of time and energy is really significant, and it’s not measurable in a year or two. It’s a long journey.”

Sep 17, 2026 3:24 PM CDT

Penn Law professor brings Trump ally John Eastman onto legal team

Prominent conservative attorney and Trump ally John Eastman has joined the team of lawyers representing Amy Wax, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School fighting a high-profile discrimination case—five months after California stripped him of his law license as he worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Sep 15, 2026 11:27 AM CDT

LSAC notifies Iranian students that US sanctions prohibit them from taking LSAT

The Law School Admission Council has notified Iranian students that they are prohibited from taking the LSAT after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the suspension of several general licenses in its Iran Sanctions program.

Sep 11, 2026 10:25 AM CDT

UC Berkeley Law discriminated in admissions, DOJ says

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education is accusing the University of California at Berkeley School of Law of discriminating against white and Asian applicants while prioritizing Black applicants.

Sep 10, 2026 2:52 PM CDT

Vanderbilt law students will gain access to AI-powered deposition simulations

The Vanderbilt University Law School will offer DepoSim, an artificial intelligence-powered deposition simulation used by many law firms, starting this fall.

Sep 10, 2026 11:10 AM CDT

Is there a religious right to abortion? State supreme court will weigh in

An Indiana advocacy group and two Jewish women are preparing to tell the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday that they should be exempt from the state’s near-total ban on abortion because it violates their exercise of religion.

Sep 10, 2026 10:31 AM CDT

If AI can think for you, why go to college?

Artificial intelligence can summarize an entire semester of coursework in seconds, grade assignments, pass the bar exam and write a legal brief. Meanwhile, the decision to pursue higher education has never faced more scrutiny. Politicians brand universities as ideological factories, parents balk at the soaring price tag, new federal policy caps graduate student borrowing, research funding is under political siege, and enrollment is nearing a demographic cliff.

Sep 9, 2026 9:21 AM CDT

ABA Legal Ed council repeals DEI standard

The council for the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted Tuesday to repeal its contentious standard regarding diversity and inclusion, effective immediately.

Sep 8, 2026 11:38 AM CDT

Florida International University faculty raise red flags as Trump aide moves to interim law dean post

Faculty at Florida International University are raising red flags regarding the appointment of Daniel Z. Epstein as the interim dean of the law school, who started in the post last month.

Sep 4, 2026 10:36 AM CDT