Law Schools

Grad Without a Credit Card Passes Bar Exam After Suing to Take the Test

There’s a happy ending to the story of disabled law grad who sued when California bar examiners refused to process her application to take the test because she didn’t fill in a credit card number. Sara Granda, a graduate of the University of California at Davis School of Law, has…

Nov 23, 2009 12:49 PM CST

Law Student, Reluctant to Give Up Laptop, Disarms Would-Be Robber

A student at Cooley Law School disarmed a robber wielding a hunting rifle who had burst into a coffeehouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., in the early morning hours last Thursday. The robber at the Bitter End Coffee House demanded laptops and other valuables, but 3L Shady Yassin was reluctant to…

Nov 23, 2009 12:23 PM CST

NU Law Dean Adjusts ‘Super Lawyers’ Rankings to Reflect Law School Size

A new ranking of law schools by the Super Lawyers magazine admittedly didn’t take into account the number of graduates. And class size does matter, according to Northwestern University School of Law Dean David Van Zandt. So he has reconfigured the rankings, which are based on the number of Super…

Nov 19, 2009 9:25 PM CST

‘It’s’ an Issue in Story Review Instigated by Justice Kennedy’s Office

A new staffer who works for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy demanded the right to review quotations by student publications at two schools, it turns out. The review of a story about an Oct. 15 George Washington University speech resulted in a request to change the contraction “it’s” to “it is,”…

Nov 19, 2009 1:43 PM CST

New Guide Aims to Help Would-Be Public Interest Lawyers Evaluate Law Schools

A new online publication is aimed at filling a void in existing law school rankings by tailoring its information to would-be public interest lawyers. The Equal Justice Works Guide to Law Schools has information on the percentage of graduates in public service jobs; public interest field placements and clinics; and…

Nov 17, 2009 5:54 PM CST

Law Prof Proposes African Boarding School for Troubled Indiana Kids

An Indiana University law professor is proposing an unusual way to help troubled kids: Send them to boarding school in Africa. Law professor Kevin Brown is leading a group of Indiana professors backing a school in the West African nation of Ghana, according to the Associated Press and the Indianapolis…

Nov 17, 2009 3:47 PM CST

Harvard 1L Is a Finalist in Newspaper’s Pundit Contest

Harvard law student Jeremy Haber says he entered the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest on an impulse. Now the first-year law student is one of four contest finalists, beating out 4,800 people who entered and six other finalists, the Harvard Crimson reports. Despite his success, Haber says writing…

Nov 17, 2009 2:49 PM CST

Goal of New ABA Web Effort: All the Federal Decisions that Are Fit to Print

Want to know more about a 9th Circuit opinion on the First Amendment rights of a citizen ejected from a city council meeting for giving a Nazi salute? Or the 5th Circuit opinion allowing a Halliburton employee to sue over her alleged rape in Iraq? You can find those opinions…

Nov 17, 2009 11:30 AM CST

Schools Ranked by ‘Super Lawyers’ Produced

Once again, Harvard Law School has been ranked No. 1. But this time the survey is by a new entrant into the crowded field of law school rankings, Law & Politics, which publishes Super Lawyers, reports the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. The critical information that put Harvard at the…

Nov 17, 2009 12:53 AM CST

Police Search for Missing Florida International Law Student

Campus police are searching for a law student from Florida International University who wasn’t reported missing until he had been gone for nine days. The third-year student, Tom Daniels, was last seen storming out of a CiCi’s Pizza restaurant nearly two weeks ago, according to the Miami Herald and NBCMiami.com.…

Nov 16, 2009 12:09 PM CST

Is Law School a Good Investment? No, Law Prof Says, for Many ‘Typical’ Students

Does the cost of going to law school pay off for graduates? The answer to that question is no, for many “typical” students, according to a law professor at Vanderbilt University. In a research paper recapped by the Tax Prof Blog, professor Herwig Schlunk calculates the cost of tuition versus…

Nov 13, 2009 9:58 PM CST

U Mass Prez Backs Plan to Create State’s 1st Public Law School

The president of the University of Massachusetts announced today that he will support a proposal to establish the state’s first public law school under the U Mass banner. Under the plan, Southern New England School of Law, which is not accredited by the American Bar Association, would donate its campus…

Nov 13, 2009 9:05 PM CST

Harvard Law Will Pay $35K Public Interest Stipends for Up to 12 Grads

The job market is bad for law students everywhere—including Harvard. “In the past year, the job market has been particularly difficult,” says Alexa Shabecoff, assistant dean for public service at the school. She spoke to the National Law Journal about a new fellowship program for Harvard 2010 law grads who…

Nov 12, 2009 5:17 PM CST

ABA Should Collect School Data on Law Grads’ Salaries and Debt, Prof Says

Would-be law students could better evaluate law schools if they knew more about graduates’ jobs, salaries and debt loads, a law professor says. Writing at the Legal Profession Blog, Indiana University law professor William Henderson says the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar should collect three…

Nov 12, 2009 3:59 PM CST

When Applying to Law School, Avoid These Five Essay Mistakes

Applying to law school? If you think you’ve got a great famous quote to begin your personal statement, think again. It’s one of the top five mistakes you can make, according to a prelaw adviser. Famous quotes and trite phrases should be avoided, according to Tatem Oldham, prelaw adviser for…

Nov 12, 2009 12:33 PM CST