Law Schools

Florida Law School Is Tops for Lowest Tuition in LLM Tax Programs

The University of Florida’s Levin College of Law tops a blogger’s list of LLM tax programs with the lowest tuition. The Florida tuition is $12,331, TaxProf Blog reports, using data from law school websites and a guide to LLM programs published by the National Jurist. The next four with the…

Oct 8, 2009 3:20 PM CDT

Law Prof Appointed to Copyright Case Sees Parallels to Erin Brokovich

Ohio State University law professor Deborah Jones Merritt didn’t shy away from media interviews about her first Supreme Court argument. She told the Columbus Dispatch how she practiced before large photos of the nine justices. She confessed to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times that she felt like “the…

Oct 8, 2009 2:33 PM CDT

Longhorns Star Charged in Alleged Fight With Texas Law Student

A pick-up basketball game at the University of Texas led to a misdemeanor assault charge against a star Longhorns freshman safety after he allegedly fought with a law student at the school’s Gregory Gymnasium last month, leaving the fledgling legal eagle with a bloody lip. An arrest affidavit says the…

Oct 7, 2009 11:26 PM CDT

Three Texas Law Schools Cut Enrollment, But Economy Isn’t the Reason

Three Texas law schools have cut enrollment this fall, but school officials say the primary reason is the need for smaller class sizes rather than the economic downturn. School officials emphasized the personal attention that comes with smaller class sizes, although one also mentioned the economic downturn and another talked…

Oct 7, 2009 12:55 PM CDT

Tom Cruise Makes Surprise Visit to Harvard Entertainment Law Class

Attendance was way up yesterday at a Harvard Law School entertainment law class after Tom Cruise made an unexpected appearance along with a celebrity lawyer who was serving as a guest lecturer. Some 30 minutes after entertainment attorney Bertram Fields, who graduated from the law school in 1952, took the…

Oct 6, 2009 8:15 PM CDT

Most Competitive Law Students at Baylor, Most Liberal at CUNY, Survey Finds

Prospective law students who relish a competitive environment may want consider to Baylor University’s law school, according to a new survey. Law students there are the most competitive, according to a survey by the Princeton Review. Meanwhile, the best quality of life for law students is at the University of…

Oct 6, 2009 1:36 PM CDT

Law Grads Scramble for Interim Jobs; More Deferrals, Fewer Stipends in Future?

Rosemary McKenna feels fortunate to have received an offer to work as an associate attorney at Blank Rome. But the 26-year-old graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law has been told by the law firm not to plan to start there until January. In the meantime, she is working…

Oct 5, 2009 11:30 PM CDT

Ex-Clinic Director Kyndra Rotunda Sues George Mason for Sexual Harassment

When constitutional law scholar Ron Rotunda and his wife departed George Mason University School of Law last year for new jobs at Chapman University School of Law in California they were “pleased to be leaving,” he told the local Washington, D.C., area legal community in an e-mail. Now his wife,…

Oct 5, 2009 10:00 PM CDT

Ex-Prof: I Left UVa for Georgetown Due to Anti-Gay Bias, ‘Tantrum’ & Insults

An almost 25-year-old law school tenure decision is suddenly controversial, following testimony by a now-high-profile professor before a Congressional committee last month that he was denied fair consideration due to his sexual orientation. In response, the law school’s dean says it does not discriminate and strives to maintain a welcoming…

Oct 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT

Nixon Peabody Hiring Partner: Student Recruitment Model Is ‘Antiquated’

The hiring partner of Nixon Peabody says the traditional law firm recruitment model needs to be changed, and his law firm is already examining alternatives. Hiring partner John Snellings told the Boston Business Journal that his firm is considering an apprenticeship program. The old recruitment system “is antiquated,” he told…

Oct 5, 2009 3:58 PM CDT

Law Librarians ‘Delighted’ About Online Changes to Federal Register

Past issues of the Federal Register dating to 2000 go online today in a new format that makes the data easier to be moved, reorganized and customized. The new XML format makes it easier for users to find the topic they want to research without having to sift through large…

Oct 5, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

Matching Program for Med Students Is Good Model for Legal Hiring, Prof Says

A Harvard law professor is backing a new method for hiring law students that is modeled on the way medical students find jobs. Law professor Asish Nanda says the matching procedure would work for law firms, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports, noting a reference to Nanda’s idea in…

Oct 2, 2009 1:29 PM CDT

Shedding Tiers

Look out, Harvard: Seton Hall grad makes it to clerk status.

Oct 2, 2009 2:20 AM CDT

Would-Be Lawyer with Pattern of ‘Offensive Behavior’ Denied License

In an opinion short on details, a New York appeals court has refused to give a law license to an applicant who displayed “a pattern of inappropriate and offensive behavior.” The Oct. 1 opinion (PDF) says the bar applicant engaged in the bad behavior at work and in law school,…

Oct 1, 2009 6:45 PM CDT

Law Prof Says Students Saved His Life

A judge who teaches a trial techniques class at the University at Buffalo law school says seven students who didn’t listen to him ended up saving his life. Judge Richard Kloch Sr. experienced overwhelming pain in his knee and a wave of weakness when he was teaching a class about…

Sep 28, 2009 1:19 PM CDT