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Labor Lawyer Says He Can’t Save, Sees Retirement as ‘Scant Possibility’

A blogging employment and labor lawyer from Chicago doesn’t think he’ll ever have enough money to retire. And he’s OK with that. Tim Eavenson, who co-authors the blog Current Employment, says in a commentary for American Public Media that “retirement is a scant possibility for me.” Eavenson has no savings…

Jan 5, 2009 3:59 PM CST

Harvard Law Dean Picked for Solicitor General

Updated: Harvard law dean Elena Kagan is President-elect Obama’s choice for solicitor general. Kagan told associates the news in an e-mail today, according to the Boston Globe’s Political Intelligence blog. She wrote that the position offers the opportunity to “help advance this nation’s commitment to the rule of law at…

Jan 5, 2009 1:35 PM CST

ACLU Among Legal Groups Touched by Madoff Losses

A group that doles out grants to public interest legal organizations had its money invested with Bernard Madoff, the hedge fund manager accused of losing $50 billion in investor money in a massive Ponzi scheme. The group, the JEHT Foundation, is now dissolving, the National Law Journal reports. JEHT gave…

Jan 5, 2009 1:06 PM CST

Top 10 Legal Stories of 2008

You can learn a lot about what’s on lawyers’ minds by studying what they click on. In 2008, we posted more than 5,000 stories in our daily news feed about every conceivable legal topic. Those that attracted the largest number of readers dealt with the recession and its effect on…

Dec 24, 2008 7:59 PM CST

T-Shirts, ‘Don’t Panic’ Pencils Help Whittier Grads Earn 84.3 Bar Pass Rate

It’s easy to pick out some of the Whittier Law School graduates taking the California bar exam. They’re the ones wearing t-shirts that say “Do it once. Do it right. Never do it again,” reports the Orange County Register. The t-shirts, which are being worn even by some faculty members,…

Dec 24, 2008 7:03 PM CST

Hastings Scales Back Hiring and Pay

In anticipation of continued impact from the economic downturn, California’s Hastings College of Law is scaling back. Some raises are being nixed, hiring is being scaled back and department heads are being asked to cut current operating budgets by 5 percent, the Recorder reports. The cutbacks at the San Francisco…

Dec 24, 2008 12:39 PM CST

Traffic Ticket, Friends and True Grit Helped Single Mom Become Lawyer

Latina Alston freely admits that she has made some mistakes in life, and, at not quite 30 years old, she is raising three children although she has never been married. However, she has also accomplished a feat that others with far more money and far fewer family responsibilities have failed…

Dec 23, 2008 4:59 PM CST

Fighting Fallout from Dean Ouster, Duquesne Appoints Alumni Panel

Apparently seeking to contain damage from its abrupt and controversial ouster of now-former dean Don Guter last week, Duquesne University School of Law has appointed a new alumni panel. The star-studded membership list for the 14-person panel includes includes two state senators and two retired Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, as…

Dec 18, 2008 10:47 PM CST

Law School Raises $600K as Lawyers Ante Up to Name Walkways, Classrooms

The St. Thomas University law school in Miami has raised about $600,000 from lawyers willing to make donations in exchange for naming rights to everything from walkways to classrooms. The largest donation so far is from alumnus Alex Hanna, who gave $250,000 to name the law library and $25,000 to…

Dec 17, 2008 4:01 PM CST

Hot HLS Hiring Streak Continues: Lessig to Leave Stanford for Harvard

A renowned cyberlaw expert is leaving Stanford Law School, after nearly nine years, to return to Harvard Law School. Lawrence Lessig will not only serve as a law professor at Harvard but direct the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, reports the Harvard Crimson. Elena Kagan, the Harvard Law…

Dec 16, 2008 12:53 AM CST

Students, Alumni Protest Ouster of Duquesne Law Dean

Angered by the abrupt demotion of a popular law school dean at Duquesne University to a faculty post, students and alumni are protesting. Among those threatening to withhold donations is Robert Pierce Sr., a Pittsburgh attorney and DU law school graduate. He and his wife had pledged $500,000, in addition…

Dec 12, 2008 5:54 PM CST

Ex-Richmond Law Prof Robert Shepherd Dies

Former University of Richmond law professor Robert Shepherd Jr., known for his work on family and children’s legal issues, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 71. Law school dean John Douglass said in a press release that Shepherd displayed a “deep human compassion for those most in…

Dec 12, 2008 3:36 PM CST

New Idaho Law School Names Dean, Hopes to Open in 2010

Concordia University, a private religious-affiliated institution headquartered in Portland, Ore., has hired as the first dean of its planned new law school in Boise, Idaho. “Cathy Silak, 58, will take the helm on Monday, though the law school won’t open until the fall of 2010 at the earliest,” reports the…

Dec 10, 2008 11:55 PM CST

Duquesne Ousts Law Dean

Updated: Given a choice between resigning his post within 24 hours or being removed from the position, the dean of Duquesne University School of Law reportedly has opted to step down and return to a teaching job there. “My reaction to this is shock. The school—really by a lot of…

Dec 10, 2008 11:01 PM CST

Finding a Summer Job is Harder Work for Va. Law Students

As the economy went into a tailspin this year, even students at an elite law school are having a harder time finding work as a summer associates. Although 90 percent of the second-year class at the University of Virginia School of Law has landed a summer job, that still leaves…

Dec 8, 2008 7:12 PM CST

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