Law Schools

Foley Hoag, Law Profs Represent Georgia in World Court Hearing

Foley Hoag and two law professors are representing the Republic of Georgia in an emergency hearing before the International Court of Justice. The hearing set to begin Sept. 8 claims Russian forces and Russian-supported separatist militias engaged in ethnic cleansing against Georgians, according to a Foley Hoag press release e-mailed…

Sep 3, 2008 2:09 PM CDT

Law School Offers Re-Entry Course for Those Returning to Law

American University’s Washington College of Law will help lawyers who have left legal careers with a new course that helps them get back into the job market. The six-day re-entry program has four parts, executive director Linda Mercurio told The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times. First, participants set goals.…

Aug 29, 2008 1:45 PM CDT

Chief Justice to Judge Moot Court Debate on ‘Choose Life’ Plates

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will judge a moot court competition at the University of Florida’s law school in Gainesville. The students will discuss First Amendment issues raised by “Choose Life” license plates, the National Law Journal reports. The competition will be held Sept. 5. Four finalists will brief…

Aug 28, 2008 2:33 PM CDT

Off-Label Drugs Will Be Next Enforcement Focus, Law Prof Predicts

Every year, when Dallas attorney Steve Kardell kicks off the corporate compliance and governance class he teaches at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, he starts by predicting the subject of the next wave of company scandals. Last year, he pointed to subprime lending. The year before, it was…

Aug 27, 2008 3:39 PM CDT

Mich. Law School to Pay Students $5K for Public Interest Internships

The University of Michigan law school has announced it will pay $5,000 to second-year law students who intern with qualified government or public interest groups. Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a 1989 Michigan law grad, applauded the program, the National Law Journal reports. “A public…

Aug 27, 2008 2:03 PM CDT

U.S. News Considers Counting Part-Timers in Law School Rankings

U.S. News & World Report is considering counting the undergraduate records of part-timers in its law-school rankings system, a change that would reverse recent gains by many schools. Some schools game the system by funneling those with lower undergrad grades and LSAT scores in their part-time programs, the Wall Street…

Aug 26, 2008 1:21 PM CDT

Does Lack of Chutzpah Account for Dearth of Articles by Female Law Profs?

The top law reviews are printing fewer articles by women than men, according to a study by a Brooklyn Law School professor. She says the reason may be gender bias, a suggestion that is provoking some debate among bloggers. Professor Minna Kotkin analyzed articles in the top 15 law reviews…

Aug 21, 2008 2:47 PM CDT

A Look at the Legal Résumés of Potential VPs

One potential vice presidential candidate failed the bar exam twice. Two others—one a Republican and the other a Democrat—are Harvard law grads like Barack Obama. The American Lawyer takes a look at the legal résumés of some potential vice presidential candidates that are often mentioned as leading contenders for the…

Aug 20, 2008 11:52 AM CDT

AALS Moves Seminars Due to Profs’ Protest About Hotel Owner’s Views

To avoid a threatened boycott, the Association of American Law Schools won’t hold its annual meeting seminars at a hotel owned by a gay-marriage opponent. The AALS says in a statement that it will abide by its contract to reserve hotel rooms at the Manchester Grand Hyatt but it won’t…

Aug 19, 2008 4:48 PM CDT

Courthouses and Law Schools Close for Tropical Storm Fay

Several Florida courthouses and law schools announced they would be closed Monday and Tuesday because of Tropical Storm Fay. Federal courthouses in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties were closed along with several state courts, the National Law Journal reports. Among the law schools that announced closings were the University of…

Aug 19, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

Olympic Silver Medalist to Begin Law School at Michigan

Sada Jacobson took home a silver medal at the Olympics in the individual sabre event, but her next stop isn’t likely to be Disney World. The Yale University graduate is heading to the University of Michigan Law School, the Hartford Courant reports. Jacobson said she believes her strength is concentration,…

Aug 11, 2008 1:33 PM CDT

Legal Skills Put ‘Frozen River’ on Screen at Sundance

Earning degrees at Northeastern University School of Law might have been expected to put Donald Hartwood and Courtney Hunt on a fast track to successful legal careers. It did, at least for Hartwood, but it also led to a marriage between the two and now, some 25 years after their…

Aug 7, 2008 9:54 PM CDT

Law School Defers Tuition for Students Who Can’t Get Loans

Charlotte School of Law is a for-profit institution. But the school says it will defer fall tuition and fees for about 35 students who can’t get loans because of the turmoil in the nation’s economy. It will have a total of about 300 students when its third class starts this…

Aug 6, 2008 11:02 PM CDT

CasemakerX: New Social Network for Law Students

A new social network for law students has been announced by Lawriter, a subsidiary of Collexis Holdings Inc. The free CasemakerX site will be launched this fall, as the new law school year is beginning, the company reports in a Business Wire press release. It is supported by the Casemaker…

Aug 6, 2008 3:36 PM CDT

Congress OKs Bill Forgiving Up to $60K in Loans for Prosecutors, PDs

Congress passed legislation last week that forgives up to $10,000 a year in student loans for state and local prosecutors and public defenders who pledge to stay on the job at least three years. The law would forgive a maximum of $60,000 in school loans for a six-year stint, report…

Aug 5, 2008 2:51 PM CDT