Apparently inspired by widespread news of layoffs at real law firms, law students at the University of Pennsylvania have highlighted some humorous aspects of a sad situation in a satirical…
In one of the toughest job markets in decades, law graduates advised that a juris doctor degree would qualify them for a multiplicity of careers are finding that, even with…
A third-year law student at Harvard University allegedly had a few too many one day late last month before leaving a Boston bar and seating himself in a city police…
Now is the time to get started on summer work for law students interested in winning a post-graduation position as a law firm associate in what is expected to be…
A recent law graduate in California is worried that the state’s delay in dispatching tax refunds could do further damage to the economy—and to her job search.
As news of new law firm layoffs and associate pay freezes seemingly breaks almost daily, worried third-year law students are anticipating rough landings into the post-graduate world of work.
Students interested in Santa Clara University Law School can pose admissions questions to a virtual character this evening in the online world of Second Life.
Law schools are “exploiting” many students who aren’t successful, according to a law school dean who spoke at a program on law school rankings earlier this month.
Some time after he graduated from California Western law school in 1995, Joel Kellum married his law school sweetheart. The couple had $190,000 in student debt.
A first-year volunteer stint, working to found an after-school tutoring program for students at a nearby public school, nearly resulted in Earl Martin Phalen’s quitting Harvard Law School.
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