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Law Grads Advised to Market ‘Brand You’; What Will Blagojevich and Kilpatrick Do?

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 experience, it can be hard to find work of any kind. “Unfortunately, a law degree does not even guarantee an…

Feb 4, 2009 2:29 AM CST

Weil Gotshal in Houston is Flooded with Resumés

The partner in charge of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Houston says he can’t remember the last time he saw so many resumés from high-quality job seekers. John Strasburger told Texas Lawyer’s Tex Parte Blog that he used to see a couple resumés a week from lawyers. But in the…

Feb 3, 2009 12:22 PM CST

Harvard 3L to Police: ‘Do You Know Who I ... Was?’

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 cruiser. Authorities say Charles Simpkins, 24, then told officers “Give me a (expletive) ride, I work for the district attorney’s…

Feb 2, 2009 8:15 PM CST

Want a Job Offer This Summer? Start Working Now, Law Students are Told

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 very competitive job market this year. When computerized legal research company representatives visit your law school campus this spring,…

Feb 2, 2009 7:44 PM CST

Recent Grad Says Law Firms Inundated with Resumes

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. The state is delaying refunds for at least 30 days because of a $15 billion budget shortfall, Reuters reports. Sarah Gilson of San…

Feb 2, 2009 7:08 PM CST

Brave New World for Graduating 3Ls: Fewer Jobs, Less Pay

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. “I don’t know anybody who is not nervous,” Eric Reed tells the National Law Journal. “Frankly, if you’re not nervous, you…

Jan 27, 2009 9:44 PM CST

White Powder Mailed to Dershowitz and Newspaper Wasn’t Anthrax

Initial tests indicate nothing hazardous in white powder mailed to Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and the Wall Street Journal. The material was probably flour or another type of food substance, the Wall Street Journal reports. Fearing the powder could be anthrax, authorities on Wednesday evacuated the floor in Hauser…

Jan 22, 2009 12:07 PM CST

Law School Recruits Students through Second Life

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. Jeanette Leach, dean of admissions at the law school, will answer questions as her online avatar “Penny Canucci,” according to The Tech Chronicles blog of…

Jan 21, 2009 7:32 PM CST

Law Dean Says Schools ‘Exploiting’ Students Who Don’t Succeed

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. “We should be ashamed of ourselves,” said Richard Matasar, dean of New York Law School. Matasar said schools need to take responsibility for…

Jan 20, 2009 3:27 PM CST

Divorcing Law Grads, Stressed Over $190K in Debt, Victims of ‘Education Hoax’

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. Kellum and his wife made $145,000 in loan payments, but they paid off only $21,000 in principal, Forbes magazine reports. The variable-interest rate debt,…

Jan 20, 2009 12:09 PM CST

How 1st-Year Volunteer Stint Made Harvard Grad a Nonprofit Powerhouse

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. But, despite being engrossed in Building Educated Leaders for Life, which he co-founded with a classmate in 1992, Phalen decided to stay…

Jan 8, 2009 8:09 PM CST

A Slow Law School Start Didn’t Doom SG Nominee

The first semester at Harvard Law School didn’t go well for Elena Kagan, but she quickly recovered, earning an A-plus in one of her classes. Now Kagan is dean of Harvard law and Barack Obama’s nominee to become solicitor general. Her law school transcripts, part of a clerkship application with…

Jan 8, 2009 2:13 PM CST

Survey Captures 3L Ennui

Law schools considering whether to allow laptops in the classroom might want to take the year of the students into account. A new study finds that third-year law students are more likely than other students to use laptops during class to surf the Web or to send e-mails and instant…

Jan 7, 2009 5:20 PM CST

Calif. Law Student’s Class Action Wins $33M Tuition Refund

A lawsuit launched by a former law student at the University of California at Berkeley has netted some $33 million in refunds—make that $42 million, counting interest—for tuition overcharges to some 35,000 UC students. Awards ranged from $1 to $12,000, with graduate students—who were hit with the biggest tuition increases–at…

Jan 6, 2009 11:53 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

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Law Students

Law Grads Advised to Market ‘Brand You’; What Will Blagojevich and Kilpatrick Do?

Weil Gotshal in Houston is Flooded with Resumés

Harvard 3L to Police: ‘Do You Know Who I ... Was?’

Want a Job Offer This Summer? Start Working Now, Law Students are Told

Recent Grad Says Law Firms Inundated with Resumes

Brave New World for Graduating 3Ls: Fewer Jobs, Less Pay

White Powder Mailed to Dershowitz and Newspaper Wasn’t Anthrax

Law School Recruits Students through Second Life

Law Dean Says Schools ‘Exploiting’ Students Who Don’t Succeed

Divorcing Law Grads, Stressed Over $190K in Debt, Victims of ‘Education Hoax’

How 1st-Year Volunteer Stint Made Harvard Grad a Nonprofit Powerhouse

A Slow Law School Start Didn’t Doom SG Nominee

Survey Captures 3L Ennui

Calif. Law Student’s Class Action Wins $33M Tuition Refund

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

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