Legal Education

More 2024 law grads find jobs than in 2023, new ABA data shows

For the third year in a row, law school graduates in 2024 were more likely to find jobs than their peers who graduated a year earlier, according to data released Wednesday by the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Apr 24, 2025 12:57 PM CDT

Some of California’s troubled bar exam was drafted by nonlawyers with help from artificial intelligence

Updated: Despite a multimillion dollar contract with Kaplan to create its new bar exam, the State Bar of California recycled some questions and had its independent psychometrician draft portions of its new bar exam’s multiple-choice questions with help from artificial intelligence, according to a news release.

Apr 24, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Did you default on your student loans? What to know as collections restart

The U.S. government will resume involuntary collections on defaulted federal student loans next month, the Education Department announced Monday, ending a five-year pause that began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apr 22, 2025 12:30 PM CDT

Supreme Court’s late-night order barring deportation was ‘extraordinary in many ways;’ what did Alito say?

The U.S. Supreme Court acted quickly after the American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency application Friday evening that sought to block what appeared to be the imminent deportation of its clients.

Apr 21, 2025 9:44 AM CDT

Conservative group sues ABA over Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund program

A group led by a conservative activist has filed a lawsuit alleging that an ABA scholarship program engages in “blatant discrimination” in violation of federal law.

Apr 17, 2025 12:36 PM CDT

Judge finds probable cause to hold US in contempt; is Trump administration ‘at the cusp of outright defiance’?

A federal judge who banned the Trump administration from removing Venezuelan immigrants from the United States ruled Wednesday that there is probable cause to find the government in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his directive.

Apr 16, 2025 3:53 PM CDT

House committee drops information request about law clinics amid ‘ongoing negotiations’ with Northwestern

The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Workforce has withdrawn its request for information on law clinics at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, citing "ongoing negotiations" with the university and an intent to pursue "other means of inquiry."

Apr 14, 2025 10:59 AM CDT

Federal judge’s Columbia clerk boycott didn’t harm public confidence in judiciary, judicial council rules

A judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade did not violate ethics rules by refusing to hire law clerks who attended Columbia University, according to the judicial council of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago.

Apr 10, 2025 11:36 AM CDT

After Texas chief justice criticizes ABA, state supreme court reconsiders ABA accreditation for law schools

The Texas Supreme Court is inviting comments on a requirement that law grads seeking bar admission in the state must have graduated from a law school accredited by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Apr 8, 2025 3:54 PM CDT

Harvard Law, Duke University fall out of top 5 in latest US News law school rankings

Stanford Law School and Yale Law School tied for first place in rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report, the same spot that they occupied in last year’s list.

Apr 8, 2025 9:13 AM CDT

Which firms, legal groups, law profs signed briefs supporting Perkins Coie in challenge to punitive Trump order?

Amicus briefs supporting Perkins Coie are piling up in its challenge to a punitive order against the law firm signed by President Donald Trump.

Apr 8, 2025 8:52 AM CDT

Suits seeking continued US funding will likely be routed to Court of Federal Claims after SCOTUS decision, law prof says

A decision on Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge to an education-grant freeze will likely redirect many other lawsuits regarding Trump administration spending decisions to the Court of Federal Claims, according to a law professor.

Apr 7, 2025 11:42 AM CDT

California still considering its options to remedy the flubbed bar exam

Updated: The State Bar of California’s board of trustees decided April 2 to hold off approving provisional licensing for February bar exam participants while it considers other options.

Apr 3, 2025 4:23 PM CDT

Can Trump serve third term? Yale Law prof sees ‘possible loophole’ to 22nd Amendment ban

Can President Donald Trump serve a third term? The 22nd Amendment appears to prevent it. “No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice,” it reads. But could a president serve a third term if he isn’t “elected” to the office?

Apr 3, 2025 3:01 PM CDT

How can lawyers help law students better prepare for the practice of law?

It’s no secret that law firms don’t think students are “practice ready” when they come out of law school. According to Sean Harrington, the director of technology and innovation at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, firms long have reported that new attorneys lack proficiency in motion drafting, advanced legal research and transactional due diligence.

Apr 3, 2025 2:05 PM CDT