1688 ABA Journal Legal Education articles.
An undercover sting operation has led to drug charges against a lawyer who worked as an attorney adviser with the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
The lawyer, Jack…
Feb 3, 2017 11:52 AM CST
Despite increased attention to admissions standards for ABA-accredited law schools, LSAT numbers and bar-pass rates are getting worse at those schools seen as the most at risk for exploiting students,…
Feb 2, 2017 2:25 PM CST
Updated: The ABA Board of Governors on Friday approved a proposal submitted by incoming president Hilarie Bass to create a Commission on the Future of Legal Education.
Bass is aiming…
Feb 1, 2017 2:05 PM CST
Feb 1, 2017 8:55 AM CST
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Charlotte School of Law students with their living expenses after a recent U.S. Department of Education decision that they will…
Jan 30, 2017 1:10 PM CST
If you want to earn a top salary as a lawyer, it’s a good idea to attend law school at Cornell, Columbia, New York University, the University of Chicago or…
Jan 25, 2017 9:40 AM CST
A group of 90 law school deans asked the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to pull a proposal that would tighten accreditation…
Jan 19, 2017 3:50 PM CST
Jan 19, 2017 9:20 AM CST
The number of LSAT tests administered in December increased 7.6 percent over December of last year, according to figures released by the Law School Admission Council.
The increase is…
Jan 18, 2017 2:09 PM CST
There aren’t enough jobs for new lawyers, and the ones that are available don’t provide a “return on investment,” which leads to fewer people attending law school, writes Frank H.…
Jan 18, 2017 1:30 PM CST
Jan 17, 2017 2:00 PM CST
Two for-profit law schools are not meeting the U.S. Department of Education’s gainful employment standard, which measures debt-to-earnings ratios, the agency reported Monday.
If Florida Coastal School of Law and…
Jan 11, 2017 5:30 PM CST
Jan 10, 2017 11:17 AM CST
President Obama apparently found time to write a law review article as he wrapped up his presidency.
Obama was once president of the Harvard Law Review, and he wrote an…
Jan 6, 2017 9:00 AM CST
Harvard law dean Martha Minow will leave her post at the end of the academic year after serving since 2009.
Minow says she will still teach, and will finish a…
Jan 4, 2017 9:03 AM CST
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