This 16-year-old was accepted at nine law schools

Haley Taylor Schlitz loves learning and likes standardized tests. She is looking forward to classes this fall at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.

Mar 18, 2019 8:15 AM CDT

Argosy receiver says he’s working on finding buyer for Western State College of Law

Mar 14, 2019 10:13 AM CDT

Nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer bar prep courses at reduced cost

Mar 13, 2019 3:24 PM CDT

US News releases its 2020 law school rankings

There’s little variation in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings among the top 20 law schools, and the top seven are identical to last year.

Mar 12, 2019 12:01 AM CDT

While one law school plans for closure, two others receive full ABA accreditation

A teach-out plan for Valparaiso University Law School, which calls for it being accredited until the end of August 2020, has been approved by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Mar 8, 2019 9:14 AM CST

Can judges and law clerks participate in educational seminars? Partisanship is a factor, opinion says

Federal judges and law clerks should consider whether an organization sponsoring an educational seminar is viewed as partisan when deciding whether to participate, according to a new advisory opinion. The opinion was released after several Democratic senators raised questions about a Heritage Foundation training camp for judicial clerks, according to…

Mar 8, 2019 7:30 AM CST

Married couples from Harvard Law’s ‘love section’ offer lawyer relationship advice

Lawyers in love shouldn’t behave like lawyers, according to advice from one of six married couples from Harvard Law School’s class of 1979. All six couples met while first-year students in Harvard’s Section 3, which is similar to a homeroom period, the New York Times reports. The New York Times…

Mar 7, 2019 11:33 AM CST

Public service attorneys in loan-forgiveness suit still could face rejection, experts warn

In late February, a federal court reversed and remanded U.S. Department of Education determinations that three out of four lawyers—two of whom worked for the American Bar Association—did not qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Whether they will ultimately have their student loans discharged remains to be seen, say administrative law attorneys.

Mar 7, 2019 7:00 AM CST

Law firms shouldn’t overlook value of soft skills

Soft skills do not get much attention in law firms. That was my experience when I was practicing in small, medium and larger firms, and it still is the case today.

Mar 7, 2019 6:30 AM CST

Former JAG Corps captain draws from history and sports for diversity advice

Kenneth Imo spent years playing college football for Southern Methodist University, working his way up in the U.S. Air Force and leading the charge for diversity in two international law firms. Imo mined his experiences for his book, Fix It: How History, Sports, and Education Can Inform Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Today.

Mar 6, 2019 7:05 AM CST

Would-be law student gets record expunged with help of legal services group

A Kentucky woman who plans to attend law school hopes to someday help others expunge their criminal records because of her own experience. Kristen Hawthorne returned to Bloomington, Illinois, last month to pick up a judge’s order expunging her felony conviction, the Bloomington Pantagraph reports. Hawthorne had been convicted for…

Mar 4, 2019 9:30 AM CST

So you think you know tech? Law firms do a check of their associates

First-year associates might understand technology, but that doesn’t mean that they understand their firms’ technology, which is often customized, says Betsey Frank, director of staff development and technology training at Sidley Austin. Frank spoke Thursday at an ABA Techshow panel with Faye Jones, director of the University of Illinois College…

Mar 1, 2019 10:29 AM CST

There’s a variety of affordable—or free—ways to teach legal tech, law school librarians say

Deborah Ginsberg doesn’t teach a specific legal technology class at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Instead, the educational technology law librarian goes to various classes and provides students with information relevant to legal practice areas taught in the course.

Mar 1, 2019 9:58 AM CST

ABA House of Delegates rejects changes to bar passage standard for law schools

Language in Resolution 105 called for at least 75 percent of a law school’s graduates to pass a bar exam within two years of graduation. Under ABA rules, the House can send a potential revision—in this case for Standard 316—back to the council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar twice for review with or without recommendations, but the council has the final decision on matters related to law school accreditation.

Mar 1, 2019 12:52 AM CST

Some law schools offer tech programs to help students find jobs, but does it work?

Recent law school graduates and attorneys with hiring responsibilities say that there are few tech jobs for new lawyers, largely because the profession isn’t ready for this new cadre of tech-savvy grads.

Mar 1, 2019 12:05 AM CST