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Is law school a ‘fruitful choice’? Pay boost for JDs suggests a benefit, study says

The New York Times is taking another look at the value of law school after critics said its story highlighting the struggles of Valparaiso law school grads had ignored…

Two men are indicted in law prof’s slaying

Grand jurors in Leon County, Florida, on Friday indicted two men who were allegedly “enlisted” to kill Florida State University law professor Dan Markel.

Grand jurors indicted Sigfredo Garcia, 34,…

These two Valparaiso law grads exemplify challenges of difficult legal job market

The problems faced by law schools and their graduates are examined in a New York Times article that focuses on Valparaiso University Law School.

Law school debt has risen from…

Harvard law grad’s suit alleges lack of bar exam accommodations devastated her BigLaw career

A Harvard law grad alleges she lost her job at Ropes & Gray because she wasn’t granted all her requested disability accommodations the first and second time she took the…

Law school job statistics get extra scrutiny in random ABA audits

The ABA is for the first time conducting random audits of jobs data provided by law schools for the class of 2015.

The auditors are examining data from 10 randomly…

Are your adult kids living at home? ‘Tiger mom’ law prof offers this contract

The Yale law professor who wrote a book about strict “Tiger mom” parenting decided there needed to be some rules when her two daughters informed her they would be…

Applicants at these law schools were most likely to accept admission offers

The top-ranked law school by U.S. News & World Report is also the law school that has the highest yield rate—meaning it has the highest percentage of students offered admission…

Law prof backs recall of judge who sentenced Stanford swimming champ to six months for sex assault

Updated: A Stanford University law professor is participating in a recall effort against a California judge who sentenced a champion Stanford swimmer to six months in jail for sexual assault.

British Columbia law society appeals decision forcing it to admit students from Trinity Western

Trinity Western University’s ongoing battle with the Law Society of British Columbia has headed to the British Columbia Court of Appeals.

On Friday, the Langley Times reported that the…

Employees of some nonprofits get notified they don’t qualify for student loan forgiveness program

Some nonprofit employees counting on the federal government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program recently received word that they don’t qualify, for reasons that remain unclear.

The change might be…

Affidavit links law prof’s slaying to ‘desperate desire’ of ex-wife’s family to win battle over kids

Updated: A probable cause affidavit links the murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel at his Tallahassee home to a battle over the relocation of his children following…

Proposals to amend law school accreditation standards would require more focus on grads’ bar passage

Law schools could be at greater risk of losing their good standing under a pair of proposed changes in the ABA’s accreditation standards that are now being circulated for public…

This law school sent the most grads into full-time, long-term legal jobs

The University of Chicago Law School sent nearly 91 percent of its 2015 graduates to full-time, long-term legal jobs, earning it a No. 1 spot on a list of the…

Man is charged in death of law prof Dan Markel; case is reportedly investigated as murder for hire

Updated: Police in Tallahassee, Florida, have arrested a man with a criminal record in the July 2014 shooting death of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel.

Police arrested…

Law student prevails against Marvel and DC Comics over use of word ‘superhero’ in book title

A British businessman who is also a law student got some real-world legal experience over the last few years when the title of his self-help book, Business Zero to Superhero,…

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