1575 ABA Journal Legal Education articles.
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…
Jun 22, 2016 7:00 AM CDT
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,…
Jun 20, 2016 2:18 PM CDT
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…
Jun 17, 2016 9:12 AM CDT
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…
Jun 15, 2016 10:19 AM CDT
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…
Jun 14, 2016 1:26 PM CDT
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…
Jun 14, 2016 6:15 AM CDT
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…
Jun 9, 2016 7:04 AM CDT
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.
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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…
Jun 3, 2016 4:50 PM CDT
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…
Jun 2, 2016 10:12 AM CDT
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…
Jun 2, 2016 9:43 AM CDT
Jun 1, 2016 1:00 AM CDT
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…
May 26, 2016 9:25 AM CDT
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…
May 26, 2016 7:01 AM CDT
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,…
May 25, 2016 11:20 AM CDT