Legal Education

Tech entrepreneurship features a shift in thinking at some law schools

Some skills used in technology entrepreneurship are contrary to what’s traditionally taught at law schools, but that may be changing, as the use of technology continues to grow in the practice of law. A Friday morning panel discussion at ABA Techshow explored various ways that law schools get students interested…

Mar 9, 2018 1:08 PM CST

Columbia again tops list of go-to law schools

Columbia remains at the top of a list of go-to law school for the fifth year in a row. Columbia’s BigLaw placement rate for 2017 graduates was eight percentage points higher than the University of Chicago Law School, which ranked second, Law.com reports. Its go-to list ranks law schools based…

Mar 9, 2018 11:15 AM CST

Law schools dive into virtual reality experiences for their students

Corrected: Law schools are ramping up efforts to provide more experiential learning opportunities through virtual reality experiences that will allow both students and practicing attorneys to practice their lawyering skills anytime, anywhere.

Mar 9, 2018 7:00 AM CST

How to figure out what tech works for you

Attending the ABA Techshow can be overwhelming—especially for lawyers and legal professionals looking for ideas about what kinds of technology to use to boost their practices.

Mar 8, 2018 4:44 PM CST

Council that administers the LSAT is held in contempt; ADA consent decree is extended

A federal magistrate judge has held the Law School Admission Council is in contempt of court for partly violating a consent decree establishing procedures to handle requests for disability accommodations on the Law School Admission Test.

Mar 6, 2018 5:27 PM CST

Denial of Cooley Law’s request to open new location is reasonable, ABA motion argues

Given that Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School already admits students who don’t appear capable of finishing law school and being admitted to practice law, it was reasonable to deny the school’s request to open a new location that would likely bring in even more students, the American Bar Association argued in a March 2 federal court filing.

Mar 5, 2018 5:02 PM CST

DePaul law prof who defended colleague in N-word controversy sues school for alleged bias

An African-American professor at DePaul University's College of Law is back in the news after coming to the defense of a white colleague over his controversial use of the N-word in class.

Mar 5, 2018 7:30 AM CST

Fordham A2J initiative gets students inside infamous Rikers Island

Corrected: Deema Nagib, a third-year student at Fordham University School of Law, has traveled dozens of times to the notorious Rikers Island jail complex to meet with detainees who shared horror stories with her about life inside.

Mar 5, 2018 7:00 AM CST

Law students complain about prof’s use of racial slur in hypothetical involving white supremacist

Nine students at DePaul University’s College of Law in Chicago have complained to the dean about a professor’s use of the N-word in a criminal law hypothetical about a white supremacist. DePaul’s Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity is investigating, report the Chicago Sun-Times and Crain’s Chicago Business. Professor Donald…

Mar 1, 2018 12:35 PM CST

NCCU Law raises LSAT cut score after ABA accreditation noncompliance finding

The law school at North Carolina Central University, which was found to be out of compliance with an ABA accreditation standard related to admissions, will no longer admit students with LSAT scores below 142, the Herald Sun reports.

Feb 28, 2018 2:08 PM CST

Alternative dispute resolution pioneer Frank E.A. Sander dies at 90

Frank E.A. Sander, a former Harvard law professor and a pioneer in the field of alternative dispute resolution has died at 90, according to an obituary at Harvard Law Today. Sander began to push for litigation alternatives in the 1970s when courts were facing backlogs amid drawn-out litigation. His idea…

Feb 28, 2018 12:59 PM CST

Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional, say suits led by Boies

A coalition of prominent law firms and professors has filed four federal lawsuits claiming the winner-take-all system of electoral college voting distorts presidential campaigns and violates the U.S. Constitution.

Feb 22, 2018 10:38 AM CST

Only 23 percent of recent law grads strongly agree their education was worth the cost, study says

Recent law graduates are less likely than holders of other graduate degrees to believe their education was worth the cost and to feel prepared for life, according to a Gallup study. Only 23 percent of the law grads in the study strongly agreed that their advanced education was worth the…

Feb 22, 2018 10:15 AM CST

The ‘Trump bump’ for law school applicants is real and significant, survey says

According to a Kaplan Test Prep survey of more than 500 pre-law students, 32 percent indicated that the 2016 presidential election influenced their desire to become lawyers.

Feb 22, 2018 6:00 AM CST

NKU law dean who resigned after complaints from female staffers set to return in fall as a professor

Jeffrey Standen, the dean at Northern Kentucky University's Chase College of Law, announced his resignation in December after a school investigation that found he belittled and disrespected employees, particularly women.

Feb 21, 2018 1:42 PM CST