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Law prof’s exam question on Brazilian wax is deemed harassment; is academic freedom threatened?

A Howard University law professor says academics everywhere should be concerned by his school’s response to a 2015 exam question about a Brazilian bikini wax. The school determined in May that the question by Professor Reginald Robinson constituted sexual harassment under school policy, report Law.com (sub. req.) and Inside Higher…

Jul 10, 2017 4:05 PM CDT

Law school turns to crowdfunding for bar stipends

J. Rich Leonard, the dean of North Carolina’s Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, wants to help recent graduates prepare for the July 2017 bar exam, but he’s run out of discretionary funds for the endeavour. So he’s turned to the Internet and hopes that a crowdfunding campaign…

Jul 7, 2017 10:15 AM CDT

For-profit Florida Coastal tightens admissions standards and reduces class offerings

The for-profit Florida Coastal School of Law is not on probation by the American Bar Association, like the other two law schools in the InfiLaw System, but the Jacksonville law school says it has introduced stricter admission requirements.

Jul 5, 2017 9:35 AM CDT

Law profs find an ‘astonishing’ drop in win rates for federal plaintiffs

Success rates for plaintiffs in adjudicated federal cases declined from about 70 percent in 1985 to 33 percent in 2009, according to a draft study by two law professors.

University of Connecticut law professors Alexandra Lahav and Peter Siegelman say they can’t point to a single reason for the “astonishing” drop in success rates, Reuters reports. “A significant puzzle remains unsolved,” they write in the draft study, available here.

Jul 5, 2017 8:10 AM CDT

Yale appeals decision forbidding designation of more gender-neutral bathrooms in law building

Updated: Yale Law School wants to make its single-user restrooms gender-neutral. But to meet Connecticut building code, it must have a certain number of bathrooms designated and assigned by sex. The state’s deputy building inspector refused the law school’s request for a code modification in December, and the finding was…

Jun 27, 2017 5:21 PM CDT

Charlotte School of Law receives state license restrictions; some say end may be near

Updated: Charlotte School of Law is not in compliance with state standards regarding financial resources, planning or stability, according to the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors committee, which handles state authorization and licensure for nonpublic, post-secondary degree granting institutions.

Jun 22, 2017 7:00 AM CDT

PAC ad supports law professor’s nomination to 3rd Circuit seat

A political action committee recently placed an advertisement in support of Stephanos Bibas’ nomination to the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and some wonder whether it might lead to him recusing himself from certain cases, if he is confirmed.

Jun 20, 2017 5:23 PM CDT

Law student who came to aid of BigLaw partner lands summer associate job

A George Washington University law student who intervened to help a Baker McKenzie partner being attacked by a group of youths has landed a summer associate job with the law firm. Partner John Rowley III tells the Am Law Daily (sub. req.) that he realized law student Andrew Miller would…

Jun 20, 2017 11:10 AM CDT

BYU Law School’s new legal design lab aims to find solutions to access-to-justice crisis

Brigham Young University on Monday announced that its law school is a launching a legal design lab, which for its first project will help pro se defendants in Utah answer civil lawsuits. “There’s a crisis in law right now, and it’s that legal services are very expensive,” Kimball Parker, the…

Jun 19, 2017 5:02 PM CDT

Emoluments clause lawsuits against Donald Trump face uphill battle

One of the most obscure and least-litigated clauses in the U.S. Constitution is about to get a lot of scrutiny from the federal judiciary. And the repercussions for President Donald Trump could be huge—provided the lawsuits can get past some significant procedural hurdles.

Jun 15, 2017 7:45 AM CDT

Do you watch video in your legal research?

Lawyers watch video at work, and sometimes the occasion is not even connected to fantasy sports. This month’s U.S. Senate testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey was arresting desktop viewing – “almost like a gladiator in D.C. event,” said Philippe Weiss, managing director of legal training firm Seyfarth Shaw…

Jun 14, 2017 1:00 PM CDT

Herma Hill Kay, the first female dean of UC Berkeley, dies at 82

Herma Hill Kay, the first female dean at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, died Saturday. She was 82. Kay, who joined Berkeley in as a professor in 1960, died in her sleep, interim Berkeley Dean Melissa Murray told The Recorder. “She was super bright. She cared about…

Jun 14, 2017 12:13 PM CDT

Those with good LSAT scores may be choosing to forgo law school, data indicates

Updated: Law schools have been seeing fewer applicants with LSAT scores of at least 160, while there has been an increase in students with scores between 120 and 149, reports Paul Caron, editor of TaxProf Blog. Between the 2010-11 and 2016-17 academic years, the percentage of law school applicants with…

Jun 13, 2017 9:00 AM CDT

Want to expand access to justice? Offer tiered training and differing practice licenses, profs say

Corrected: Civil legal assistance is elusive for low-income and even middle-class individuals. Eighty percent of low-income people in the United States can’t afford civil legal assistance, according to a Washington Post op-ed by two law professors. Meanwhile, 40 to 60 percent of the middle class have unmet legal needs.

Jun 7, 2017 8:00 AM CDT

Law school previously flagged by ABA receives provisional accreditation

Corrected: The University of North Texas Dallas College of Law has received provisional accreditation (PDF) from the American Bar Association, according to a press release from the school on Tuesday. “Our goal has always been to equip graduates with practice-ready competencies and the practical knowledge to pass the Texas Bar…

Jun 6, 2017 3:02 PM CDT

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Legal Education

Law prof’s exam question on Brazilian wax is deemed harassment; is academic freedom threatened?

Law school turns to crowdfunding for bar stipends

For-profit Florida Coastal tightens admissions standards and reduces class offerings

Law profs find an ‘astonishing’ drop in win rates for federal plaintiffs

Yale appeals decision forbidding designation of more gender-neutral bathrooms in law building

Charlotte School of Law receives state license restrictions; some say end may be near

PAC ad supports law professor’s nomination to 3rd Circuit seat

Law student who came to aid of BigLaw partner lands summer associate job

BYU Law School’s new legal design lab aims to find solutions to access-to-justice crisis

Emoluments clause lawsuits against Donald Trump face uphill battle

Do you watch video in your legal research?

Herma Hill Kay, the first female dean of UC Berkeley, dies at 82

Those with good LSAT scores may be choosing to forgo law school, data indicates

Want to expand access to justice? Offer tiered training and differing practice licenses, profs say

Law school previously flagged by ABA receives provisional accreditation

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