#Attention: Law professor’s forum sheds light on racial injustice

The African American Policy Forum, a think tank founded by law professor and critical race theory scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, coined the hashtag #blackgirlsmatter.

Dec 1, 2016 2:10 AM CST

Law schools expect applications to increase, but grads’ job data shows decline

Dec 1, 2016 1:40 AM CST

More women are attending law school, but at lower-ranked schools, study finds

More women are attending law school, but their numbers at top-ranked institutions aren’t keeping up the pace, a recent study found. While women make up roughly half of all law students at ABA-accredited schools, they are overrepresented at lower-ranked schools. The study was conducted by Deborah Jones Merritt, a Ohio…

Nov 30, 2016 4:30 PM CST

Alleged go-between is indicted in Markel case; misdirected ‘jerk’ email emerges in discovery tussle

A woman accused of acting as the go-between in the slaying of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was indicted on Tuesday on a charge of first-degree murder. The suspect, Katherine Magbanua, was indicted amid a tussle between her lawyers and prosecutors that was chronicled in a motion to…

Nov 30, 2016 10:56 AM CST

Law profs debate electoral college role after Lessig calls for Trump rejection

Should the electoral college put Hillary Clinton in the White House because she won the popular vote? Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig answered the question in the affirmative in a Thanksgiving Day op-ed that has spurred disagreement, the National Law Journal (sub. req.) reports. “Conventional wisdom tells us that the…

Nov 30, 2016 7:45 AM CST

Among Trump’s potential SCOTUS picks, these rate highest for ‘Scalia-ness,’ study says

Donald Trump has pledged to appoint a Supreme Court nominee in the mold of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Does his shortlist of potential nominees make good on the promise? Mercer University law professor Jeremy Kidd and three other researchers sought the answer by focusing on the potential picks’ approach…

Nov 30, 2016 7:00 AM CST

Several law profs land on watch list of academics who advance ‘leftist propaganda’

Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet says he isn’t bothered by his inclusion on a conservative group’s new watch list of leftist professors. “It’s not a big deal,” Tushnet tells the Harvard Crimson. “It comes with the territory.” Tushnet is among nearly 200 professors on the “Professor Watchlist” created by the…

Nov 29, 2016 10:10 AM CST

Are former offenders more likely to be fired for misconduct?

Workers with criminal records in low-skilled, white-collar jobs are generally no more likely to be fired than other employees, with one exception, according to a study by researchers at Northwestern University. Among the employees in the study who were fired, those with a criminal record were slightly more likely to…

Nov 28, 2016 7:00 AM CST

Some states see increase in bar pass rates, while others witness declines

Updated: As the July 2016 bar results are released, it appears that nationally, there’s a slight uptick with scores, says Erica Moeser, president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. “The big picture item is that we have looked for scores to continue to drop, and they didn’t,” she told…

Nov 21, 2016 5:25 PM CST

For-profit Concord School of Law seeks more state bar exam opportunities for its grads

The Concord Law School of Kaplan University, which offers online courses, in the past month has filed petitions in Arizona, New Mexico and Connecticut, asking the states to change existing rules that restrict its graduates from taking bar exams. California is currently the only state that allows Concord graduates to…

Nov 18, 2016 4:50 PM CST

Former UC Berkeley law dean drops suit over school’s handling of sex harassment allegations

The former law dean of the University of California at Berkeley has dropped a lawsuit seeking to stop a school disciplinary proceeding initiated due to allegations he sexually harassed his one-time assistant. The former dean, Sujit Choudhry, dropped the suit on Tuesday after a federal judge’s refusal to interfere with…

Nov 18, 2016 7:00 AM CST

ABA puts one law school on probation and censures another

The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar announced on Tuesday that it is placing the Charlotte School of Law on probation and publicly censuring Valparaiso University School of Law. The section said it is taking the actions because both schools were out of compliance with ABA…

Nov 17, 2016 1:36 PM CST

Competence-based CLE: A different way to learn

Nov 17, 2016 8:30 AM CST

Will Indiana Tech law school donors get refunds?

After making five-figure scholarship donations to Indiana Tech School of Law, some attorneys are wondering what will happen with their money. Eric Welch, a Muncie lawyer with his own firm, told Indiana Lawyer that he was “very disappointed” with the law school’s Oct. 31 announcement that it would close. He…

Nov 16, 2016 2:40 PM CST

ABA House is asked to accredit program that certifies lawyers as privacy law specialists

A program that certifies lawyers as privacy law specialists is expected to go before the ABA House of Delegates in February. The International Association of Privacy Professionals administers the certification program. If the ABA House approves accreditation, lawyers who meet the IAPP’s standards could hold themselves out as privacy law…

Nov 15, 2016 11:01 AM CST