Mark Hansen is a former a senior writer for the ABA Journal. He joined the staff in 1991. He had worked as a reporter for the Palm Beach Review, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and as a long-range planner for Manatee County, Fla. Mark earned his B.A. in political science and history from the University of Michigan.
Proposals to amend law school accreditation standards would require more focus on grads’ bar passage
Jun 1, 2016, 01:00 am CDT
Loyola Chicago morphs its evening JD program into a weekend one
May 1, 2016, 03:10 am CDT
Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to life sentence for pot possession
Apr 20, 2016, 04:00 pm CDT
3 officials charged in connection with Flint drinking-water crisis
Apr 20, 2016, 01:30 pm CDT
Multistate Bar Exam average score falls to 33-year low
Mar 31, 2016, 02:53 pm CDT
Legal Ed Section’s council proposes tighter bar-passage requirement for law school accreditation
Mar 16, 2016, 11:40 am CDT
ABA committee recommends tougher, simpler bar passage accreditation standard
Feb 16, 2016, 03:25 pm CST
Tougher, simpler bar-passage requirements for law schools to be considered by ABA committee
Feb 11, 2016, 10:45 am CST
Proposal to lift ban on academic credit for paid externships draws heavy opposition
Jan 29, 2016, 04:15 pm CST
Maid service owner accused of overcharging customers in retaliation for bad reviews
Jan 27, 2016, 04:30 pm CST
Psychic who bilked man out of $550K is sentenced to probation
Jan 27, 2016, 03:00 pm CST
Law license suspended for former St. Louis prosecutor who covered up assault of handcuffed suspect
Jan 27, 2016, 11:45 am CST
Georgia judge under investigation for racial slur retires
Jan 25, 2016, 05:05 pm CST
Missouri professor who tried to have journalist ousted from student protest is charged
Jan 25, 2016, 04:30 pm CST
Texas eighth-grader suspended after leaving classroom with student who was having asthma attack
Jan 25, 2016, 03:55 pm CST
Former law librarian sues Texas school, alleging racial, gender discrimination
Jan 25, 2016, 03:20 pm CST
Defendant attacks prosecutor after conviction on sex-abuse charge
Jan 25, 2016, 02:45 pm CST
Alabama judge censured for telling offenders who couldn’t afford fines to give blood or face jail
Jan 25, 2016, 01:45 pm CST
Charleston School of Law launches new spring admissions program
Jan 22, 2016, 01:55 pm CST
DLA Piper to close Tampa office
Dec 22, 2015, 04:50 pm CST
