Education Law

Top LSU Lawyer Resigns From $275K General Counsel Job, Will Now Work as Law School Prof

After more than a decade on the job, the general counsel of Louisiana State University system resigned Thursday from his $275,000-a-year position, effective Friday, in what is apparently the latest move in a continuing shake-up that began after new members appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal took control of the system’s…

Sep 7, 2012 3:58 PM CDT

Askew Elected a Trustee of National Conference of Bar Examiners

Hulett “Bucky” Askew, the ABA’s former consultant on legal education, has been elected to the board of trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Askew’s election was announced in a press release (PDF) on Thursday by the NCBE, which develops the tests that are used as part of the…

Sep 6, 2012 11:00 PM CDT

Fla. Universities Can’t Charge Higher College Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants, Judge Says

Updated: A federal judge in Florida ruled this week that students in state-supported colleges and universities can’t be charged out-of-state tuition just because their parents are in the country illegally. Such a policy violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore ruled Friday, according to…

Sep 6, 2012 9:30 PM CDT

Simpson Thacher Partner Who Alleges Childhood Abuse by Coach Is Allowed to Pursue RICO Claim

A judge’s ruling on Tuesday gives a BigLaw partner a chance to argue that his sexual abuse suit against a Brooklyn school should not be barred by the statute of limitations. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Philip Culhane will be allowed to argue that administrators at the Poly Prep Country…

Aug 30, 2012 1:59 PM CDT

U of Colo Retains 4 Law Firms to Represent 6 Employees in Aftermath of Movie Theater Shooting Spree

The University of Colorado has retained four defense law firms to advise six employees, in the aftermath of an Aurora movie theater shooting spree in which former graduate student James Holmes is charged. A dozen were killed and another 58 were injured in the attack last month. But a university…

Aug 23, 2012 11:03 PM CDT

NYPD Averaged 4 Arrests in City Schools Daily, Report Says

With a full year of data to work with, a new analysis by the New York Civil Liberties Union shows police averaged four arrests and seven summons a day at the city’s public school. And an overwhelming majority of arrestees were black or Latino. The analysis comes after a year’s…

Aug 15, 2012 5:33 PM CDT

ABA Task Force to Study Future of Legal Education

The ABA has created a task force to study the future of legal education. The 18-member Task Force on the Future of Legal Education will spend the next two years examining how well law schools are meeting the needs of the legal profession, according to a recent press release. Outgoing…

Aug 9, 2012 9:17 PM CDT

Law Schools That Misreported Student Debt Figures to ABA, US News Are Identified

We now know the names of three of the law schools that misreported average student debt figures to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and to U.S. News & World Report. The three schools—identified in this Wall Street Journal Law Blog posting—are Barry University School…

Aug 9, 2012 8:36 PM CDT

6th Circuit Rules Tenure Didn’t Protect Fired Cooley Law Prof, Cites One-Year Contract Term

A federal appeals court has ruled against a tenured law professor at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School who claimed she was improperly fired. The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the former professor, Lynn Branham, on Monday, report the National Law Journal and TaxProf Blog. Even…

Aug 8, 2012 1:49 PM CDT

Former US Attorney to Review U of Colo Actions re Ex-Grad Student Charged in Movie Theater Shootings

A former United States attorney for the District of Colorado has been retained by the University of Colorado to conduct an internal review concerning its handling of a former graduate student who is accused of killing 12 people in a movie theater shooting spree last month. Robert N. Miller, who…

Aug 6, 2012 10:39 AM CDT

Legal Ed Section’s Council Votes Not to Accredit Foreign Law Schools

The governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has decided not to get involved in the business of accrediting foreign law schools. The council, which met Friday during the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, voted 15-0, with two abstentions, not to begin accrediting…

Aug 3, 2012 10:29 PM CDT

Will U of Colorado Face Duty-to-Warn Suits re Off-Campus Movie Theater Shooting Spree?

There are unconfirmed reports that a University of Colorado psychiatrist warned in June she was concerned graduate student James Holmes potentially posed a threat. Now observers are wondering whether enough was done to pursue the issue before he allegedly shot dozens of people at a Colorado movie theater last month.…

Aug 3, 2012 4:17 PM CDT

U of Illinois Law School Is Publicly Censured by the ABA, Fined for Misreporting Admissions Data

The University of Illinois College of Law has been publicly censured and fined $250,000 for intentionally reporting and publishing false admissions data in six out of the last 10 years. The action, taken last month, was announced Tuesday by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions…

Jul 24, 2012 8:20 PM CDT

Penn State Avoids NCAA ‘Death Penalty,’ Is Fined $60M, Faces More Sanctions re Child Sex-Abuse Case

The governing body of college sports declined to impose a so-called “death penalty” on Pennsylvania State University by shutting down its entire football program as a punishment for the institution’s handling of child abuse allegations concerning former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. However, at a press conference Monday the National College…

Jul 23, 2012 3:52 PM CDT

Duncan School of Law to Appeal Accreditation Denial Again

Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law plans to appeal a decision earlier this month by the governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar affirming its earlier denial of the school’s bid for provisional accreditation. The school’s intentions are spelled out in a…

Jul 18, 2012 5:10 PM CDT