Law prof finds a teaching moment in student criticism of her Black Lives Matter T-shirt

Wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt does not demonstrate that someone hates all white people, and to assume so is factually flawed, a Whittier Law School professor wrote to students in a two-part memo, after one or more anonymous students complained that her campus attire was “inappropriate” and “highly offensive.”…

Jul 12, 2016 4:42 PM CDT

New 2-year law program will get grads to job market quicker, save them tuition costs, dean says

Albany Law School has announced a two-year JD program that shaves a year’s worth of tuition off the price. The 24-month program is scheduled to start in January 2017, according to the school’s website. It includes two summer terms, and students need 87 credits to graduate. Annual tuition at the…

Jul 12, 2016 11:35 AM CDT

Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center gets new name after $15 million donation

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is getting a $15 million donation from Michael R. Klein, who received an LLM from the school. It has been renamed the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, according to a Harvard Law press release, and the donation…

Jul 5, 2016 12:06 PM CDT

Law prof says his school is on the cutting edge when it comes to restrooms

George Washington University Law School has plunged into a national debate by creating a multiple-use, multi-occupant coed restroom, according to one GW law professor.

Jul 1, 2016 3:40 AM CDT

Fewer lawyers—and jobs—for the Class of ‘15

Jul 1, 2016 1:40 AM CDT

One law school experiments with accepting the GRE for admissions

It's a long-standing tradition: Law school applicants take the standardized Law School Admission Test. Applicants' scores on the test, which is given four times a year, can determine the range of schools for which they can expect a reasonable chance of admission. It's accepted by the ABA and used by…

Jul 1, 2016 1:10 AM CDT

University of Houston Law Center sues over law school’s ‘strikingly similar’ new name

The University of Houston Law Center claims in a lawsuit that the South Texas College of law infringed its trademark by changing its name to the Houston College of Law and adopting its red-and-white colors. The suit, filed on Monday in Houston federal court, also alleges unfair competition, according to…

Jun 28, 2016 10:13 AM CDT

For-profit law school with $39K total tuition bill set to close

Tuition is about $39,000—total—at California Southern Law School, and if you’re interested, now is the time. Owners of the non-accredited Riverside institution say that after fall 2016, they won’t be taking new students. Elwood Rich, a Riverside County Superior Court judge who opened the school in 1971, died last year.…

Jun 24, 2016 12:30 PM CDT

Why law schools need to teach more than the law to thrive (or survive)

The ongoing discussion on the future of legal education all too often misses the opportunities for innovation and re-invention. In its most recent discussion of the topic, for example, the New York Times highlighted the impact of declining applications (down by around 40 percent from the peak six years ago),…

Jun 23, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Unranked law school changes its name; dean of similarly named school sees possibility of confusion

Updated: The South Texas College of Law has changed its name to Houston College of Law. Law dean Donald Guter tells Texas Lawyer (sub. req.) he hopes to improve recruiting and the reputation of the school by linking its name to its heritage and location. The law school is the…

Jun 22, 2016 4:24 PM CDT

Is law school a ‘fruitful choice’? Pay boost for JDs suggests a benefit, study says

The New York Times is taking another look at the value of law school after critics said its story highlighting the struggles of Valparaiso law school grads had ignored some bright spots in the statistics. The latest New York Times article, published at its DealBook blog, is entitled “Law School…

Jun 22, 2016 7:00 AM CDT

These two Valparaiso law grads exemplify challenges of difficult legal job market

The problems faced by law schools and their graduates are examined in a New York Times article that focuses on Valparaiso University Law School. Law school debt has risen from an average of about $95,000 in 2010 for borrowers at the average school to about $112,000 in 2014, the Times…

Jun 17, 2016 9:12 AM CDT

Law school job statistics get extra scrutiny in random ABA audits

The ABA is for the first time conducting random audits of jobs data provided by law schools for the class of 2015. The auditors are examining data from 10 randomly selected law schools and from 382 randomly selected students from 156 law schools, Law.com (sub. req.) reports. The aim is…

Jun 14, 2016 1:26 PM CDT

Applicants at these law schools were most likely to accept admission offers

The top-ranked law school by U.S. News & World Report is also the law school that has the highest yield rate—meaning it has the highest percentage of students offered admission who enrolled. At Yale, 74.3 percent of accepted students enrolled at the school in the fall of 2015, compared to…

Jun 9, 2016 7:04 AM CDT

British Columbia law society appeals decision forcing it to admit students from Trinity Western

Trinity Western University’s ongoing battle with the Law Society of British Columbia has headed to the British Columbia Court of Appeals. On Friday, the Langley Times reported that the society has filed an appeal with the British Columbia Court of Appeals challenging a lower court’s decision allowing TWU graduates to…

Jun 3, 2016 4:50 PM CDT