This athlete has figured out a way to get free law school tuition

A college basketball player who managed to graduate from Fresno State in three years plans to attend Seton Hall’s School of Law for free—by continuing to play Division I basketball. Fresno State forward Braeden Anderson plans to use the NCAA graduate transfer waiver to finish out his playing eligibility during…

May 6, 2015 8:44 AM CDT

ABA committee wants to end use of alternative law school admission tests

An ABA committee is recommending the elimination of a rule that allows most law schools to admit up to 10 percent of their entering classes with students who haven’t taken the Law School Admission Test. Barring that, the committee is proposing to make the rule applicable to all schools. The…

May 4, 2015 4:30 PM CDT

Summit on legal innovation in legal services gets underway in Silicon Valley

It might be strange to attend a conference about innovation in legal services and hear the names Carole King and Herbert Hoover invoked as major themes. But it worked in the context of the National Summit on Innovation in Legal Services. For the next couple of days, I’ll be at…

May 3, 2015 12:26 AM CDT

Law School Transparency offers podcasts focusing on different legal jobs

In 2009, Law School Transparency got attention in the legal world by bringing statistics to bear on a growing problem: unemployment and high debt for recent law school graduates. Six years later, LST's co-founder and executive director, Kyle McEntee, says schools and regulators have made major improvements.

May 1, 2015 6:55 AM CDT

Law school offers a marijuana law class

Don't be fooled by the subject matter of "Representing the Marijuana Client," a new course being offered by the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law. Pot may give people the giggles, but professor Sam Kamin says his class is designed to meet a serious need.

May 1, 2015 6:30 AM CDT

Law schools would have to break down attrition info if proposed changes get green light

Law schools would be required to provide more detailed information about attrition rates for admitted students under a proposed change in the reporting requirements being sought by an ABA committee. Law schools are now required to disclose on their annual information reports the overall number and percentage of admitted students…

May 1, 2015 6:10 AM CDT

Hybrid law school program allows far-away students to earn degrees

May 1, 2015 2:30 AM CDT

NALP leader finds an interesting synchrony between law school, jobs figures

May 1, 2015 2:10 AM CDT

In your experience, do new lawyers have the necessary skills to be ready to practice?

In its first annual survey of law students, professors and practitioners, the BARBRI Group reports that one of the key findings was this: “Law students, and particularly 3L law students, assess their own readiness to practice law more positively than do attorneys who work with recent law school graduates.” The…

Apr 30, 2015 2:40 PM CDT

Students at one Baltimore law school may take exams at home

Law students scheduled to take final exams at the University of Maryland’s law school in Baltimore beginning on Monday got a concession amid rioting and protests in the city. The school announced that students could take exams at home at the time of their choice, within a 48-hour period, the…

Apr 30, 2015 9:13 AM CDT

Northwestern offers ‘interest freedom plan’ to law grads earning less than $85K in private sector

Some Northwestern University law grads will get some temporary help making their loan payments as a result of a new program announced Tuesday by the law school. The program, which begins with the class of 2015, will temporarily pay interest on student loans for law grads who make less than…

Apr 30, 2015 6:15 AM CDT

Good news for new lawyers: Fewer grads mean better job prospects, report shows

The job outlook for new lawyers is improving, recent figures show. That may have as much to do with fewer law school graduates looking for work than to any actual improvement in the job market for entry-level lawyers. Nearly 60 percent of all 2014 law school graduates were employed in…

Apr 29, 2015 4:30 PM CDT

Law grad from ill-fated class of 2010 had $328K in student debt and worked three jobs

The numbers were bad for law grad Hyatt Shirkey. He graduated from Ohio State’s law school in 2010—a particularly tough year for Ohio law grads, according to a study by a law professor at the school, Deborah Jones Merritt. And he had $328,000 in student debt, according to the New…

Apr 27, 2015 8:55 AM CDT

Georgetown’s Iron Tech competition grows in audience and interest

Georgetown University Law Center’s fourth annual “Iron Tech Lawyer Competition—Access to Justice Edition,” has grown a bit. The event, held Wednesday, included small teams of students that developed apps to help consumers, nonlawyer advocates and public-interest lawyers navigate complex areas of the law with simple, streamlined tools. This year, to…

Apr 24, 2015 9:53 AM CDT

Test, teach lawyers tech skills, speakers at Techshow say

Corrected: When it comes to fulfilling their ethical obligation to keep abreast of developments in technology, lawyers are increasingly fighting a two-front war. On the one hand, they have to learn about new, cutting edge tools and methods and how they can affect their legal practice. On the other, they…

Apr 18, 2015 12:25 PM CDT