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Lawyer ran for office in one state while serving in another

Andrew D. Purcell, who was disbarred in Missouri in October and has been assigned a case number by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, learned the hard way that lawyers can get into trouble when they claim to be in two places at the same time.

Nov 15, 2023 8:41 AM CST

National mean MBE score rises slightly, along with number of test-takers

The national mean scaled score for the Multistate Bar Exam for July 2023 is 140.5, up 0.2 points from a year earlier, according to the National Conference of Board Examiners. In addition, more people took the exam: There were 45,968 test-takers nationally, up 2.8% from July 2022, according to a news release.

Nov 10, 2023 4:03 PM CST

Law prof, 78, sues Northwestern for alleged age bias in pay raises

A law professor who has been teaching at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law since 1981 has filed an age discrimination lawsuit alleging that he is receiving less in base pay than “significantly younger less experienced counterparts.”

Nov 10, 2023 10:51 AM CST

Law grad turns culinary passion into TikTok fame and a brand-new cookbook

Like many others, Jon Kung figured that law school would be a safe harbor to weather the storms of the Great Recession. But after graduating in 2011, Kung changed course, becoming established in the Detroit culinary scene and hosting secret pop-up dinners.

Nov 8, 2023 8:20 AM CST

BigLaw firms ask law school deans to respond to antisemitism in campus protests

Updated: Deans of the nation’s top law schools received a letter on Wednesday signed by 24 major law firms, encouraging them to condemn the anti-Israel protests and harassment flaring up on campuses.

Nov 2, 2023 1:41 PM CDT

Chemerinsky: ‘Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks’

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is calling on campus officials across the country to denounce “blatant antisemitism.”

Oct 30, 2023 3:48 PM CDT

First-generation law students study and work more hours, rack up more student debt

First-generation law students with parents who never obtained a bachelor’s degree differ in some significant respects from classmates with at least one parent who completed a college degree, according to a new survey of more than 13,000 law students at 75 law schools.

Oct 26, 2023 3:37 PM CDT

Law prof pay has dropped 24% in real dollars this decade

Average law professor pay has decreased 24% in real terms from 2013 to 2022, according to a law professor’s analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Oct 26, 2023 2:23 PM CDT

NYU School of Law illegally disfavors white men in law review selection, suit alleges

A first-year law student at the New York University School of Law has filed a lawsuit alleging that race and sex preferences are illegally used to choose members of the law review.

Oct 24, 2023 10:00 AM CDT

Bank robber who became Georgetown Law prof faces new criminal charges

Shon Hopwood is well known for the story of how he turned his life around after becoming a skilled jailhouse lawyer while in prison for bank robbery. But he faces new legal troubles after he was charged with two misdemeanor counts of assaulting his wife.

Oct 23, 2023 9:44 AM CDT

Lawyer ran for office in one state while serving in another

National mean MBE score rises slightly, along with number of test-takers

Law prof, 78, sues Northwestern for alleged age bias in pay raises

Law grad turns culinary passion into TikTok fame and a brand-new cookbook

BigLaw firms ask law school deans to respond to antisemitism in campus protests

Chemerinsky: ‘Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks’

First-generation law students study and work more hours, rack up more student debt

Law prof pay has dropped 24% in real dollars this decade

NYU School of Law illegally disfavors white men in law review selection, suit alleges

Bank robber who became Georgetown Law prof faces new criminal charges

LSAT scraps ‘logic games’ section, adds more logical reasoning

University of Akron School of Law offers guaranteed admission for qualified Ohioans

Ethics code is ‘a good idea’ for Supreme Court, Justice Barrett says

Citing its ‘value system,’ Davis Polk rescinds 3 job offers over groups’ anti-Israel statements

Law student, son of Buc-ee’s co-founder, arrested for alleged secret filming of house guests

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