Law Schools

Law Grad Accused of Faking E-Mail to Implicate Prof in Harassment

A graduate of Florida Coastal law school is facing a criminal charge and a slander suit based on accusations that she created a fake e-mail implicating a professor in sexual harassment. Laurie Green was arrested on Wednesday, reports News4Jax.com. Police claim she gave law school administrators a phony e-mail in…

Nov 21, 2008 2:47 PM CST

Author Blames Yale and ‘Having a Good Time’ for Failing NY Bar

A famous Yale Law School graduate who has written books about her struggles with depression and addiction has failed the New York bar exam. Elizabeth Wurtzel blamed the failure partly on Yale Law School and partly on her study habits, the New York Observer reports. Wurtzel has written the books…

Nov 20, 2008 2:00 PM CST

Ex-Weatherman Decries ‘Demonization’ in Georgetown Law Talk

The founder of the Weather Underground decried his “demonization” in speeches yesterday at Georgetown University Law Center and a Washington D.C. church. Bill Ayers complained that he had become a “cartoon and a caricature” after accusations surfaced during the presidential campaign that he was a terrorist who palled around with…

Nov 19, 2008 6:12 PM CST

Ga. Supremes, Law School Sponsor Pro-Marriage, Anti-Violence Summits

Upcoming summits to fight violence and promote marriage are being sponsored, respectively, by a New York-based law school and a commission of the Georgia Supreme Court. A story on the pro-marriage summit in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Political Insider blog is headlined, “The Georgia Supreme Court goes Oprah on us—and wants…

Nov 18, 2008 4:17 PM CST

Liberty Counsel Announces ‘Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign’

The conservative Christian legal group Liberty Counsel is urging Christians to avoid shopping at “naughty” companies that avoid use of the word “Christmas.” The plea is part of Liberty Counsel’s sixth annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” according to the Christian Post Reporter. The legal group has released a list…

Nov 18, 2008 3:43 PM CST

Justice Scalia Goes on Hunting Trip with Plaintiffs Lawyer

Justice Antonin Scalia went hunting over the weekend with a plaintiffs lawyer who wrote an amicus brief in a pre-emption case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Scalia went on the outing with Houston plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier, a graduate of Texas Tech University law school who is underwriting…

Nov 18, 2008 2:05 PM CST

Law Prof Drops Defamation Suit against Students over Racism Claims

A law professor who sued two former students for defamation has dropped his suit after the school’s interim dean said there is no evidence he is a racist. Law professor Richard Peltz of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock told Inside Higher Ed that he sued to get his…

Nov 17, 2008 12:32 PM CST

New Law School Rating, Same Refrain: Yale Wins

The lawyer rating website Avvo has published a list of the law schools that produce most of its top-rated lawyers. Four out of five schools with Avvo’s highest average rating also made the top five in the closely watched rankings published U.S. News and World Report. The Avvo top five…

Nov 13, 2008 7:01 PM CST

Northeastern Ranked the Top Public Interest Law School

Northeastern tops a list of the best schools for public interest law. The National Jurist ranked the law schools in its November issue, based on factors such as the percentage of students who entered the public interest field, the strength of the school’s curriculum, and the cost of getting a…

Nov 12, 2008 12:59 PM CST

How the UT’s Dean Sager Hopes to Raise $200 Million—and the Law School’s Profile

Armed with a sharp intellect, great listening skills and wicked sense of humor, the 67-year-old dean of the University of Texas School of Law is trying to do something no dean there has ever done before. The constitutional law scholar has promised to nearly double the law school endowment, by…

Nov 10, 2008 11:54 PM CST

Service Dog Gets ‘JD’ Along With Owner; First Nonhuman Degree at Baylor Law

After years of loyally accompanying the disabled law student for whom he acts as a service dog to classes at Baylor University, Skeeter Jones also deserved a degree, officials felt. So they awarded the canine a “Juris Dog” degree at the same time his owner, Amy Jones, received her Juris…

Nov 10, 2008 11:35 PM CST

Law Dean Pushes National Study of LSAT Alternatives

Researchers at UC-Berkeley School of Law have identified tests to measure characteristics that contribute to lawyer success, such as negotiating skills, problem-solving and stress management. Now the school’s dean is seeking support for national research on the issue. Berkeley law dean Christopher Edley has posted a message to a law…

Nov 7, 2008 3:06 PM CST

Harvard Law Warns Legal Services Clients of Lost Personal Data

Harvard Law School is warning thousands of clients at one of its legal services clinics that it has lost a backup computer tape containing Social Security numbers and other personal data. A technician lost the tape on the subway, the Boston Globe reports. The tape from the school’s legal clinic…

Nov 6, 2008 4:28 PM CST

‘Barack Effect’ May Spur Law Students to Seek Government Jobs

The head of a nonprofit group that promotes public interest law sees parallels between John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. David Stern, executive director of Equal Justice Works, told the National Law Journal that Kennedy was a charismatic lawyer who encouraged public service, and Obama is of the same mold.…

Nov 6, 2008 3:27 PM CST

Obama is the Second US President with a Harvard Law Degree

Barack Obama is the second U.S. president who is a Harvard law graduate. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog says 24 presidents have been lawyers, while an ABA book, published before Obama’s election, counted 25. The only other president who had a Harvard law degree was Rutherford Hayes. The Wall…

Nov 5, 2008 5:11 PM CST