Law Schools

Harvard Law Group Rallies Against Bill to Ban Online Poker

A group formed at Harvard Law School that backs poker as an educational tool rallied outside the Massachusetts State House yesterday to oppose a bill that would impose criminal penalties for playing the game online. About three dozen people turned out for the rally, CardPlayer.com reports. It was organized by…

Mar 19, 2008 10:35 AM CDT

Harvard Law Will Waive Tuition for 3Ls Planning Public Service

At Harvard Law School, third-year students can attend the third year of law school for free—a savings of more than $40,000—if they pledge to work for five years with the government or a nonprofit organization. Law school dean Elena Kagan told the New York Times the new waiver program is…

Mar 18, 2008 10:50 AM CDT

Pace Law School to Meet Public Interest Lawyer Demand

Pace Law School has announced it is creating a Public Interest Law Center to help meet a growing national demand for lawyers who focus on public interest legal work. The center is meant to foster a culture of public service, act as a clearinghouse for requests for pro bono legal…

Mar 14, 2008 4:00 PM CDT

Emphasis on Money Can Be Source of Depression in Law School

Stress during law school can cause anxiety and depression, especially if students focus on the need to make money and land a big-firm job, according to an article published online as part of an ABA group’s effort to tackle the problem. Law schools need to acknowledge the problem of student…

Mar 13, 2008 1:47 PM CDT

Law Profs Tell Mukasey He’s Not Wanted as Commencement Speaker

Twenty-two law professors at Boston College Law School are sending a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey asking him to withdraw as a commencement speaker. The letter (PDF from Eagleionline) is the latest in a simmering controversy over the decision by law school dean John Garvey to invite Mukasey to…

Mar 13, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Do Women Pursue Law Degrees for Different Reasons Than Men?

Women who attend Harvard Law School have a different agenda—and a different law school experience—than men, according to a study by a working group of students. Dean Elena Kagan commented on the findings during a panel discussion for journalists on Saturday in Philadelphia, the Bulletin reports. “Many women think of…

Mar 12, 2008 1:45 PM CDT

Washington & Lee to Put 3rd-Year Students to Work

In the wake of a study that says law schools aren’t doing enough to educate their graduates for the real world of legal practice, the law school at Virginia’s Washington & Lee University is changing its third-year curriculum. Students in their final year of law school will spend their time…

Mar 11, 2008 6:16 PM CDT

Drexel Gets Higher Profile Due to ABA Provisional Accreditation

Receiving provisional ABA accreditation hasn’t made any difference in the way that Drexel University College of Law operates. But students are looking forward to being able to take the bar exam in the many states that require graduation from an ABA-accredited school as a prerequisite. And accreditation has made a…

Mar 7, 2008 10:26 PM CST

Law School Accepts 8-Year-Old

An 8-year-old boy who passed the entrance exam was enrolled in a Brazilian law school. However, his academic career there came to an abrupt end when school officials realized he couldn’t yet have graduated from high school, which is a prerequisite for admission. “The Universidade Paulista, a multi-campus private university,…

Mar 7, 2008 2:06 AM CST

Boston Law Won’t Award Top Medal to Mukasey When He Addresses Grads

Attorney General Michael Mukasey will be the first commencement speaker in some time at Boston College Law School who won’t receive its highest award, but he won’t be the last. Law school dean John Garvey announced yesterday that the school will no longer give its Founder’s Medal to commencement speakers,…

Mar 5, 2008 11:37 AM CST

ABA Report Shows Little Change in Law School Enrollment

Enrollment for first-year law students at ABA-approved law schools was nearly flat for the 2007-08 school year, according to a new report by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. First-year enrollment stood at 48,964 students, an increase of only 27 students over the previous year,…

Mar 4, 2008 5:11 PM CST

Comcast Hit for Sending Seat Warmers to Hearing at Harvard Law

An organizer of a federal hearing held at Harvard Law School yesterday is criticizing a cable company for using “seat warmers” that prevented some people from attending. The hearing before the Federal Communications Commission concerned charges that Comcast Corp. was blocking file-sharing by some Internet users. The company contends its…

Feb 27, 2008 6:49 PM CST

Youths Cite Making Money, Interest in Politics as Reasons to Attend Law School

A survey of nearly 2,000 potential law school applicants by Kaplan Inc. found there is one big reason why many are interested in becoming lawyers. Money. “Seventy-three percent of those students who responded to our survey indicated that the high income potential was one of the reasons that they selected…

Feb 22, 2008 11:30 PM CST

How Yale Law School Decides Which Applicants to Admit

Know someone who wants to get an edge in applying for a coveted place in Yale Law School’s entering class? Being among the first—or the last—would-be legal eagles to submit an application might help just a bit. That’s because Dean of Admissions Asha Rangappa reads all law school applications in…

Feb 22, 2008 7:03 PM CST

Harvard Law Review Vampires No Match for ‘Barackula’

Updated: In addition to his other political skills, presidential candidate Barack Obama can also put the bite on vampires. At least that’s the premise of Barackula, a new Internet-only musical now playing on Barackula.com. YouTube also has a selection of Barackula clips. First-time director Mike Lawson’s political horror film pits…

Feb 22, 2008 6:21 PM CST