Law Schools

Federal appeals judge advises colleagues to think carefully before hiring Yale Law School protesters

A federal appeals judge has posted a message to a group email list for all federal judges that expresses his dim view of noisy Yale Law School students who opposed a conservative speaker at an event by the Federalist Society.

Mar 22, 2022 8:39 AM CDT

Alumnus gives law school $15M for full-tuition scholarships

David M. Rubenstein received a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Chicago Law School, and since then, the 1973 graduate has gifted $61 million to cover scholarships for other law students.

Mar 17, 2022 11:19 AM CDT

Racial justice clinic announced for University of Minnesota Law School

As school districts across the country deal with complaints from people who say they are opposed to teaching critical race theory in the classroom, the University of Minnesota Law School isn’t dodging the controversy.

Mar 16, 2022 6:00 AM CDT

Canadian law school mistakenly informed student’s family that she had died

A Canadian law school’s unusual apology to one of its law students has gone viral after it was posted to Twitter last week.

Mar 15, 2022 1:59 PM CDT

Through ABA project, law students research police policies with plans to set up public database

Katrice Williams attends Cleveland State University’s Marshall College of Law, which is in the same town where police killed Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was playing at the park with a toy gun, in 2014. After that, in 2015, the city entered a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, agreeing to make fundamental policy changes after it was found that police there had a pattern of excessive force.

Mar 14, 2022 8:34 AM CDT

Is interest in law school waning? ‘This year is not going to be as red-hot off the charts’

Some statistics are pointing to a lessened interest in law school this year.

Mar 10, 2022 11:48 AM CST

ABA’s Antitrust Law Section hopes to attract more students to practice with free casebook

Jonathan Gleklen wanted to do something a little different during his year as chair of the ABA Antitrust Law Section. Gleklen, who began his term in August, proposed that the section create a task force to develop an open source antitrust casebook for law school students.

Mar 9, 2022 8:41 AM CST

Florida mayor commits $5M in public funds to help open new law school

The mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, has committed to contribute $5 million in public investment to help open a new law school in the city.

Mar 2, 2022 4:08 PM CST

Consumer site Law School Transparency will join Law School Admission Council’s LawHub

Law School Transparency, an organization founded more than a decade ago by new lawyers who were frustrated by the lack of public data on matters, including employment outcomes and student loan debt, is being acquired by the Law School Admission Council, the organization announced Wednesday.

Mar 2, 2022 9:00 AM CST

Law school recently dinged for bar passage rate comes into compliance

The Western New England University School of Law has demonstrated compliance with an ABA accreditation standard that requires a bar passage rate of at least 75% within two years, according to notice posted Monday.

Mar 2, 2022 8:47 AM CST

The country has a long way to go with ADA compliance, say 2 civil rights lawyers

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act is decades old, many businesses, including law firms, continue to treat it as a suggestion, rather than federal law, according to Eve Hill and Jason Turkish, two lawyers who represent plaintiffs in disability cases.

Feb 28, 2022 8:30 AM CST

Former Chapman law prof says ex-dean knew of his work for Trump; 2 students were ‘thrilled’ to help

Retired Chapman University law professor John Eastman is denying the school’s claim that his election legal work for former President Donald Trump wasn’t authorized by the school.

Feb 24, 2022 12:27 PM CST

Bar examinee not permitted to finish test because of high temperature

When Alaina Arroyo woke up Wednesday morning, her first thought was to get ready for Day Two of the Nebraska bar exam. Then she remembered that wasn’t going to happen because her temperature had registered at 101 degrees on Tuesday, and she was told to leave the testing site.

Feb 24, 2022 11:47 AM CST

ABA legal ed section plans to send another diversity standard, revisions for remote learning requirements to HOD

A law school accreditation standard requires full opportunities for underrepresented groups, and on Friday the council of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a proposed revision to clarify that the standard does not allow schools to engage in “racial balancing” or limit representation of individuals from any group.

Feb 22, 2022 2:21 PM CST

Member of Chicago Police Department claims he was discriminated against at UIC Law

A lieutenant with the Chicago Police Department recently filed a state court lawsuit against the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, alleging he was harassed and discriminated against for being white.

Feb 17, 2022 1:44 PM CST