Cellphone entrepreneur donates $15M to law school

The John F. Scarpa Foundation, which was formed by the founder of the American Cellular Network Corp., has donated $15 million to Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law.

Nov 17, 2020 1:36 PM CST

Has law prof been fired over tweets? He says it might not be technically true—yet

A professor at the University of Miami School of Law is at odds with his school over whether he has been fired for racially insensitive tweets.

Nov 16, 2020 3:38 PM CST

5 steps law school deans can take to improve diversity and inclusion

The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor have highlighted to the world that systemic racism exists. It has caused many law schools, law firms and other legal employers to grapple with how to foster more diversity and inclusion as well as what it means to be antiracist.

Nov 12, 2020 3:57 PM CST

Program offers Utah law school scholarships based on overcoming adversity

Utah’s two law schools on Thursday announced a fellowship program with full-tuition scholarships for admittees with significant hardships.

Nov 12, 2020 9:15 AM CST

Biden will be first president since Taft to have a law degree outside T-14; his law prof saw ‘presence’

President-elect Joe Biden will be the first U.S. president since William Howard Taft to graduate from a law school outside the nation’s top 14 ranked law schools.

Nov 9, 2020 11:46 AM CST

Western Michigan University trustees vote to end affiliation with Cooley Law, calling it ‘a distraction’

Western Michigan University’s board of trustees voted Thursday to end its affiliation with the Cooley Law School. The meeting was livestreamed on the university’s YouTube channel.

Nov 5, 2020 1:55 PM CST

How many tenured law professors are Black? Public data does not say

Oct 28, 2020 3:25 PM CDT

Black law grads trail in employment overall and in bar-passage-required jobs, new NALP report finds

Black law graduates in the class of 2019 had the lowest overall employment rates among all racial and ethnic groups and lower employment in bar-passage-required jobs than white graduates, according to new findings by the National Association for Law Placement.

Oct 21, 2020 11:05 AM CDT

Suit by California law grad alleges school had ‘policy of indifference’ to rampant sexual misconduct

A University of Southern California law grad has filed a lawsuit alleging that the school’s investigation of her rape complaint against another student was a “charade” with a predetermined outcome in his favor.

Oct 21, 2020 9:38 AM CDT

Amid claims that online bar exam went well, some test-takers have a different view

ExamSoft, the company that provided the software for the two-day online bar exam offered earlier this month, maintains that only a small percentage of test-takers experienced problems with their product. But for those who did, many say there should have been no issues and some suspect the hitches were expected by the company.

Oct 20, 2020 9:28 AM CDT

For minority law students, learning the law can be intellectually violent

It pales in comparison to the structural and physical violence that people experience outside the ivory tower, but it is also unforgiving, can feel unrelenting and often goes unnamed.

Oct 15, 2020 11:23 AM CDT

Law school dean ‘devastated’ about flubbed email with bar exam grades

William C. Hubbard, the new dean of the University of South Carolina School of Law and a former ABA president, accidentally emailed students a file with recent graduates’ confidential bar exam grades and information about whether they passed or failed the test.

Oct 14, 2020 11:22 AM CDT

Law schools and ABA start new group focused on policing

A collaboration between the American Bar Association and 52 law schools will focus on developing model police practices around issues including officer conduct, public safety and policies that cause race-based disparate impact.

Oct 13, 2020 10:38 AM CDT

Case study focused on Yale Law School professor seeks change for Title IX policies

Using the recent sexual misconduct findings against Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld as an example of why Yale University’s Title IX policies should be revised, law students there recently released a case study with suggestions for change, including the use of a website to track and pair anonymous complaints, and providing pro bono representation for accusers and respondents.

Oct 12, 2020 12:16 PM CDT

Woman goes into labor during bar exam and finishes the test

A recent graduate of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law was determined to finish the bar exam, despite going into labor during the remote test.

Oct 9, 2020 11:51 AM CDT