Another University of Denver law professor sues school alleging gender and wage discrimination

A tenured associate professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law has filed an Equal Pay Act complaint, claiming that she earns significantly less than others in her academic category.

Jun 10, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

After donor blasts abortion law and criticizes use of funds, University of Alabama returns most of $26M donation

Updated: On Friday, attorney and philanthropist Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. was wired $21.5 million of a $26.5 million pledge he made to the law school at the University of Alabama, after its board of trustees voted in favor of giving him a refund, following his call for a boycott of the state after it passed a new law that effectively outlaws abortions.

Jun 7, 2019 3:39 PM CDT

ABA group offers $5K scholarships to support LGBT public interest work

Law students or recent law school graduates who plan to work in the LGBTQ public interest field still have a few days to apply for a new scholarship being offered by the ABA's Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

Jun 6, 2019 10:12 AM CDT

Going to law school as a teen? Young student has this advice

A George Washington University law student who began his legal studies when he was 18 has some advice for other teens entering law school. “The No. 1 thing is just to be yourself and forge your own path,” said Aaron Parnas, now 20, who spoke with Law.com in an interview.…

Jun 6, 2019 7:30 AM CDT

Are law schools doing enough to help with student stress?

Few recent graduates think that their law schools made an effort to help students with school-related stress, according to a new survey from the test prep company Kaplan Bar Review.

May 29, 2019 6:00 AM CDT

ABA’s Legal Ed approves two teach-out plan possibilities for Western State College of Law

Updated: Two teach-out plans for Western State College of Law, which is part of the embattled Argosy University System, have been approved by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

May 28, 2019 1:40 PM CDT

How will deans improve bar passage rates to meet new standard?

Before the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar implemented a tighter bar passage standard last week, it posted a memo that named law schools that would likely fail the revision. Of the schools listed, two are currently operating under a teach-out plan. Deans from three of the other schools say they’ve had plans to improve bar passage rates prior to the revision of Standard 316.

May 23, 2019 3:54 PM CDT

Former ABA president dies at 85; he was ‘a champion’ for the rule of law and open government

Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte—a former ABA president who championed the rule of law throughout the world—died Monday at age 85. D’Alemberte was ABA president from 1991 to 1992 and helped found the ABA’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative in 1990 to help former Soviet bloc countries rebuild their court systems.…

May 21, 2019 2:30 PM CDT

ABA legal ed section’s council adopts tighter bar pass standard; clock for compliance starts now

Following multiple years of discussion, and two rejections from the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar adopted a proposed revision to tighten an accreditation standard regarding bar passage Friday.

May 17, 2019 4:29 PM CDT

Harvard Law professor leaves Harvey Weinstein defense team, then loses faculty dean post

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., a Harvard Law School professor, resigned last week from Harvey Weinstein’s criminal defense team. However, that didn’t stop the university’s decision to remove him and his wife, lecturer Stephanie Robinson, from their roles as faculty deans for undergraduate student housing.

May 16, 2019 1:25 PM CDT

If you had a do-over, would you still go to law school?

Lawyers early in their career often are conflicted about their choices. In a survey of the Florida Bar's Young Lawyers Division, released earlier this year, 30% of respondents would not enroll in law school knowing what they know now, and 32% gave the paper chase a lukewarm "maybe."

May 15, 2019 12:11 PM CDT

David Van Zandt has made a career out of touching third rails in higher education

When David Van Zandt became dean of what is now Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law in 1995, he faced a steep learning curve. Up until then, he had never managed an organization of more than a few people.

May 15, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

ABA legal ed section’s council to reconsider stricter bar passage standard

May 10, 2019 5:02 PM CDT

Vermont Law faculty had little say when tenure was removed, says new report

When Vermont Law School, facing significant financial pressures, stripped 14 professors of tenure in 2018, it did not adequately involve faculty in the decision-making process, according to a report from the American Association of University Professors.

May 10, 2019 6:30 AM CDT

30% of young lawyers in this state wouldn’t go to law school in a do-over

Many young lawyers in Florida are having some misgivings about their choice of a legal career or their particular field of practice. A survey by the Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division, released earlier this year, asked the lawyers whether, if they had to do it over again, they would still…

May 9, 2019 10:56 AM CDT