Law Schools

Halting the hover: Dealing with helicopter parents in law school (podcast)

As an associate dean of the University of Houston Law Center, Sondra Tennessee has witnessed her share of helicopter parents. She’s seen parents ask law schools to switch their child’s professor, because they didn’t think he or she was a good fit.

Aug 27, 2018 6:05 AM CDT

Judge tosses Georgetown law grad’s suit over school job fair ban

A federal judge in Texas has tossed a $5 million lawsuit against Georgetown University’s law school by a graduate who claimed he was barred as an employer from a school hiring fair because of discrimination and retaliation.

Aug 17, 2018 6:00 AM CDT

No fall classes at Arizona Summit, school says, and a teach-out plan is being negotiated

Updated: Arizona Summit School of Law will not be holding classes this fall, and it’s negotiating a teach-out agreement with another law school, according to a statement released by the school Tuesday.

Aug 14, 2018 2:20 PM CDT

After withdrawal of law school admissions test rule revision, will fewer schools accept the GRE?

Law school deans expect that fewer schools than anticipated will now be accepting entrance exams besides the LSAT. And while it seems clear that those schools planning to do so must submit validity studies, how school-specific do those studies need to be?

Aug 9, 2018 6:10 AM CDT

Plan to drop law school entry exam requirement withdrawn before ABA House vote

The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar withdrew a resolution before the ABA House of Delegates on Monday that called for cutting Standard 503, which requires an exam for law school admission, and beefing up Standard 501 to include the use of admission credentials and academic attrition when determining accreditation compliance.

Aug 6, 2018 7:26 PM CDT

Legal education council delays action on questionnaire guidance

As the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar awaits action on a proposal to eliminate an admissions test requirement for law schools, its council postponed decisions on new guidance for annual questionnaires, which are used for 509 Reports. Part of the Friday’s discussion, held during ABA…

Aug 3, 2018 7:14 PM CDT

Panel denies motion to consolidate suits against ABA by 3 InfiLaw schools

An American Bar Association motion to consolidate three federal actions filed by for-profit law schools owned by InfiLaw, all alleging due process violations regarding law school accreditation, was denied by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

Aug 2, 2018 10:01 AM CDT

Presidents of Arizona Summit and Cooley Law are leaving their positions

Both Donald Lively, the president of InfiLaw’s for-profit Arizona Summit School of Law, and Don LeDuc, the president and dean of Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, are leaving their positions.

Aug 1, 2018 2:29 PM CDT

More people are applying to law schools: Does the jobs data support increasing class sizes?

The pool of applicants is rising, but deans are chastened by a fragile job market for young lawyers.

Aug 1, 2018 1:45 AM CDT

While number of lawyer jobs have been decreasing, law school applications are up more than 8%

Law school applications have increased by more than 8 percent, and some schools are reportedly concerned about over over-enrollment.

“Because the demand was so strong, some schools are finding that they may have had higher yield rates than they had in prior years, and they may have larger classes than they aimed for,” Kellye Testy, president of the Law School Admissions Counsel, told Law.com. She advises matching enrollment with employment opportunities for new lawyers.

Jul 31, 2018 2:40 PM CDT

Potential closure plan for Arizona Summit discussed while accreditation appeal is pending

Updated: If Arizona Summit School of Law, a for-profit InfiLaw campus, loses its ABA accreditation, students may have the option to finish their education at Arizona State University’s law school.

Jul 27, 2018 11:23 AM CDT

NCCU has taken ‘concrete steps’ toward admissions standards compliance, ABA says

North Carolina Central University School of Law, which in January was found to be out of compliance with an ABA accreditation standard regarding admissions, has now demonstrated compliance, according to a decision the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar posted to its website Monday.

Jul 23, 2018 4:43 PM CDT

Chicago to get a public law school: John Marshall acquired by University of Illinois system

After more than two years of discussions, the University of Illinois’ board of trustees Thursday approved a plan to acquire Chicago’s John Marshall School of Law, a private stand-alone institution.

Jul 20, 2018 7:10 AM CDT

Reforming law school: Start with the end in mind

Last month, I wrote here about some potential changes to legal training in the United States, based on my own experience and conversations within and outside both the industry and country. The response was overwhelmingly positive from those who understood that I am trying to improve our profession for lawyers and clients alike.

Jul 13, 2018 7:05 AM CDT

14 of 19 Vermont Law professors lose tenure, retention chair tells professors’ organization

After being informed by the chair of Vermont Law School's retention committee that the school stripped 14 law professors of tenure, the American Association of University Professors has questioned whether the school followed proper regulations.

Jul 12, 2018 7:15 AM CDT