Law Students

Law Prof Appointed to Copyright Case Sees Parallels to Erin Brokovich

Ohio State University law professor Deborah Jones Merritt didn’t shy away from media interviews about her first Supreme Court argument. She told the Columbus Dispatch how she practiced before large photos of the nine justices. She confessed to The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times that she felt like “the…

Oct 8, 2009 2:33 PM CDT

Longhorns Star Charged in Alleged Fight With Texas Law Student

A pick-up basketball game at the University of Texas led to a misdemeanor assault charge against a star Longhorns freshman safety after he allegedly fought with a law student at the school’s Gregory Gymnasium last month, leaving the fledgling legal eagle with a bloody lip. An arrest affidavit says the…

Oct 7, 2009 11:26 PM CDT

Why Law Firm Interviewers Are Asking ‘Tell Me About a Time’ Questions

Law firms with fewer spots for new associates are getting serious about on-campus interviews, sending more senior people to meet with potential new hires and using behavioral questions to learn more about students’ personalities. The American Lawyer covered the more rigorous approach to recruiting in a story on the ways…

Oct 7, 2009 2:47 PM CDT

Three Texas Law Schools Cut Enrollment, But Economy Isn’t the Reason

Three Texas law schools have cut enrollment this fall, but school officials say the primary reason is the need for smaller class sizes rather than the economic downturn. School officials emphasized the personal attention that comes with smaller class sizes, although one also mentioned the economic downturn and another talked…

Oct 7, 2009 12:55 PM CDT

Most Competitive Law Students at Baylor, Most Liberal at CUNY, Survey Finds

Prospective law students who relish a competitive environment may want consider to Baylor University’s law school, according to a new survey. Law students there are the most competitive, according to a survey by the Princeton Review. Meanwhile, the best quality of life for law students is at the University of…

Oct 6, 2009 1:36 PM CDT

Law Grads Scramble for Interim Jobs; More Deferrals, Fewer Stipends in Future?

Rosemary McKenna feels fortunate to have received an offer to work as an associate attorney at Blank Rome. But the 26-year-old graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law has been told by the law firm not to plan to start there until January. In the meantime, she is working…

Oct 5, 2009 11:30 PM CDT

Nixon Peabody Hiring Partner: Student Recruitment Model Is ‘Antiquated’

The hiring partner of Nixon Peabody says the traditional law firm recruitment model needs to be changed, and his law firm is already examining alternatives. Hiring partner John Snellings told the Boston Business Journal that his firm is considering an apprenticeship program. The old recruitment system “is antiquated,” he told…

Oct 5, 2009 3:58 PM CDT

Law Librarians ‘Delighted’ About Online Changes to Federal Register

Past issues of the Federal Register dating to 2000 go online today in a new format that makes the data easier to be moved, reorganized and customized. The new XML format makes it easier for users to find the topic they want to research without having to sift through large…

Oct 5, 2009 12:05 PM CDT

Matching Program for Med Students Is Good Model for Legal Hiring, Prof Says

A Harvard law professor is backing a new method for hiring law students that is modeled on the way medical students find jobs. Law professor Asish Nanda says the matching procedure would work for law firms, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports, noting a reference to Nanda’s idea in…

Oct 2, 2009 1:29 PM CDT

Summer Associates Report Fear, Anxiety and Lots of Food

Stress and anxiety are on the rise among law students employed this summer at large law firms, according to a new survey. But the summer associates could assuage their worries with food and drink offered at social outings that still were on the agenda. American Lawyer’s survey of 2009 summer…

Sep 29, 2009 3:16 PM CDT

Law Prof Says Students Saved His Life

A judge who teaches a trial techniques class at the University at Buffalo law school says seven students who didn’t listen to him ended up saving his life. Judge Richard Kloch Sr. experienced overwhelming pain in his knee and a wave of weakness when he was teaching a class about…

Sep 28, 2009 1:19 PM CDT

Skadden’s One-Day Offer Strategy Didn’t Hurt Acceptance Rate

An unusual job-offer strategy by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom didn’t hurt acceptance rates, according to the law firm’s hiring partner. The law firm raised some eyebrows when it decided to make all its summer associate offers on one day—Sept. 22—after the close of on-campus interviews. Some critics suggested…

Sep 25, 2009 2:24 PM CDT

K&L Gates Chairman Advises Would-Be Law Students to Reconsider

The chairman of K&L Gates says would-be lawyers should think twice before going to law school. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.), chairman Peter Kalis made clear that he doesn’t like debt. Law graduates have too much of it, he said, while his own firm doesn’t…

Sep 25, 2009 1:12 PM CDT

Want to Study for the Bar from Home? There’s an App for That

An expanded iPhone app from BARBRI allows bar review students who have upgraded to a mobile course to view all of the bar study lectures and access other study materials on their iPhone or iPod Touch. The app is free, but students have to log in with the BARBRI user…

Sep 24, 2009 7:11 PM CDT

As OCIs Drop at Top Law Schools, NALP Official Predicts More Grads Will Go Solo

Even students at the nation’s top law schools are getting fewer on-campus interviews, leading one career official to predict that more graduates will end up going solo or entering alternative careers. Bloomberg reports on the dreary job picture for law students, even at Harvard and New York University law schools.…

Sep 23, 2009 12:54 PM CDT