Pirating files not so bad, with one exception, according to survey of Harvard LLM students

Researchers who surveyed students in Harvard Law School’s LLM program on the ethics of file sharing have concluded that lawyers generally perceive the practice as ethically acceptable.

Jun 11, 2019 11:10 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

New program will pay some law school admittees to defer studies and work in public interest

Weil, Gotshal & Manges recently announced a program that funds yearlong public interest positions for individuals admitted to a handful of prestigious law schools who are willing to put off their studies for one year. The Weil Legal Innovators Program will fund the public interest work of 10 prelaw students,…

Apr 26, 2019 2:08 PM CDT

New bill would end ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ for Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., have introduced the What You Can Do for Your Country Act of 2019 to bolster the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which Gillibrand says is “failing to meet its obligation” to ease student debt.

Apr 11, 2019 3:59 PM CDT

Father and daughter who graduated law school together await bar results

Sarah Smith credits her father and an LSAT study guide for her interest in law school. Tim Smith was working with an LSAT study book in early 2014 when his daughter picked it up and started doing some of the problems. “I thought the questions were fun, and it piqued…

Mar 28, 2019 8:15 AM CDT

Is there an optimum age to go to law school?

The typical trajectory for a lawyer’s education is a high school diploma to an undergraduate degree to a JD. With this life plan, you can be a practicing attorney by your mid-20s—which is not uncommon. About half of all law school applicants from 2011 to 2015 were between 22 and…

Mar 20, 2019 2:09 PM CDT

This 16-year-old was accepted at nine law schools

Haley Taylor Schlitz loves learning and likes standardized tests. She is looking forward to classes this fall at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.

Mar 18, 2019 8:15 AM CDT

Nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer bar prep courses at reduced cost

Mar 13, 2019 3:24 PM CDT

Married couples from Harvard Law’s ‘love section’ offer lawyer relationship advice

Lawyers in love shouldn’t behave like lawyers, according to advice from one of six married couples from Harvard Law School’s class of 1979. All six couples met while first-year students in Harvard’s Section 3, which is similar to a homeroom period, the New York Times reports. The New York Times…

Mar 7, 2019 11:33 AM CST

Public service attorneys in loan-forgiveness suit still could face rejection, experts warn

In late February, a federal court reversed and remanded U.S. Department of Education determinations that three out of four lawyers—two of whom worked for the American Bar Association—did not qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Whether they will ultimately have their student loans discharged remains to be seen, say administrative law attorneys.

Mar 7, 2019 7:00 AM CST

There’s a variety of affordable—or free—ways to teach legal tech, law school librarians say

Deborah Ginsberg doesn’t teach a specific legal technology class at Chicago-Kent College of Law. Instead, the educational technology law librarian goes to various classes and provides students with information relevant to legal practice areas taught in the course.

Mar 1, 2019 9:58 AM CST

Student loan forgiveness: Great in theory, murky in practice

To afford law school, Kyle Ingram borrowed $120,000. Saddled with this significant loan balance at age 27, he sought debt forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Feb 27, 2019 6:30 AM CST

Law firms either keep up with tech or get left behind

I spend a lot of time thinking about a version of that classic interview question where applicants are asked to envision their future. But, instead of thinking about my own future, I think of the legal profession’s future. If you haven’t done it, give it a try: What will legal work look like in 15 years?

Feb 14, 2019 6:30 AM CST

Match.com, BYU Law partner up for student-alumni mentor program

Do people think you have traditional values, and what are your hobbies? These are some questions asked by a pilot program to build mentoring relationships between first-year law students and alumni at Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Feb 14, 2019 6:00 AM CST

Why can’t you bring mechanical pencils to the LSAT? Blame test-taking tricksters

Attorney licensing exams are not immune from cheating, says James Wollack, an educational psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison whose research includes test security. In fact, the first time he was asked to analyze exam result data to see whether it supported test fraud, it was for a Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination.

Feb 13, 2019 2:46 PM CST