Legal Education

ABA’s Veterans Legal Services Initiative aims to create online resource, mobilize lawyers

ABA President Linda Klein has announced an effort to provide legal representation and resources for veterans. Klein says in a video that she became aware of the needs of veterans when members of her law firm volunteered at a homeless shelter. She learned that over half the needs of homeless…

Aug 10, 2016 2:16 PM CDT

New Texas law school not recommended for ABA accreditation

The ABA’s accreditation committee has recommended that the University of North Texas Dallas College of Law not receive accreditation, the school’s dean told the ABA Journal, and he plans a response. “We will get a fair hearing,” says Royal Furgeson Jr., UNT Dallas Law’s dean and a former U.S. district…

Aug 10, 2016 12:36 PM CDT

How law firms compete for fewer students in on-campus interviews

Competition among law firms is heating up as they chase fewer students in on-campus interviews. Law school enrollment dropped from 52,488 in 2010-2011 to 37,058 in 2015-2016, Law.com (sub. req.) reports. Meanwhile, law schools are seeing the same or slightly more law firms participating in on-campus interviews, Law.com reports in…

Aug 10, 2016 8:55 AM CDT

Organization that administers GRE offered to share exam results with Law School Admissions Council

Though the organization that administers the LSAT has said it would stop certifying law schools average scores because schools might use another test for admissions, the organization administering that other test, the GRE, says it offered to help resolve difficulties in certifying scores. The Law School Admission Council announced that…

Aug 9, 2016 5:41 PM CDT

Could members of the electoral college go rogue on Trump?

The election may not be decided in November, even if there are no hanging chads and disputed vote counts. That’s because the electoral college doesn’t cast votes for president and vice president until December, and the votes aren’t counted by Congress until January, Pepperdine University law professor Derek Muller wrote…

Aug 8, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

LSAC says it won’t continue certifying LSAT scores for the ABA

Updated: The Law School Admission Council, which certifies LSAT scores and undergraduate GPA data submitted by law schools for ABA accreditation, announced Aug. 2 that it intends to suspend the service. The organization’s letter cites consideration by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the…

Aug 5, 2016 5:50 PM CDT

Ex-wife and her family deny involvement in law prof’s slaying

The ex-wife of slain law professor Dan Markel and her family members have released a statement denying any involvement in his death. The statement said that neither Markel’s ex-wife, Wendi Adelson, nor other Adelson family members “had anything to do with Dan’s murder.” The Associated Press, the Tallahassee Democrat, the…

Aug 4, 2016 12:40 PM CDT

Jenner and University of Chicago Law School open SCOTUS clinic

A U.S. Supreme Court clinic, led by a University of Chicago law professor and appellate lawyers from Jenner & Block, has opened. Clients will be represented pro bono at the Jenner & Block University of Chicago Law School Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic, according to a press release. Students working…

Aug 2, 2016 1:30 PM CDT

Why Tim Kaine became disillusioned at Harvard Law School

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine experienced some “bumpy years” at Harvard Law School, according to a newspaper account of his years there. Kaine was the son of a metal shop owner and a graduate of a Jesuit boys’ school in Kansas City, the Boston Globe reports. When he entered…

Aug 2, 2016 11:04 AM CDT

Federal panel ‘sent a signal’ to ABA about law school loans and accreditation enforcement

Concerns about enforcement of accreditation standards and the need for response to law school costs, student debt and lack of lawyer jobs swirled during a Department of Education panel’s discussion that led to their vote to recommend suspending the ABA from accrediting law schools for one year, a transcript of…

Aug 1, 2016 2:47 PM CDT

Which law schools have the highest percentage of graduates with federal clerkships?

Some of the country’s most affordable law schools also have a fair amount of graduates with federal clerkships, according to a recent list compiled by Business Insider. Besides using its annual list of top 50 law schools, the publication relied on ABA data to compile its clerkship list. Among the…

Aug 1, 2016 2:05 PM CDT

Law clinic goes pro as students and profs launch startup practice

Eve J. Brown saw law students get a year's worth of client experience at the intellectual property clinics she ran at Suffolk University and Boston University, but few found jobs in the field after graduation. Small IP firms usually don’t hire first-year associates, and large firms for the most part…

Aug 1, 2016 2:00 AM CDT

Feds disqualify ABA and others from loan forgiveness program

The feds disqualify the ABA and others from a loan forgiveness program.

Aug 1, 2016 12:40 AM CDT

Recall effort for Brock Turner’s judge poses serious threat to rule of law, say law profs

California law professors including Pamela Karlan, Gerald Uelmen and Erwin Chemerinsky signed a support letter for the judge who presided over the recent Stanford University sexual assault trial, and is facing a recall petition. Of the 46 law professors opposing the recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron…

Jul 28, 2016 2:00 PM CDT

7th Circuit judge has ‘penchant for confabulation,’ losing law prof alleges in law review article

A retired University of Chicago law professor who represented former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is striking out at a respected federal appeals judge for an alleged “penchant for confabulation,” “questionable” rulings and “bullying” of lawyers on both sides of the case. The former law professor, Albert Alschuler, unsuccessfully represented Ryan…

Jul 28, 2016 7:30 AM CDT