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Updated: A University of Virginia law student who admitted fabricating a racial profiling claim has received his law degree. The student, Johnathan Perkins, was acquitted of a university honor charge this summer by a jury of fellow students, report Above the Law, the Daily Progress and the Cavalier Daily. The…

Jan 18, 2012 2:16 PM CST

Back-to-School Boss: Mel Immergut, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy

When Mel M. Immergut first heard the proposal from his Munich-based colleague Norbert Rieger, the methodical chairman of white-shoe law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy did something unusual. “I immediately told him it was a great idea,” Immergut says. “Then I more characteristically asked for the two-page memo on…

Sep 14, 2011 2:00 PM CDT

Virginia 3L Admits He Made Up Racial Profiling Claim; University Won’t File Charges

Updated: A third-year law student at the University of Virginia who wrote a dramatic letter to the editor saying he had been the victim of racial profiling now says he made up the incident to call attention to the problem. The allegations by black law student Johnathan Perkins were published…

May 9, 2011 11:32 AM CDT

How Law Schools Can Help Next Gen Lawyers Take Gamble Out of Hefty Tuition (Podcast)

More and more, critics of ever-increasing law school tuition say enrolling only makes economic sense if students don’t have to pay tuition, or graduate from a top-tier school.

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