Legal Education

Legal profession needs to support Native American female lawyers, new ABA report shows

Native American female lawyers often feel isolated and exhausted, and they have endured pervasive bias and harassment, according to a new report published by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and the National Native American Bar Association on Thursday.

Nov 2, 2023 2:05 PM CDT

Deb Haaland, other Native American ‘first trailblazers’ discuss importance of being at the table

“We are breaking down barriers, so our communities have the representation they deserve everywhere—in statehouses, in Congress, in classrooms, in film, science, and right here, with the American Bar Association,” Secretary Deb Haaland said in her remarks.

Nov 2, 2023 2:00 PM CDT

BigLaw firms ask law school deans to respond to antisemitism in campus protests

Updated: Deans of the nation’s top law schools received a letter on Wednesday signed by 24 major law firms, encouraging them to condemn the anti-Israel protests and harassment flaring up on campuses.

Nov 2, 2023 1:41 PM CDT

5 jurisdictions commit to using NextGen bar exam

Five jurisdictions have committed to administering the NextGen bar exam, the National Conference of Bar Examiners announced on Wednesday.

Nov 1, 2023 3:42 PM CDT

‘Bump’ operation led to phone calls, restaurant meeting, jurors told in trial for murder of law prof Markel

Jurors in the murder trial of dentist Charlie Adelson heard Tuesday that he was the first person his mother called after an undercover FBI agent posing as a blackmailer approached her in a “bump" operation.

Nov 1, 2023 11:14 AM CDT

Chemerinsky: ‘Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks’

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is calling on campus officials across the country to denounce “blatant antisemitism.”

Oct 30, 2023 3:48 PM CDT

Slain law prof’s former brother-in-law was murder mastermind, alleged go-between testifies

The alleged go-between in the murder of Florida law professor Dan Markel testified Monday that Markel’s former brother-in-law was the mastermind of the murder plot.

Oct 30, 2023 12:47 PM CDT

Where are they now? Law student tracks lawyers from disbanded Dewey firm, finds no ‘scarlet letter’

A law student who tracked lawyers from the disbanded law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf found little evidence that the stigma was a “scarlet letter” harming their careers.

Oct 30, 2023 8:19 AM CDT

Defense blames law prof’s murder on extortion plot; lawyer ex-wife denies family involvement

Lawyer Wendi Adelson, the ex-wife of murdered law professor Dan Markel, testified Thursday in her brother’s trial that it’s “completely untrue” that her family was responsible for the slaying.

Oct 27, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

First-generation law students study and work more hours, rack up more student debt

First-generation law students with parents who never obtained a bachelor’s degree differ in some significant respects from classmates with at least one parent who completed a college degree, according to a new survey of more than 13,000 law students at 75 law schools.

Oct 26, 2023 3:37 PM CDT

Law prof pay has dropped 24% in real dollars this decade

Average law professor pay has decreased 24% in real terms from 2013 to 2022, according to a law professor’s analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Oct 26, 2023 2:23 PM CDT

NCBE extends current bar exam until 2028, NextGen test will include family law

Along with extending the offering of the current exam until February 2028, the National Conference of Bar Examiners announced that family law will be added back to the list of foundational concepts and principles on the NextGen bar exam starting that same year.

Oct 26, 2023 1:31 PM CDT

NYU School of Law illegally disfavors white men in law review selection, suit alleges

A first-year law student at the New York University School of Law has filed a lawsuit alleging that race and sex preferences are illegally used to choose members of the law review.

Oct 24, 2023 10:00 AM CDT

After once-liberal lawyer pleads guilty in Trump RICO case, his law prof mentor offers explanation

After lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in the Georgia election-interference case Friday, a famous liberal law professor who mentored him grappled with the reason for his mentee’s ideological turnaround.

Oct 23, 2023 12:20 PM CDT

Bank robber who became Georgetown Law prof faces new criminal charges

Shon Hopwood is well known for the story of how he turned his life around after becoming a skilled jailhouse lawyer while in prison for bank robbery. But he faces new legal troubles after he was charged with two misdemeanor counts of assaulting his wife.

Oct 23, 2023 9:44 AM CDT