Christine Charnosky

September 13, 2022 | Law.com

"Some jurisdictions will likely see higher pass rates than last year, while others may see fewer candidates pass, depending on factors specific to that jurisdiction, including local passing score, candidate performance, and performance distribution relative to that passing score," Rosemary Reshetar, director of assessment and research at NCBE, said in a statement.

By Christine Charnosky

4 minute read

September 12, 2022 | Law.com

This week, we're exploring why some 1Ls are already pondering whether to give up on law school.

By Christine Charnosky

6 minute read

September 12, 2022 | Law.com

The Reddit subgroup r/LawSchool has been inundated in the past week with 1Ls questioning whether law school is right for them and whether they should drop out.

By Christine Charnosky

5 minute read

September 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Yeshiva shouldn't have been forced to go all the way to the Supreme Court to receive such a commonsense ruling in favor of its First Amendment rights," said a lawyer for the university.

By Christine Charnosky

5 minute read

September 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

David Rudenstine, Sheldon H. Solow professor of law at Cardozo School of Law—dean from 2001 to 2009—who signed the letter to Yeshiva University President Rabbi Ari Berman, told Law.com, "I think the university owes it to the students to treat them with the same dignity and respect it treats other students."

By Christine Charnosky

6 minute read

September 09, 2022 | Law.com

"I too am a stutterer, but for most of my career tried to hide it in and out of the classroom," Stan Fisher, who taught at Boston University School of Law for 50 years, told Caron in an email, adding that, until reading Caron's blog, "I did not know I had company!"

By Christine Charnosky

6 minute read

September 08, 2022 | Law.com

"At this time, when economic security remains out of reach for too many and long-standing legal protections are in jeopardy, the mission of Equal Justice Works and the work of the Fellows is more important than ever," Verna Williams said in a statement.

By Christine Charnosky

5 minute read

September 07, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The new O'Quinn Law Building on the University of Houston Law Center campus opened last month—and a portion of the building now has a new name: "Len's Landing," named after the law school's current dean, Leonard M. Baynes.

By Christine Charnosky

4 minute read

September 07, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Duquesne University School of Law will now be known as the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University after Kline, of Philadelphia's Kline & Specter, committed $50 million to the school, the single largest commitment to the university in its 144-year history.

By Christine Charnosky

3 minute read

September 06, 2022 | Law.com

While the ABA proposal, if adopted, would merely give law schools the choice of whether to require standardized testing as part of their admissions processes, many of the comments have focused on whether the LSAT helps or harms diversity.

By Christine Charnosky

6 minute read