Karen Sloan

June 16, 2011 | Daily Business Review

At least five family law attorneys have been killed or attacked by clients' ex-spouses since February 2010, and the deaths have highlighted the safety risks they face.

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April 02, 2010 | Law.com

Littler Mendelson is opening an office in Lexington, Ky., the latest example of aggressive expansion by labor and employment firms at a time when most large general practice firms are maintaining or shrinking their domestic footprints. Shareholder Susan Sears will head the new office, the firm's first in Kentucky. Sears is the latest female addition to the top ranks at Littler, where more than 30 percent of the partners are women -- the highest percentage of the 250 largest U.S. firms.

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March 26, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Are law firm staff layoffs creating unmanageable workloads for so-called survivors?

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April 26, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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July 28, 2010 | Law.com

Filing of federal securities class actions continued to wane during the first half of 2010, according to separate reports released this week. Both NERA Economic Consulting and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse reported that filings during the first half of 2010 were down compared to one year ago. The numbers have been on the decline since 2008. Both reports cited fewer filings related to the credit crisis as the primary reason for the drop.

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February 09, 2010 | National Law Journal

Harvard Law School has launched a program that combines start-up financing with financial assistance for public interest law graduates. The new Public Service Venture Fund will divide $1 million per year among qualified graduates who start their own nonprofit organizations or seek jobs at government agencies or public interest groups.

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November 01, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

What happens to law school graduates who fail the bar exam? Scholars and researchers have largely ignored the topic, but a new paper in the Journal of Legal Education examines that question.

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September 09, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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September 29, 2011 | The Recorder

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December 15, 2010 | Daily Business Review

U.S. News & World Report is promising to beef up employment data to give a better sign of job prospects for law graduates in its annual school rankings.

By Karen Sloan

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