Karen Sloan
Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer at ALM. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign up for Ahead of the Curve—her weekly email update on trends and innovation in legal education—here: https://www.law.com/briefings/ahead-of-the-curve/
March 29, 2011 | Law.com
New Law Firm Certification Looks at Women in Leadership RolesThe Women in Law Empowerment Forum plans to provide certification to law firms of 100 or more attorneys that have a substantial number of women as equity partners, in leadership roles and getting top compensation. The group's national chairwoman thinks only a "short list" of firms will qualify.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
August 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pint-Sized Music Legend Prince Accused of Stiffing Lawyer on FeesYou don't have to be rich to Prince's girl, but you might have to rich to pay his legal bills.
By Karen Sloan
2 minute read
February 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer
New Hampshire Law School Collaborating with Chinese SchoolThe University of New Hampshire School of Law has entered into an affiliation with the KoGuan Law School, part of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.
By Karen Sloan
2 minute read
August 31, 2011 | Texas Lawyer
New Law School Opens on Schedule in NashvilleThe nation's newest law school opened its doors on Aug. 25 to welcome its first class.
By Karen Sloan
2 minute read
April 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Wannabe Lawyers Who Visit "The Real World" Find Law School More Valuable, Study FindsBy Karen Sloan
3 minute read
March 04, 2010 | Daily Business Review
Survey shows decline in hiring of summer associatesThe number of law firm job offers to summer associates are at their lowest level since the National Association for Law Placement began tracking the statistics 17 years ago.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
January 18, 2011 | National Law Journal
Thomas Jefferson Law unveils new home — on site of 300,000-year-old fossilsStudents at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law arrived Tuesday for the first day of spring semester classes at a new, $90 million building in downtown San Diego — a facility that revealed a surprise of mammoth proportions during construction. Construction crews in 2009 discovered the 300,000-year-old remains of a mammoth on the site.
By Karen Sloan
2 minute read
June 14, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Former Staffer Gets Another Shot at Taking Partner She Says Raped Her, Firm to CourtA Louisiana appeals court has revived a civil suit brought by a receptionist against the law firm where she used to work and where she alleged that she was raped by a partner.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
February 09, 2011 | Law.com
Law professor, a former tax attorney, convicted for failing to file tax returnsA Minnesota jury has found a Hamline University School of Law professor guilty of four misdemeanor counts of failing to file state tax returns.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
August 21, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer
Survey Suggests Firm Economics May Be StabilizingThe legal industry is not poised to make a miraculous recovery in the immediate future, but for the time being things aren't getting any worse.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
Trending Stories
- 1Infant Formula Judge Sanctions Kirkland's Jim Hurst: 'Overtly Crossed the Lines'
- 2Guarantees Are Back, Whether Law Firms Want to Talk About Them or Not
- 3Election 2024: Nationwide Judicial Races and Ballot Measures to Watch
- 4How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'If You Love What You Do and Put the Time and Effort Into It, You Will Excel,' Says Lisa Saul of Forde & O'Meara
- 5Abbott, Mead Johnson Win Defense Verdict Over Preemie Infant Formula
