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/
December 07, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Baseball Commissioner Takes Law Professor JobMarquette University Law School has hit a home run with the latest addition to its faculty: Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig.
By Karen Sloan
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June 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Law School Taps Its First Female DeanBy Karen Sloan
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August 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Another Law Professor Sues School for Age DiscriminationBy Karen Sloan
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October 18, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sue: Law School Adds International LL.M.The University of North Carolina School of Law is joining the LL.M. party.
By Karen Sloan
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December 30, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal
Securities Class Actions May Have Hit Their PeakAfter three years of significant growth, federal securities class actions dropped off slightly in 2009 — a sign that the flurry of activity spurred by the credit crisis has died down.
By Karen Sloan
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August 20, 2009 | Law.com
Survey Suggests Law Firm Economics May Be StabilizingThe legal industry isn't poised to make a miraculous recovery in the near future, but for the time being, things aren't getting any worse. That's the gist of the latest Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Economic Index, which tracked demand for legal services, attorney productivity, billing rates and direct and overhead expenses at large and midsize law firms during the second quarter of 2009. The index has been on a steady decline since the second quarter of 2008, but it was up slightly last quarter.
By Karen Sloan
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April 06, 2010 | Law.com
Partial Victory for Law Clinic in Fight With LegislatureThe University of Maryland School of Law won a partial legislative victory Friday when the Maryland House of Delegates rejected a measure that would strip funding from the university unless its environmental law clinic reported certain client information. The clinic has been at the center of a controversy pitting advocates of law school clinics against state lawmakers concerned about the effect clinic activities may have on local industry.
By Karen Sloan
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March 22, 2010 | Corporate Counsel
Look It Up: Encyclopaedia Britannica Sues Dickstein Shapiro $250 MillionThe suit alleges that the law firm mishandled several technology patents, leading the encyclopedia maker to lose an infringement suit it brought against several GPS manufacturers in 2007.
By Karen Sloan
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September 10, 2010 | Legaltech News
Will Facilities Lure Internet-Enabled Students to Campus?Because students no longer need access to physical research materials -- computers and the internet allow students to study in apartments and coffee shops, not libraries and reading rooms -- several law schools have designed facilities to encourage students to spend time on campus.
By Karen Sloan
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May 11, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer
Plans for Another Law School Put On HoldSix months after launching a feasibility study into forming a new law school, the University of Delaware is hitting the brakes. The university will delay plans to start the first public law school in the state in the fall of 2015.
By Karen Sloan
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