Karen Sloan

March 18, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Who says you need a year to earn a Master of Laws degree? Northwestern University School of Law on Tuesday announced a new program through which foreign lawyers can complete an LL.M. in just 15 weeks -- the shortest program of its kind.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

January 27, 2010 | Law.com

Jean-Frederic Sales reopened his law office outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday -- nearly two weeks after an earthquake rocked the city and killed an estimated 100,000 or more people. Sales considers himself lucky. The eight attorneys of Cabinet Sales survived the earthquake, as did the firm's staff. However, some lost family members. Those who could negotiate the debris-strewn streets showed up on Monday to work, regroup and plan for a future that remained uncertain.

By Karen Sloan

2 minute read

August 09, 2010 | The Recorder

Liberty University School of Law, founded by the late Jerry Falwell Sr., has earned full accreditation from the American Bar Association.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

December 07, 2009 | Law.com

Law firms increased their average annual firmwide billing rate by 2.5 percent over the last year, one of the lowest increases in recent memory, according to The National Law Journal's 2009 survey of billing rates. The small 2009 boost compares to a 4.3 percent increase reported in 2008 and a 7.7 percent rate climb in 2007. "Law firms this year increased rates very modestly, compared to the standard rate increase of 6 to 8 percent," said a consultant with Hildebrandt International.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

July 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Law schools hire more openly liberal professors than openly conservatives ones, but the plum jobs at the most prestigious schools don't appear to be going solely to the liberals.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

January 31, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

An actor who starred as one of two California highway officers in the 1970s TV series "CHiPs" was sentenced Friday to serve three years probation for conspiring to commit securities fraud.

By Karen Sloan

2 minute read

April 09, 2010 | Law.com

The NAACP scored its first victory in a series of discrimination lawsuits against major financial institutions, but that win didn't come in court. Rather, the organization dropped its lawsuit against Wells Fargo after the bank agreed to changes intended to eliminate racial discrimination in lending and improve financial literacy, credit access and sustainable homeownership in minority communities. In July 2007, the NAACP sued 15 banks alleging they steered black homeowners toward higher-cost loans.

By Karen Sloan

2 minute read

December 22, 2009 | National Law Journal

Frank H. Wu will take over the top spot at the University of California Hastings College of the Law in July. Wu, 42, is currently a professor at Howard University School of Law, and was the dean at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit from 2004 to 2008.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

August 09, 2010 | National Law Journal

With about 2 million people and a fairly steady economy that leans heavily on agriculture and manufacturing, the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area hardly rivals New York, Chicago or Los Angeles when it comes to demand for legal services. Yet the city is home to quite a few sizable law firms ? four of the 250 largest U.S. law firms are based there, with an additional three firms headquartered elsewhere but maintaining a significant presence.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

August 26, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Students in Roberto Corrada's labor-relations course at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law don't spend all their class time listening to lectures and furiously taking notes.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read