Karen Sloan

March 17, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

The latest law school rankings from U.S. News & World Report are out, and the list is pretty ho hum — at least among the elite schools.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

September 11, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

The floundering economy is increasing incentives for law schools to revamp their curricula to prepare students for the realities of the legal profession.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

December 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

It took a global economic meltdown and a major upheaval of the legal industry, but law firms seemed to get the message that 2009 was not the year to substantially increase their billing rates.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

October 06, 2011 | National Law Journal

In an Oct. 6 letter to ABA President William Robinson III, Sen. Barbara Boxer chided the organization for recent changes to its annual law school questionnaire and expressed concern over the lack of independent oversight of the jobs statistics reported by law schools.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

February 03, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Defendant defrauded plaintiff/debtors with his mortgage rescue plan and is liable for damages under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act and the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, as is his attorney.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

January 12, 2011 | Law.com

The Law School Admissions Test could go from mandatory to voluntary under proposed changes to the American Bar Association's law school accreditation standards.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

November 04, 2010 | Law.com

The National Association for Law Placement's latest diversity statistics show that law firm diversity took a hit in 2010 after a long period of steady, if small, gains.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

March 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

Legal educators are rallying behind the University of Maryland School of Law, which is under fire from state legislators who want the school's clinics to turn over client names and other information or risk funding cuts.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

March 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

Law school organizations are lining up behind the University of California Hastings College of the Law in the upcoming Supreme Court argument pitting the school against the Christian Legal Society. The Association of American Law Schools and the Society of American Law Teachers have filed amicus briefs in the case, scheduled for argument on April 19. The dispute stems from the school's decision to deny the group funding and status as a registered student organization on the grounds that it excludes gays and lesbians.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

October 06, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read