Karen Sloan

March 23, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The latest proposed drafts of the American Bar Association's law school accreditation standards are out, and they would change how schools report graduate employment information, impose tougher bar passage rate requirements and ease limits on the number of credit hours students may take through distance education.

By Karen Sloan

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September 16, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan | The National Law Journal

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July 21, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

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May 09, 2011 | Law.com

While federal courts offer clerkships and the executive branch offers prestigious fellowships, Congress -- the body tasked with creating laws -- has no formal program to place newly minted lawyers in the offices of committees and lawmakers. Legal educators, law students and politicians met recently to discuss how to fill that gap.

By Karen Sloan

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December 22, 2008 | The American Lawyer

The absence of a well-oiled and well-funded marketing machine doesn't seem to be slowing down the Birmingham, Ala.-based litigation firm of Lightfoot, Franklin & White.

By Karen Sloan / Staff reporter

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May 31, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Women made a strong showing in recent law school dean searches, accounting for about 40% of the deans named in recent months.

By Karen Sloan

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February 04, 2009 | Law.com

Denver firm Fairfield and Woods is on a Rocky Mountain high. Well, maybe not a high, but things are looking relatively rosy for the 42-attorney shop. The law firm is slowly growing at a time when many others are shedding lawyers, and business held steady in 2008, when others saw a falloff. Leaders at Fairfield and Woods acknowledge that geography, size and diversification have helped it avoid some of the competition's problems. "It's a pretty good time to be a lawyer in Denver," said partner John Eckstein.

By Karen Sloan

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May 05, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

It's May, which means commencement ceremonies are about to ... commence.

By Karen Sloan

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July 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

The committee reviewing the ABA's accreditation standards has floated a proposal that would eliminate the term "tenure" from the ABA standards covering job security and academic freedom.

By Karen Sloan

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December 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Like it or not, U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of law schools profoundly influences the way those schools are managed, spend resources and are perceived internally and by the outside world.

By Karen Sloan

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