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/

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March 04, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Mentorship program will foster diversity in the profession

The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity is launching a fellows program to link high-impact attorneys with law firm managing partners and major corporate general counsel.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

March 24, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Licensing Paralegals?

Companion bills in the state Legislature would pave the way to make Florida the first state in the country to require licenses for paralegals.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

December 22, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Experts See Few Deep Pockets for Madoff Investor Litigation

By Karen Sloan and Julie Kay

7 minute read

November 06, 2009 | Law.com

Law School Professor Withdraws Suit Against Legal Blog

A law school professor has withdrawn a suit accusing legal blog Above the Law of publishing a "viciously racist series of rants" after reporting his arrest for suspicion of soliciting prostitution. David Lat, the blog's managing editor, declined comment Thursday, but on Wednesday he wrote that there had been no settlement and that the posts Donald Marvin Jones complained about will remain on the site. Lat offered to let Jones make his case on Above the Law, but there was no word from Jones on that front as of Thursday.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

March 31, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

What's Your Rush?: Law Schools, Irked by Proposal on Accreditation, Ask ABA to Slow Down

The Association of American Law Schools is not pleased with the American Bar Association's effort to update its law school accreditation standards, and has asked that the review be put on hold to allow for a broader debate about the purpose and vision of accreditation.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

June 28, 2011 | Law.com

Public Interest Law Careers Shed Second-Class Status

More freshly minted lawyers are opting for public interest careers, and among the reasons why are improved job support at law schools, more clinics and internship opportunities, more programs to help with educational debt, and the founding of several groups focused on funding public interest careers.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

October 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Report Finds Slight Improvement in Law Firm Diversity, but Pockets of Decline

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

November 11, 2010 | Law.com

ABA Seeks Obama's Help in Fight for Reciprocity With India

American Bar Association President Steve Zack sent a letter last week to the White House urging President Barack Obama to press the Indian government to drop its ban on foreign lawyers maintaining offices or practicing law in India. Additionally, a pending suit by an Indian attorney seeks to limit the ability of non-Indian attorneys to travel to the country and advise clients regarding the law in their home countries. Zack wrote that further limitations would undermine the goal of increasing trade between the two countries.

By Karen Sloan

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