Karen Sloan

March 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

January 18, 2010 | National Law Journal

On Jan. 7, NALP released a proposal that, if adopted, would present the most significant change to law firm campus recruiting in decades.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

August 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

A small but growing number of educators see the law as an innovative way to reframe traditional curricula and help students, particularly minority and at-risk kids, develop the critical-thinking skills they will need to be successful in college.

By Karen Sloan

7 minute read

September 07, 2010 | Law.com

The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently surprised the sports world with unusually harsh sanctions against the University of Southern California. The University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina are two of the other Division I schools being investigated. In 2009, NCAA enforcement staff processed 29 of the most serious type of rules violations. With the large number of high-profile probes that have become public comes a steady stream of business for the small complement of attorneys who specialize in matters involving the NCAA.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

September 21, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Watch out, juris doctor. The master of laws is coming up. No longer just for aspiring academics and wannabe tax lawyers, master of laws (LL.M.) degrees are gaining in popularity among foreign and domestic law students. The number of LL.M. degrees conferred by American Bar Association-approved law schools grew by 65 percent between 1999 and 2009 — far outpacing the 13 percent growth in J.D.s during the same period. In 2009, 5,058 students completed LL.M.s, compared to 3,069 a decade earlier. Despite that growth, the number of J.D.s still dwarfs LL.M.s, with 49,861 awarded in 2009.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

April 18, 2011 | National Law Journal

Legal educators are not known for embracing innovation and new teaching techniques, but some law professors are pushing for change amid a tight law job market and pressure for schools to produce practice-ready young attorneys.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

May 26, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

An organization of law professors want LSAT scores dropped from U.S. News & World Report's ranking formula, and it hopes deans and law schools will be the ones to pull the plug.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

November 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

It's the kind of story that tends to get big play on the legal blog "Above the Law": a prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate arrested on suspicion of soliciting an undercover officer for sex.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

March 25, 2009 | The Recorder

Firms are using a number of tactics to delay adding lawyers to the payroll.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

March 29, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

2 minute read