Karen Sloan

September 08, 2009 | The Recorder

The recession is forcing schools to bow to reality. Duke law school's David Levi wants students to be able "to earn their keep."

By Karen Sloan

10 minute read

September 01, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan | The National Law Journal

5 minute read

September 16, 2010 | Law.com

Just 11 law schools met the Sept. 10 deadline to respond to a request by nonprofit Law School Transparency for more detailed job statistics, with only three saying they were considering providing the requested data. Project co-founder Kyle McEntee insists he's not discouraged.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

August 03, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

It pays to keep score. At least it does at DuPont, where the legal department launched an initiative five years ago to closely track its recoveries -- matters in which the company successfully brought in cash or other assets as the result of a dispute. The company announced last week that its Legal Recoveries Initiative has generated nearly $1.2 billion in recoveries since it started in 2004. That's well above the stated goal of capturing $100 million a year.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

January 27, 2010 | Law.com

Are Twitter messages merely opinion and hyperbole not to be taken seriously, or serious communication that exposes users to defamation and libel? That debate is playing out in the courts, with a judge dismissing a real estate company's suit against a tenant who dared to tweet.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

March 18, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Michigan's Thomas M. Cooley Law School dodged one legal bullet this week but got hit with another -- in two separate lawsuits involving a professor and a student.

By Tresa Baldas and Karen Sloan

5 minute read

May 29, 2009 | The Recorder

Years before becoming the U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor worked as a corporate attorney representing Italian designers in their fight against counterfeit goods.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

March 09, 2011 | Law.com

At a panel discussion on globalization, held as part of the Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity's new Fellows Program, the panelists suggested that young lawyers consider going abroad to develop the skills and cultural knowledge necessary to thrive in international situations.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

March 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

September 22, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The law school world was scandalized in February when Villanova University School of Law announced that its former dean and admissions officials had for years inflated the Law School Admission Test scores.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read