Karen Sloan

September 18, 2009 | Law.com

Waiting more than a year to inform a client about the outcome of her case was a costly mistake for a Florida law firm. A jury on Wednesday awarded Jackie Young $4.5 million because her attorney at Becker & Poliakoff waited 13 months to tell her that her employment discrimination case had been dismissed. That case -- which alleged that BellSouth Corp. was unfairly denying promotions to black workers -- was dismissed by a judge in 2001 due to mistakes in the original complaint filed by Becker attorneys.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

March 25, 2010 | The Recorder

Five law deans including UC-Berkeley's Christopher Edley Jr. wrote a letter to the Senate and House Armed Services committees stating that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" goes against the schools' goals.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

April 20, 2010 | Law.com

A first-of-its-kind transactional law competition, which drew 12 teams from 10 law schools, was held at Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law in Philadelphia. The event was part of a fledgling movement among legal educators to better prepare students to be dealmakers.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

August 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

March 22, 2010 | Law.com

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

March 05, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

October 15, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Want to know how many women or minority lawyers work at law firms or are law students? Plenty of organizations can provide that information.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

March 14, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A faculty panel at Widener University School of Law has recommended that the school drop its efforts to dismiss associate professor Lawrence Connell, who came under fire for allegedly using violent scenarios involving the murder of law dean Linda Ammons while teaching his criminal law course.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

August 03, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

February 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan | The National Law Journal

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