Karen Sloan

June 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

William Treanor, longtime dean of Fordham University School of Law, will become the next top administrator of Georgetown University Law Center.

By Karen Sloan

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May 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

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May 04, 2010 | Law.com

The battle over law clinic independence didn't end last month when lawmakers backed off a proposal to withhold state money from the University of Maryland School of Law unless its law clinics turned over case information. The fight has shifted to Louisiana, where legislators soon will consider a bill that would prohibit any law school clinic at a public or private university that receives state money from suing a government agency or seeking monetary damages from an individual or business.

By Karen Sloan

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October 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pleas for more transparency about the cost of law school and the odds of finding a job after graduation have not fallen on deaf ears at the American Bar Association.

By Karen Sloan

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July 09, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

An extensive study just released finds that more than half of women equity partners and two-thirds of women income partners and minority partners are unhappy about their compensation.

By Karen Sloan

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September 23, 2009 | Law.com

Richard Kendall's clients -- mostly major Hollywood studios and media companies -- were increasingly chafing at the rates charged at litigation giant Irell & Manella. So Kendall and two fellow media-focused Irell partners took a leap of faith in May and started their own litigation boutique, Kendall Brill & Klieger. Kendall insists that the recession created the ideal conditions to start a new firm, thanks to the growing thriftiness of clients. Five months in, the trio's gamble seems to be paying off.

By Karen Sloan

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April 19, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

More than 100 lawyers, deans and law professors met in New York on April 15 and 16 for the last of three conferences dubbed "Future Ed." The conferences, spearheaded by New York Law School and Harvard Law School, were designed to swap ideas on how to update legal education, increase practical skills training, rein in costs and come up with ways to translate ideas into action.

By Karen Sloan

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October 20, 2010 | Law.com

Are the Wild West days of federal clerk hiring back? Some law school administrators and judges fear that the voluntary system whereby federal judges wait until September of the 3L year to hire clerks is teetering, as judges are choosing clerks earlier in the year and being inundated with applications.

By Karen Sloan

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October 22, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The American Bar Association is supporting efforts to collect more information from law schools about costs and post-graduate employment.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

May 09, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Each year, hundreds of energetic law graduates begin federal judicial clerkships -- jobs that will shape their view of the courts and position them for some of the most sought-after jobs in the legal profession.

By Karen Sloan

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