Karen Sloan

August 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

What happened to the wave of litigation that was supposed to swamp corporate America in 2009?

By Karen Sloan

10 minute read

August 03, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A bitter turf war has broken out between the National Association for Law Placement and the American Bar Association over the collection of law school postgraduate employment data, with the former hinting that it might sue the latter.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

July 20, 2011 | Law.com

Brad Smith, GC of Microsoft Corp., is also chairman of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's Pipeline Committee, which is seeking ways to get more minority students into law school. In a Q&A, he discusses the many challenges to diversity in the legal profession and the council's plans.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

October 20, 2009 | Law.com

Five years ago, Roderick Palmore wrote "A Call to Action" -- a pledge signed by GCs at some of the country's largest corporations to make diversity a major consideration in their selection of outside counsel. Diversity efforts across the legal profession mushroomed, but real progress has been painfully slow. A sample of diversity advocates, law firm partners, GCs and law school leaders generally agree that the legal profession needs to make deeper, more collective changes to jump-start the stalled diversity movement.

By Karen Sloan

11 minute read

December 02, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Two Harvard Law School students have entered the legal fracas surrounding the Transportation Security Administration's new airline passenger screening methods.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

March 15, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The latest law school rankings from U.S. News & World Report are out, and the list is pretty ho hum — at least among the elite schools. There was no movement among the top six schools, with Yale Law School, Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School maintaining their positions at the top of the list.

By Karen Sloan

7 minute read

January 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Despite increased activity in the second half of the year, 2010 was a relatively slow year for federal securities class action filings, according to the latest research from the Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, a partnership between Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research.

By Karen Sloan | The National Law Journal

4 minute read

March 16, 2011 | National Law Journal

A faculty panel's recommendation to dismiss charges that Widener University School of Law professor Lawrence Connell made racist and sexist comments in class has not ended the wrangling over his position at the school.

By Karen Sloan

4 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

June 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Law firms may not be hiring right now, but Uncle Sam is still looking for a few good men — and attorneys are taking note.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read