Karen Sloan
Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer at ALM. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign up for Ahead of the Curve—her weekly email update on trends and innovation in legal education—here: https://www.law.com/briefings/ahead-of-the-curve/
April 22, 2021 | Law.com
Getting a JD While in Prison? This Law School Wants to Establish a Program on the InsideProctoring the LSAT in two Minnesota prisons this month was the first step toward what Mitchell Hamline School of Law Dean Anthony Niedwiecki hopes will become a prison-to-law school pipeline.
By Karen Sloan
7 minute read
April 21, 2021 | New York Law Journal
New York's February 2021 Bar Exam Pass Rate Is the Highest Since 2013The overall pass rate on the exam, which was given online, was 49%.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
April 20, 2021 | Law.com
Pandemic Ends Six Years of Gains in Entry Level Law JobsJust 77% of 2020 J.D. graduates landed bar passage-required or J.D. advantage jobs within 10 months of leaving campus, down from 81% the previous year.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
April 20, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Two New Law Schools for Texas? Bills Would Pave the Way for Legal Education Along the BorderState lawmakers say new law schools in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley would help fill those areas' unmet legal needs.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
April 20, 2021 | Law.com
'A High Holiday for the Cannabis Industry': Pot Lawyer Talks 4/20, Biden Administration Changes, and the Future of PsychedelicsAttorney Dustin Robinson shares how he went from working at a large law firm to founding his own firm called Mr. Cannabis Law, which serves clients in the cannabis and psychedelics industries.
By Karen Sloan | Zack Needles
2 minute read
April 20, 2021 | Law.com
Ahead of the Curve: Inspiring Law StudentsThis week's Ahead of the Curve looks at the standout four law students who were awarded $90,000 scholarships from the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Plus, the University of California, Irvine School of Law becomes the latest to require students to take a class that covers racism in the law.
By Karen Sloan
8 minute read
April 19, 2021 | Law.com
2021 Law School Applicant Pool Shaping Up to Be the Largest in a DecadeThe number of applicants who have applied this year with Law School Admission Test scores of 175-180—the highest possible—has doubled from the previous year.
By Karen Sloan
5 minute read
April 16, 2021 | Law.com
'The Stigma of Working From Home Has Lifted.' How the Pandemic Is Bolstering Associate DevelopmentLegal recruiter Keith Wetmore discusses how the shift to remote work may help associates on their path to partnership, and why that change has been particularly tough on lawyers who are just starting their Big Law careers.
By Karen Sloan | Zack Needles
2 minute read
April 15, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Hillary Clinton to Headline Fordham Law's Virtual CommencementThe former first lady joins an increasingly impressive list of this year's law school graduation speakers.
By Karen Sloan
3 minute read
April 15, 2021 | Law.com
This Cop-Turned-Law Prof Had a Starring Role in the George Floyd Murder TrialSeth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, was the final witness before the prosecution rested its case against Derek Chauvin.
By Karen Sloan
4 minute read
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