Nicholas W Allard

July 29, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Adjustments and improvements in the way new attorneys are admitted to the bar are feasible and now urgently needed.

By Nicholas W. Allard

9 minute read

January 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Unlike so much tiresome, downbeat, and predictable coverage of legal education and law practice, and because she avoided the temptation to pick winners and losers, Ms. DeSantis portrays a vibrant, frankly exciting job market in the new world of law.

By Nicholas W. Allard

3 minute read

December 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The 15 schools as of this writing that already have started to use the GREs to evaluate applicants, and the inevitable large number of law schools that soon no doubt will join them, are taking a sensible step that is long overdue.

By Nicholas W. Allard

6 minute read

March 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

Last July's historic nationwide drop in the bar passage rate brought into sharp focus the urgent need to overhaul a system that ill serves the public, the profession and certainly the graduates of our law schools. Over the past several months, fellow deans across the country have asked for a complete, credible and accurate explanation of the July 2014 results. We still are waiting.

By Nicholas W. Allard

5 minute read

March 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

Last July's historic nationwide drop in the bar passage rate brought into sharp focus the urgent need to overhaul a system that ill serves the public, the profession and certainly the graduates of our law schools. Over the past several months, fellow deans across the country have asked for a complete, credible and accurate explanation of the July 2014 results. We still are waiting.

By Nicholas W. Allard

5 minute read

September 12, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

In evaluating the president's call for a two-year J.D., law schools must comply with ABA and other rules and take care not to implement academic versions of passing fads.

By Nicholas W. Allard

4 minute read

August 15, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Protecting our privacy will require a new generation of lawyers steeped in privacy law and the implications of big data.

By Nicholas W. Allard

4 minute read