Steven J Harper

May 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The problems buffeting two law schools underscore the inherent flaws in a wrongheaded system for financing legal education.

By Steven J. Harper

5 minute read

May 23, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Are law firms responding appropriately to the challenges they face? You decide.

By Steven J. Harper

7 minute read

May 16, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The economy is continuing to recover. The job market for lawyers? Not so much. But facts don't deter the law school deniers.

By Steven J. Harper

5 minute read

May 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

An American Bar Association task force created to address the cost and financing of legal education has a big issue of its own to address.

By Steven J. Harper

5 minute read

May 02, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The toughest assignment of all: taking time away from work.

By Steven J. Harper

5 minute read

April 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

More public interest lawyers for our nation's underserved citizens would be a good thing. More public debt to subsidize law schools that shouldn't exist at all would be a bad thing.

By Steven J. Harper

6 minute read

April 18, 2014 | The American Lawyer

When debating the future of the legal profession, facts matter. At least, they should matter.

By Steven J. Harper

6 minute read

April 11, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As the Manhattan district attorney continues to pursue the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf as a criminal matter, it seem that the quest for convictions is in some ways more important than the search for justice.

By Steven J. Harper

6 minute read

April 04, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf finance director Frank Canellas copped a guilty plea that could lead to some surprising places.

By Steven J. Harper

6 minute read

March 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Is there a crisis in legal education? Who are you going to believe—another law professor who says it's all media hype, or your lying eyes?

By Steven J. Harper

6 minute read