By KAREN SLOAN | July 13, 2017
The hoped-for law school “Trump Bump” might actually have legs.The number of people who took the Law School Admission Test in June climbed nearly 20 percent over last year—the largest percentage increase for any individual LSAT administration since September 2009. (Legal education observers will remember that the 2010-11 academic year was the high-water mark for national law school enrollment before a steady, six-year decline.)
By Brandon Larrabee | July 6, 2017
The Broward County School Board voted to move ahead with legal action against a sweeping new education law, an initial step toward a court clash over one of the legislative session's most controversial bills.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Respondent's Actions Make Claims 'Ring Hollow;' Termination Without Hearing Arbitrary
By Cogan Schneier | July 6, 2017
A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to stop the Trump administration's rollback of an Obama-era regulation intended to protect student loan borrowers.
By David J. Berney and Morgen Black-Smith | July 3, 2017
M.M. grew up in an inner-city neighborhood in Boston. While in utero, M.M. experienced fetal distress while exposed to crack cocaine. As an adolescent, his mother was repeatedly incarcerated due to drug use. Because M.M. never knew his father, he transitioned in and out of foster homes, and at times, found himself homeless.
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 30, 2017
9th Cir.; 13-16259 The court of appeals reversed a judgment. The court held that tribal courts had jurisdiction over employment disputes involving Arizona…
By Karen Sloan | June 30, 2017
Subsidized government loans for graduate students became a casualty of the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, but law school proponents are pushing to resurrect them with the help of sympathetic lawmakers.
By therecorder | The Recorder | June 29, 2017
9th Cir.; 15-56402 The court of appeals affirmed a district court judgment. The court held that the passage of Assembly Bill 97 did not deprive California…
By Josefa Velasquez | June 29, 2017
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday afternoon signed a bill extending mayoral control of New York City schools for two years, capping off two days of an "extraordinary session" of the Legislature.
By Max Mitchell | June 28, 2017
In two decisions issued just this month, courts in Pennsylvania have attempted to fine-tune the blurred lines between the judiciary and administrative agencies in enforcing claims for individualized education plans under federal law.
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