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I Survived My First Year of Law School. Woot.

I've resolved to try to ditch this mindset of “what comes next?” It feels like the fastest route to burnout—a path well-traveled by many in the legal profession.
5 minute read

Law.com

The Big Fail Part IV: Picking Up the Pieces After Flunking the Bar

In the latest report in a series on the high rate of bar exam failures, Law.com takes a close look at two law graduates who endured the shocking disappointment of flunking the test and how they embarked on a course to rebound.
13 minute read

Law.com

The Big Fail Part III: Hiring—Then Firing—as Bar Pass Rates Sink

The recruiting advantages held by Big Law mean that record-low bar pass rates are affecting small firms and public sector organizations the most.
7 minute read

Law.com

The Big Fail Part II: Law Schools Clamber to Raise Bar Pass Rates

As part of Law.com's series on the high rate of bar exam failure, we examine the steps law schools are taking to fix the problem.
9 minute read

Law.com

The Big Fail: Why Bar Pass Rates Have Sunk to Record Lows

In this first installment of The Big Fail, a series focused on the high percentage of law graduates failing the bar and the impact on law schools and the legal profession, Law.com examines how far rates have dropped in recent years and the reasons for the decline.
7 minute read

Law.com

My One-L Life: Where 'Grutter' Hits Close to Home

It's been a strange experience to read about the U.S. Supreme Court justices disagreeing with the admissions process at Michigan Law School, while sitting in the halls of that school as a student lucky enough to be let in.
6 minute read

Law.com

Snag a Spot in the Go-To Law Schools Live Discussion

In a ReplyAll discussion on Thursday, Law.com legal education editor Karen Sloan and Law.com editor-in-chief Leigh Jones will talk about the law schools that offer the best tuition deals for snagging Big Law jobs and which schools are the favorites relied upon by particular law firms.
2 minute read

Law.com

Grassroots 'Black Lives' Program Grows at Law Schools

The New York-based nonprofit network is made of up about 5,000 lawyers and includes a clinical program involving students from 18 schools who partner with advocacy groups to advance social change.
4 minute read

Law.com

My One-L Life: The Looming Job Search

The planning for summer jobs—not just this coming summer, but the one after 2L year, which potentially leads to an offer of post-graduate employment—has begun in earnest, bringing with it a pressure to “network” that makes me cringe at the very word.
6 minute read

Law.com

Notre Dame Law Names Stanford Law Professor as New Dean

G. Marcus Cole, who has ties to conservative organizations and is the first non-white dean to lead Notre Dame University Law School, will replace Dean Nell Jessup Newton, who has led the school for a decade.
3 minute read

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