By Alfred L. Brophy | July 7, 2015
We're been hearing predictions for several years now that bunches of law schools are going to close. This fall we're going to see somewhere in the neighborhood…
By Karen Sloan | July 6, 2015
Jack Weiss, dean and chancellor of the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, has announced plans to step down effective on Aug. 1. He has led the law school since 2007, but cited clashes with the faculty as his reason for vacating the post.
By Charles Toutant | July 2, 2015
A federal judge in Newark has denied class certification in a suit brought on behalf of graduates of Widener University School of Law who claimed the school's marketing materials overstated their post-graduate job prospects.
By Karen Sloan | July 2, 2015
Widener University's two law campuses began operating as separate schools this week, completing a split officials first announced in March.
By Meredith Hobbs | July 2, 2015
Georgia State University College of Law's new international arbitration center, which will open in September, has hired an international lawyer, Y. Grace Ha, as its first fellow. She will help develop programs and operating protocols.
By Patience Haggin | July 1, 2015
The firm's chair says Quinn Emanuel's cachet will be enough to draw aspiring litigators.
By Michael Booth | July 1, 2015
The move to merge Rutgers University's two law schools is one step closer to coming to fruition.
By Karen Sloan | July 1, 2015
Yale Law School has landed at the top of U.S. News & World Report's annual law school rankings for years, but Harvard Law School reigns supreme on an alternative list released by University of North Carolina School of Law Professor Alfred Brophy.
By Happy Carlock | July 1, 2015
The upper level of the legal profession in the United States remains predominantly white and male. Underrepresented Americans can't afford their so-called "equal justice under law." Law school costs are not going down. Deborah Rhode explores these and other problems in her new book, "The Trouble With Lawyers," published this month. Rhode, who teaches at Stanford Law School, talks with the NLJ about her observations on the legal profession.
By Happy Carlock | July 1, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to union fees in California. The NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records is set to continue, if temporarily. And by-the-numbers looks at the just-ended high-court term. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
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