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National Law Journal

Justices Scarce on The Commencement Scene This Year

Where is the legal star power on this year's law school commencement circuit? It seems the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will sit out the 2015 graduation grind.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Mercer Law Makes Floyd's Return to Deanship Permanent

Mercer University has made permanent Daisy Hurst Floyd's return to the law school dean's post.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chart: Employment Numbers for 2014 Graduates of NY Law Schools

New York's 15 law schools had 4,529 graduates in 2014, and 2,999 of them found full-time jobs that require passing the bar exam within 10 months of graduating, according to data released last week by the American Bar Association.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chart: Employment Percentages for 2014 Graduates of NY Law Schools

New York's 15 law schools had 4,529 graduates in 2014, and 66.2% found full-time jobs that require passing the bar exam within 10 months of graduating, according to data released last week by the American Bar Association.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Best and Worst Law Schools in Job Placement

Cornell Law School trounces most top 10 schools in the job department.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Law Grads Benefit From Less Competition for Legal Jobs

The graduating class of 2014 from New York's 15 law schools fared better at finding full-time legal work than their predecessors, but they were also part of a smaller graduating class competing for jobs, according to data from the ABA.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Jerry Clements Named Baylor Lawyer of the Year

Jerry Clements, chairwoman of Locke Lord, received the 2015 Baylor Lawyer of the Year.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

$3M Gift Boosts 'Faculty Excellence' at Northwestern Law

Northwestern University School of Law has received $3 million from alumnus Harry Seigle to establish the Seigle Family Chair of Law and create an endowed fund to “support faculty excellence,” administrators have announced.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Jena Six' Member Heads to Law School

Theodore "Theo" Shaw—whose arrest in December 2006 drew outrage over the severity of the charges brought against him and five others in the beating of a white classmate—is one of five recipients of the Gates Public Service Law Scholarship at The University of Washington School of Law, which he will attend in the fall.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Human Capital' Theory Doesn't Explain Law Grad Earnings

The authors of a new study on law grads' earnings still avoid discussing the simpler reason law grads make more than most.
9 minute read

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