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Texas Tech Law Student Loses Bid to Colonize Mars

He's not going to Mars, but he's still a red raider.
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National Law Journal

UC Hastings Capitalizing on Increasingly Trendy Site

The University of California Hastings College of the Law hopes to replace its aging academic center in San Francisco's Tenderloin district with a new building—and to leverage the campus' proximity to the city's growing technology hub.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: The New Law School?

News about the law in schools and the law school business model, plus Hillary Clinton cleared by the FEC: This is a round-up of legal news from ALM and around the country.
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National Law Journal

Penn Law Finds its New Dean Close to Home

The next dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School will be a familiar face. Long-time faculty member Theodore Ruger will assume the post on July 1, university leaders announced on Tuesday.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

U.S. Law Firms Slowly Growing More Diverse, Survey Shows

Women associates expanded their presence at law firms during 2014—the first percentage growth among that demographic group in four years, according to data released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Clarence Thomas Asks a Question — at Yale

"I was thinking that you don't ask questions," former U.S. senator John Danforth said to Justice Clarence Thomas recently. The audience at Yale Law School erupted in laughter. Thomas did not join in. "A slight edit, Jack," Thomas replied. "I don't ask irrelevant, useless questions."
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Lower Tier Leads in Diversity

The percentage of African-American and Hispanic students enrolled in law school increased between 2010 and 2013, but those gains came almost exclusively at less prestigious law schools with lower admission standards, according to new research.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Law Schools Merging in Minnesota Amid Enrollment Declines

Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law announced Friday that they would merge, in what appears a survival bid for two St. Paul institutions that have seen sharp enrollment declines.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

FIU Takes Second Place in ABA Negotiation Simulation

FIU law students took second place at the 2015 American Bar Association's National Negotiations Final, vying against 110 law schools from around the globe.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge: ABA Needn't Track Disabled Law Students

A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an attorney who claimed the American Bar Association's failure to collect and disseminate data about law students with disabilities violates the Americans With Disabilities Act.
4 minute read

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