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Corporate Counsel

New MSU Top Lawyer Robert Young's Priorities: Resolve Nassar Matters; Reform Legal Services

Corporate Counsel got Young to open up about why he has taken on the formidable challenge of running MSU's embattled legal department.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Only 38 Percent Pass Connecticut Bar Exam as Success Rate Hits 18-Year Low

That's a decline of 12 percentage points from February 2017, when 82 of 163 students, or roughly 50 percent, passed the exam.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

From Frying Pan to Fire: MSU Names Robert Young as New General Counsel

Still reeling from the Larry Nassar scandal, MSU has hired a former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice to head its legal department. Robert Young, who was once on President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court shortlist, is an experienced attorney, but has also been criticized.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Here's Who Passed the February 2018 California Bar Exam

Three days after the state bar announced an all-time-low 27.3 percent bar exam pass rate, the list of the fortunate few who passed California's 2018 bar exam is now public.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Rutgers Law Appoints New Dean for Newark Campus

David Lopez is a nontraditional choice to lead the law school, but he brings decades of government experience to the job.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

St. Joe's Blasts Student's 'Frivolous' Suit Over Sexual Assault Investigation

The school says a student used unfounded claims to try to damage its reputation, and wants him on the hook to pay for its defense.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Legal Departments of the Year

Awards focus on the in-house legal work performed at the University of Miami, Ilumno, Memorial Healthcare System, the Miami Gardens City Attorney's Office and Citigroup Latin America and Mexico.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Pass Rate for California's February Bar Exam Sinks to All-Time Low

The historically low scores will fuel more debate over lowering California's second-highest-in-the-nation pass score. After months of discussion and study, the California Supreme Court decided last year not to reduce the required passing, or cut, score.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Former Villanova Wide Receiver's Wage Lawsuit Against NCAA Sacked

The judge said in his opinion that Livers did not have standing to pursue litigation against schools he did not attend and that he made no actionable FLSA claim.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Interim UF GC Amy Hass Tapped to Take Over Permanently

Hass, who joined the university's legal department in 2006, replaces an embattled Jamie Keith, who resigned nearly a year ago.
3 minute read

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