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For-Profit Law Schools Inspired John Grisham's Latest Book. Here's Why.

“The Rooster Bar” is John Grisham's new book, and it's a sharp jab at for-profit law schools for exacerbating the enormous debt load law students are shouldering.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Assistant US Attorney Joins Pace Law

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Miriam Rocah will serve as the first Distinguished Fellow in Criminal Justice at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Why Go to Law School?

OP-ED: No matter the naysayers and outliers, the legal profession is esteemed and noble. The good lawyer is an exemplar, able to show the face of justice pursued.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit: Campus Cop Must Prove Students' Sexual Assault Arrest Was Reasonable

A university police department detective who ordered the arrest of two students who would later be expelled for sexual assault allegations must first prove the reasonableness of the arrests before she can be determined immune from their civil rights lawsuit, a federal appeals court has ruled.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Savannah Jury Awards $10M to College Student Raped at Gunpoint

A former student who was raped at gunpoint in her Savannah State University campus apartment won a $10 million verdict in Chatham County State Court…
7 minute read

Law.com

Law Schools Say Tuition Discounts Not Sustainable: Survey

Only slightly less than half of the survey respondents said their tuition discounting practices are sustainable in the long term.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Chief Justice Gives New Lawyers Lines to Live by

Before oral arguments began for the special session at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens Tuesday, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice…
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Harvard Law, Dominant at the High Court, Will Host Six Justices

The gathering this week will put on full display the Ivy League dominance on the current court. Indeed, the justices have faced criticism—and expressed their own concern—about the lack of law school diversity on the high court.
12 minute read

Law.com

Harvard Law to Launch Student Mental Health Survey

The survey aims to measure the rate of law students who have experienced mental health incidents, determine the adequacy and accessibility of existing mental health services and identify areas for improvement.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Man Sues Penn State for Barring White Nationalist's Speech

Penn State is the latest to be hit with a free-speech lawsuit after rejecting a request for prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus.
4 minute read

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