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National Law Journal

Professors' Candor About Problems Aids Students

Being up-front about mental health struggles helps undercut secrecy and shame sufferers may feel.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Opposition to Arizona Law School's Use of GRE Fizzles

The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law will remain a member of the Law School Admission Council—for now. The council, which administers the Law School Admission Test, informed Arizona law dean Marc Miller by letter Saturday that the Tucson law school will be allowed to remain in its membership ranks “for the time being.”
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Letter to the Editor: Harvard Law's Martha Minow

An April 19 NLJ article, “Harvard Law Student Activists Demand Free Tuition,” included an observation that “cutting the budget to eliminate tuition would … result in the loss of key programs, such as the law school's clinics.” This observation was attributed to a Harvard Law School spokesman, whose comment leaves the misimpression that our clinical programs might be singled out for elimination in the budgetary cuts that would follow any dramatic reduction in revenue.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Lawyer Shortage? In Your (Law School's) Dreams

It will always be a great time to go to some law schools. It will never be a great time to go to others.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

A Different E-Discovery Education Approach: The Power of the Cloud

Logikcull's law school partnerships represent a way to utilize the cloud in providing e-discovery education.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pace Law School Assumes New Name After Endowment

Pace University School of Law has been renamed the Elizabeth Haub School of Law after receiving a large donation from the Haub family. The school declined to specify the amount, but it is believed to be in the tens of millions of dollars—the largest gift Pace University has ever received.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

149 Deans Back Arizona Law School's Use of GRE Scores

Deans from a majority of the country's law schools are urging the Law School Admission Council not to eject the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law from its membership for using both the LSAT and the GRE in admissions—a new initiative the school unveiled in February.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

CUNY Law Search for New Dean Enters Final Stages

City University of New York School of Law Dean Michelle Anderson will begin a new job as president of Brooklyn College on Aug. 1, while CUNY Law has announced four candidates for Anderson's successor.
2 minute read

Law.com

Imagining Merrick Garland's Confirmation Hearing

A confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is still highly hypothetical. Cornell Law School professor Michael Dorf stages one with his students—and Dorf himself playing the role of Garland. The result: a remarkably plausible preview of how Garland might answer pointed questions from U.S senators if and when an actual confirmation hearing takes place.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Fewer Law Grads Drive Employment Rates Up Slightly

For the second year in a row, the employment rate for new law graduates grew slightly, but the uptick was a result of law schools nationwide producing fewer attorneys. In fact, the actual number of graduates in full-time law jobs within 10 months of leaving campus declined year-over-year, according to new figures from the American Bar Association.
5 minute read

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