According to law professor Robert Rhee’s article, a new twist might occur in the history of law schools; law schools starting their own law firms. This will be done to…
Boston based Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge have announced a merger with Chicago law firm Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon and new firm will be called Edwards Wildman Palmer. The…
The hiring outlook may be slightly better for law students this year, and the hiring law firms include Bingham McCutchen and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. This year, more…
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Atlanta, struck down the Obama administration’s mandatory health insurance purchase requirement on August 12. The administration argued the commerce clause of…
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the nation’s largest law school, has received approval from the American Bar Association to open a campus in Tampa, Florida. The expansion is necessary to…
Companies have started hiring from law schools directly for their legal departments instead of relying on law firms for expensive law firm associates who have no real world experience. Law…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has also been hit by the government’s austerity measures. Although the honors program is still going on, it will be smaller this year. The exact…
Law schools under pressure to prove that their students will get good, well-paid jobs upon graduation have started pushing law firms to start recruiting in August. This is months earlier…
There are an increasing number of bloggers who are set on exposing on what they call the ‘law school scam’. Most of these are recent law graduates who are unemployed…
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) was not satisfied with the ABA”s response last month to the questions that he had asked the organization about how it handled law schools. Grassley has…
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