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The ABA Proposes Harsher Demands on Law School Disclosures, and Many Respond

The ABA Proposes Harsher Demands on Law School Disclosures, and Many Respond

The ABA is proposing changes to what information law schools will be required to disclose and the public is responding.  The new law school accreditation standards require schools to inform…

Hastings College of Law ‘Fixes’ Things by Reducing Students

Hastings College of Law ‘Fixes’ Things by Reducing Students

Dean Frank Wu of the University Of California Hastings College Of Law stands out in leading the way to pull students out of the mess by reducing the number of…

Law School Debt Tough to Payback

Law School Debt Tough to Payback

  Columbia Law School said that it funded 38 out of the 445 jobs that compile its close to near-perfect post-graduation employment rate. In 2009 the number was at 9…

Nancy Rapoport, Former Law School Dean, Issues Predictions

Nancy Rapoport, Former Law School Dean, Issues Predictions

  Congress should reconsider existing bankruptcy laws that make discharging student loan debt nearly impossible and some law school closings are on the horizon.   Nancy Rapoport, the former University…

Ronald Weich Named Dean of University of Baltimore School of Law

Ronald Weich Named Dean of University of Baltimore School of Law

  Ronald Weich, who is the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, will become the dean of the University of Baltimore’s school of law beginning in July. Weich…

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Joins Baltimore School of Law’s New Dean

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Joins Baltimore School of Law’s New Dean

Nine months after the last dean of Baltimore School of Law resigned over a dispute with the university president, Baltimore School of Law’s got a new dean. Ronald Weich, former…

Law School Applications Decrease

Law School Applications Decrease

  It has been announced that applications to law schools have dropped once again. The number has decreased by 15.6 percent from 2011. There were 87,500 applications in 2010 and…

Five-Year Extension Granted for Duncan School of Law

Five-Year Extension Granted for Duncan School of Law

  The law school at Lincoln Memorial University has been granted a five-year extension to acquire accreditation from the American Bar Association. The extension was granted by a state board…

New York Law School Graduates Finding Work at Small Law Firms

New York Law School Graduates Finding Work at Small Law Firms

  New information was released by the American Bar Association that shows close to 20 percent of law students who graduated from the 15 law schools in New York worked…

ABA Data Shows Law School Location Matters in Employment Pattern

ABA Data Shows Law School Location Matters in Employment Pattern

Regardless of the quality or quantity of faculty and on-campus amenities and opportunities, the newly released data of 2010 by ABA shows that ‘location’ of the law school is a…