A study by The National Jurist reveals the average law school has increased its faculty size by 40 percent over the past 10 years. The rise in staff levels has accounted for 48 percent of tuition increases at law schools since 1998, the study said. As a means of comparison, tuition at private schools has increased [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has approved a plan to open the first public law school in the state. The school is set to enroll students for the fall semester. UMass Dartmouth will acquire the private Southern New England School of Law, which is donating its campus and assets to the state. The new [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
The University of California San Diego is reviving a plan to establish a law school through a partnership with California Western School of Law. There are no concrete plans yet but ongoing discussions indicate a variety of options are on the table. These options include a strengthened affiliation between California Western and UCSD to a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
Today United States District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer will hear a motion on whether a blind law school graduate can receive the accommodations she needs to take the February 2010 California Bar Examination. On November 3, 2009 Stephanie Enyart filed a suit alleging that The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) discriminates against blind [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Northwestern University Law School is offering a “dovetail” loan forgiveness program that it will cover the annual student loan payments of all graduates who enter the public sector. Under a new federal student loan program, graduates who work in the public sector need to only pay 10% of their income towards their student loans. After [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 22, 2009
UC Irvine, School of Law announced on Monday that next year’s incoming class will, for all three years, receive a scholarship worth fifty percent of their tuition. Funded by private donations, these scholarships will be given to students arriving in August 2010. The offering of generous scholarships for the second class follows upon last [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 11, 2009
Law students are worried about an increasingly competitive job market and law schools are looking for ways to better prepare them for life after school. Several schools have begun adapting their curriculum but the boldest change is coming from Washington and Lee University. Washington and Lee has created a third year program designed to give [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 13, 2009
According to a study by Legal Week Intelligence, the percentage of UK law students planning a non-legal career has fallen over the last two years. The global economic meltdown has students looking in the dwindling legal field, rather than in the disastrously impacted finance and banking sector. The number of British law students planning to eschew the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 2, 2009
According to the National Law Journal, numerous law schools are hunting for new deans, even in the economic downturn. But qualified professionals may not want the job. Even in this economy, there seems to still be a demand for one high-paying job — law school dean. At least 27 law schools throughout the country are searching [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
LA’s Southwestern Law School has partnered with California State University, Dominquez Hills on a joint JD/MA program, and another program that allows students to earn a bachelor’s degree and juris doctor degree in six years. The joint JD/MA program will allow graduate students to study for a juris doctor at Southwestern Law and a concurrent master’s [...]
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