FAMU Law School Hearing with ABA Canceled
The accrediting board of the American Bar Association scheduled Friday, January 24 as a show-cause hearing for Florida A&M University,…
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ABA Hears Concerns of Law Professors Over Changes to Tenure Requirement
This past weekend, the annual Association of American Law Schools met in New York, and the reception for the American…
Enrollment of First-Year Law Students Drops Across Country
On Tuesday of this week, the American Bar Association released new statistics that detail the enrollment numbers for first-year law…
11% Decline in Law School Enrollment: A 36 Year Low
Since 1977 law school enrollment hasn’t been this low, according to the American Bar Association. Since last year there has…
ABA Might Conduct Random Audits of Law School Jobs Data
Under a new draft proposal, the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has suggested random audits…
ABA Might Conduct Random Audits of Law School Jobs Data
Under a new draft proposal, the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has suggested random audits…
Rutgers School of Law-Camden Fined $25K and Censured by ABA
In a rare event when it comes to big law schools, the American Bar Association has publicly censured the Rutgers…
ABA Committee Wants Disclosure of Pass-Fail Information Regarding Bar Exams
The ABA Standards Review Committee, which is engaged in doing a comprehensive review of law school accreditation standards has recommended…
The Labor Department Tells ABA It Recognizes Unpaid Internships
In May, the ABA had sought guidance from the Labor Department as to whether law firms could hire law students…
ABA Draft Report is Hard on Law Schools and Painfully Truthful
On September 20, the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education published their Draft Report. The report is…
Two Law School Deans Skewed Stats to Bolster Rankings
How honest are law schools regarding the sorts of stats they give about student employment? Though it’s uncertain, at least…
ABA Changes the Way Law Schools Must Report Alumni Employment
Up till now, law schools were required by the ABA to report employment for their grads at 9 months post-graduation.…