ABA Task Force Calls to Fix the Flaws of the Law School System
Several themes permeated the working paper put out by the ABA task force. Several critical themes were law school financing,…
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American Bar Association Proposes Tougher Requirements – Threatens Diversity Advocates
The legal profession’s diversity advocates are necessarily alarmed at the ABA’s proposal to raise the bar. Currently the minimum pass…
ABA Defers Vote on Proposal to Push Back Law School Graduate Employment Reporting
A proposal to push back the reporting of law school graduate employment rates by a month was deferred to August…
California State Bar Passage Rate Dips Slightly, Still Strong
The State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners released the passage rate for those that took February’s Bar Exam,…
Law School Accuses Student of Assuming Deceit in Disagreements, Student Files Defamation Suit
A student of Wake Forest University School of Law has filed a complaint against his school, alleging that he was…
Survey Shows US News’ Leading Law Schools Lack Diversity
Though U.S. News and World Report’s top ranking law schools may be perceived to be among the country’s best, there…
Penn State to Separate Law School
In a follow-up to our previous coverage on this story, Pennsylvania State University recently announced that it is going forward…
ABA Can’t Decide Whether Law Schools Need Tenure or Not
The ABA is setting some policies that will possibly change the structure of most law schools; they have a 14…
LMU Offers New Degrees and Classes and Hoping For Accreditation
Lincoln Memorial University, with its ambling and withered John J. Duncan School of Law, is hoping a new program, The…
ABA Stats on New York Law Schools Show Slight Improvements
Law schools are being a bit more careful to provide exact statistics on the employment rate of their graduates, thanks…
Sixty-Nine Percent of Law Students Retain Merit Scholarships
For the first time, prospective law school students are able to figure out the odds they have of maintaining a…
ABA Submits Proposals for Law Grad Data Monitor
A request for proposals has been announced by the American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the…