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Students Have Upper Hand With Law Schools

Law schools facing plummeting enrollment and financial instability are competing to entice prospective students with the best academic credentials. Schools […]

Law Schools Negotiate Debts, Cut Costs To Stay Alive

Law schools are “like Dracula: hard to kill,” writes Steven Davidoff Solomon in a New York Times article examining how […]

LSAT Test Takers On Pace For 15-Year Lows

For the fifth straight year, the number of prospective lawyers taking the LSAT is falling. The number of test-takers in […]

Iowa Supreme Court Won’t Ban The Bar

Iowa’s Supreme Court has declined a recommendation from the Iowa State Bar Association that graduates from law schools in the […]

Apology For Bar Exam Debacle, But No Refund

In July, an ExamSoft technical glitch botched the bar exam upload for thousands of applicants. It took until this week […]

Law Schools Shift Curriculum To Reflect Changing Market

To prepare graduates for a rapidly-shifting legal environment, some law schools are incorporating business education, entrepreneurship and emerging technology into […]

“Reading The Law” Beckons As Alternative To Law School In Tough Economy

In some states, prospective law students can pursue an alternative path to becoming a lawyer: an apprenticeship studying under a […]

LSAT Firm Agrees To Pay Test-Takers $7.73M For ADA Violations

The LSAT organization “engaged in widespread and systemic discrimination” against test-takers with disabilities, the Justice Department said in announcing a […]

New Law Grads Find J.D. Hurts More Than Helps

Before entering law school, a future attorney’s father assured him that “You can do anything with a law degree.” One […]

Top School Law Grads Hugely Advantaged In Job Search, Survey Finds

The number of law school grads from top-tier programs unable to find jobs is 60 percent lower than those from […]

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