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Students Have Upper Hand With Law Schools

December 2, 2014

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

November 11, 2014

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

October 27, 2014

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

September 8, 2014

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

August 21, 2014

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

August 5, 2014

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

August 4, 2014

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

May 23, 2014

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

May 21, 2014

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

May 5, 2014

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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