Sep 17, 2012

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Law school holds film festival
UNLV The Rebel Yell
"I used to be an art director before I went to law school," she said, "so I'm interested in film as a medium for communication. I wanted an event that would bring in community members and students around the campus to explore ideas in an environment ...
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USF School of Law Celebrates 100 Years in San Francisco
Sacramento Bee
17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will kick off a year-long celebration at the University of San Francisco School of Law, which is commemorating its 100th birthday and a century of providing a premiere legal education at the ...
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Pa. law school dean's proposal to end first-year law classes at Carlisle ...
The Republic
CARSLISLE, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania law school dean's proposal to end first-year law classes at the Carlisle campus in light of sagging law school applications nationwide is getting resistance from some people who say they fear it will eventually ...
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'National Jurist' ranks School of Law among nation's 'Best Value Law Schools'
UMKC University News
UMKC's School of Law was ranked No. 20 among the "Best Value Law Schools" in the National Jurist's September magazine. The National Jurist, which covers legal education, has published best value rankings since 2004, based on graduate debt, tuition, ...
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Charter schools balk at California's new pre-kindergarten law
TheReporter.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California law requires public schools to add a grade level this fall designed to give the very youngest students a boost when they enroll in kindergarten, but charter schools say the law does not apply to them, pitting them ...
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This Week in The National Law Journal
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)
In our special report on law schools, Karen Sloan reports on how some schools are responding with programs designed to help students navigate the emotional and psychological minefield. Also, well-known lawyers including Gloria Allred, Sandra Fluke ...
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Manatee schools committee compiles list of law firms to oversee audit
Bradenton Herald
MANATEE -- The law firm that takes on the job of selecting a forensic auditor who can explain a $3.5 million deficit in this year's Manatee schools budget must be from outside Manatee and Sarasota counties, the district audit committee decided Monday ...
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Western Law creates chair in corporate law following $1.5M donation
Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law dean Kim Brooks told 4Students that approximately one-third of her time is spent on alumni relations and fundraising efforts in "The art of the ask". Western Law's dean faces the same pressures. "In the ...
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The school deform agenda
Socialist Worker Online
So-called "parent trigger laws," which stipulate that if 51 percent of parents in a given school sign a petition (the trigger), the district can fire the staff, turn the school over to a charter operator, or close the school altogether. The current ...
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Socialist Worker Online
NCLB 'law is just untenable'
Amarillo.com
The leader of the Texas Panhandle's largest school district said he's pleased with the state's intent to apply for a waiver that could loosen federal requirements on schools because the current law desperately needs to be rewritten. "The No Child Left ...
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An online resource for struggling law students
The National Law Journal
The Dave Nee Foundation and The Jed Foundation, organizations serving law and undergraduate students with mental health issues, have launched LawLifeline. The web site features articles about topics ranging from what makes law school so stressful to ...
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The National Law Journal
Happy Constitution Day? Area schools plan lessons in liberty
The Sunday dispatch
"We leave that to the building principals," Greater Nanticoke Area Superintendent Tony Perrone said, echoing a common comment among district administrators since the law went into effect in 2005. In Pittston Area School District, Social Studies Chair ...
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Approaches On Education Differ For Brown, Warren
WBUR
Warren, a longtime Harvard University Law School professor, has trumpeted affordable and high quality education as a key issue in her campaign ads and speeches. "Our kids are crushed by debt and they didn't go on a shopping spree; they got an education ...
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Schools' use of seclusion rooms not against law, investigation finds
StarNewsOnline.com
New Hanover County Schools' use of seclusion rooms to deal with students' aggressive behavior does not violate North Carolina law, according to Rick Holliday, assistant superintendent for support services. On Aug. 27, the U.S Department of Education ...
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'GIRL POWER' A RECENT VICTORY
Chicago Sun-Times
Georgetown Law School Graduate Sandra Fluke speaks at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 5, 2012 on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). The DNC is expected to nominate US President ...
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Walker administration battling to keep Wisconsin union law in force
Fox News
Madison Teachers Inc., which brought the suit, claimed over the weekend that unless and until an appeals judge weighs in, "significant sections" of the law are not in effect, "restoring MTI's right to collectively bargain" with its local school ...
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Approaches on education differ for Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren
Boston Herald
... be improved and college must be more affordable. But that's where the agreement ends. Warren, a longtime Harvard University Law School professor, has trumpeted affordable and high quality education as a key issue in her campaign ads and speeches.
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New Traffic Law: Watch out for school zones and work areas
Caymanian Compass
Blowing through designated school and construction zones will now lead to much heftier fines for Cayman Islands drivers. Under the Traffic Law, which came into effect Friday, the police will have the ability to prosecute a driver if they endanger ...
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Rahm is suing to end the Chicago teachers' strike. Does he have a case?
Washington Post (blog)
Generally in civil law, a plaintiff must be innocent of wrongdoing in the issue being litigated in order for their lawsuit to be considered. This opens up space for the Chicago Teachers Union to argue that Emanuel and the school systems' intransigence ...
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Washington Post (blog)
Duty of schools: Report abuse allegations
Omaha World-Herald
There is no reason for any school system to fail to notify law enforcement, let alone make excuses for such a failure. Investigations into such allegations need to be handled by law enforcement officers who are trained to do that. Recent action by the ...
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Judge engages students in learning about law
Mundelein Review
MUNDELEIN — Circuit Court Judge Daniel B. Shanes and the Illinois Judges Association recently partnered with Mundelein High School to create an increased interest among students studying government and the law. Shanes spent 90 minutes with Tom ...
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Cornell's Legal Information Institute Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
"Web technology really just opened up a lot of opportunities for a law school to be a locus for a kind of creative [and] technical activity that had just never existed before," Bruce said. The LII attracts visitors for both its immense library of re ...
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Addition of A+ may not raise GPAs, still draws student support
Red and Black
Paul Rollins, the associate dean for administration at the University Law School, said the addition of an A+ weighted at a 4.0 would not make a significant difference for law school applications. "In the situation where the A+ and the A both have ...
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High-Court Clerks Attract a Frenzy
Wall Street Journal
A Wall Street Journal analysis earlier this year found that members of the law-school class of 2011 had little better than a 50-50 shot of landing a job as a lawyer within nine months of receiving their degrees. And those who did find legal work ...
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Wall Street Journal
A university goes the 'school' way
The Hindu
Teaching departments in the University of Kerala are being brought under schools, making way for enhanced collaboration. In a matter of weeks or even days, the Department of Law at the University of Kerala will move to another building. At first glance ...
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The Hindu
Schools should prepare for allergies
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ammaria's death led Virginia lawmakers in April to pass "Ammaria's Law," which requires that epinephrine auto-injectors be available in every school in Virginia. Testifying before a congressional committee last month, Ammaria's mother argued that every ...
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LSAT review class set for next month
The Southern
CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois University Carbondale will offer a four-day intensive review class for individuals who are interested in preparing for the Law School Admission Test next month. The class uses materials designed for the current test. The ...
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UBC adds aboriginal rights to mandatory law curriculum
Ubyssey Online
UBC's Faculty of Law is the first Canadian law school to require a course on aboriginal legal issues. Beginning with the class of 2015, all first-year law students will receive a more thorough background in aboriginal and treaty rights. The ...
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Blogs13 new results for Law School
 
Jenni's Advising Newsletter Blog: Applying to Law School Workshop ...
By Jenni Kotowski
Smart applicants set themselves up for success by applying to the right law schools at the right time. This workshop, designed for students who will be applying to law school this fall, covers many of the details of the application process. First ...
Jenni's Advising Newsletter Blog
Academic Waste Product: Concordia University Opens a Law ...
By Nando
My goal is to inform potential law school students and applicants of the ugly realities of attending law school. DO NOT ATTEND UNLESS: (1) YOU GET INTO A TOP 8 LAW SCHOOL; (2) YOU GET A FULL-TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND ...
THIRD TIER REALITY
SEC Division of Trading and Markets Issues Guidance on JOBS Act ...
By Giovanni P. Prezioso, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP,
SEC Division of Trading and Markets Issues Guidance on JOBS Act - The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation - A law and economics blog from the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate ...
The Harvard Law School Forum...
Bishop Kevin Rhodes to Celebrate the Red Mass // News // The Law ...
By Kyle Fitzenreiter
The event is co-sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Political Science Department, the Law School, and the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend. If planning to attend mass, RSVP is requested to: haustgen@diocesefwsb.org. Law School ...
The Law School // The Law School
Legal Skills Prof Blog: What Should Law Schools Do About Students ...
By Legalskillsblog
Abstract: "Law professors across the country frequently complain that their students lack basic writing skills -- grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and syntax. In theory, remedial writing education should not need to be part of a law school ...
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Josh Morse, dean of Ole Miss law school 1964-1969, has died ...
By NMC
In 1962 Morse joined the law school faculty at the University of Mississippi and was a Sterling Fellow at the Yale Law School in 1963. In 1964 he was appointed dean of the law school at the University of Mississippi. He accepted the position ...
NMissCommentor
CLE domestic violence training available on Oct. 5 at the law school ...
By Lisa Snedeker
Wake Forest University School of Law, the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Legal Aid of North Carolina will collaborate on a six-hour Continuing Legal Education seminar for attorneys and law students on Friday, Oct. 5, ...
News & Events
Neil Hamilton, "Opportunities for an Ambitious Law School: Lawyer
By John Steele
Parts of this blog entry appeared first in Neil Hamilton's June 18, 2012 column in Minnesota Lawyer.] Henderson and Zahorsky's July 2012 ABA Journal article, "the Pedigree Problem: Are Law School Ties Choking the Profession?," ...
Legal Ethics Forum
PEN-e from Pace Law School Library: New Library Acquisitions ...
By Taryn Rucinski
Pace Environmental Notes, the weblog of the Pace University School of Law's Environmental Collection, is a gateway to news, recent books and articles, information resources, and legal research strategies relevant to the fields of ...
PEN-e from Pace Law School Library
Inside the Law School Scam: Polar bears
By DJM
I talked to a 2009 graduate yesterday, a very talented lawyer from a top-50 law school. He has been working the document review circuit, which he described this way: "I feel like a polar bear faced with global warming. Each job is an ice floe ...
Inside the Law School Scam
Dickinson School of Law Proposes Closure of 1L Classes at Carlisle ...
By EmploymentCrossing
A huge drop in the numbers of first year applicants has made the Dickinson School of Law rethink their dual-campus strategy at Penn State and Carlisle and.
JD Journal
The U.S. Constitution Marks 225th Anniversary of its Signing ...
By Lisa A. Mazzie
Home · About; Scholarly Resources · Legal Resources · Marquette Law School. Search for .... The opinions expressed here are those of the individual authors and do not represent the views of Marquette University or its Law School. Subscribe ...
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Work and Earn Your J.D. Through a Part-Time Law Program ...
By Cory Ferreira
For some, another upside of part-time law school programs is that the average percentile LSAT scores are slighter lower than that for the same school's full time program. Below is U.S. News' list of the top 10 part-time law programs of 2012 and ...
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Web4 new results for Law School
 
Law school caveat emptor - Overlawyered
A judge has dismissed another of the wave of lawsuits charging that law schools concealed evidence that placement rates, employment prospects and other ...
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Call For Papers Central States Law Schools Association
The Central States Law Schools Association 2012 Scholarship Conference will be held October 19 and 20, 2012 at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, ...
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CU-Boulder debuts 'Mini Law School' to help de-mystify legal world ...
Modeled after the popular "Mini Med School" that s been in session for 25 years at the University of Colorado s School of Medicine in Denver, the Boulder ...
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Penn State establishes partnership with Dubai law school
The Pennsylvania State University Dickenson School of Law will collaborate with the Dubai Judicial Institute, a law school in the United Arab Emirates.
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