Nov 20, 2012

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Vermont Law School teacher named new judge
Rutland Herald
"Kevin's extensive litigation background in family and criminal law, as well as his 15 years on the local school board and other civic contributions, ensure he brings broad experience to the court," Shumlin said in a statement. "His intelligence ...
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Survey reveals smaller law school class sizes this year
The National Law Journal
New student enrollment already dropped by nearly 4,000 at ABA-accredited law schools last year, and now a new survey of admissions offers by test prep company Kaplan shows that slightly more than half — 51 percent — reduced the size of their incoming ...
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Penn Law graduate writes mystery novel set at Penn
The Daily Pennsylvanian
It came from long hours at the law school, long hours late into the night at the library and living in University City. I used to walk around here a lot at night and think "What if … What would happen if…." Law school is not collaborative. You study ...
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Prospects dim for nationalized law student pro bono mandate
Connecticut Law Tribune
Several organizations and legal leaders have asked the committee that is updating the American Bar Association's law school accreditation standards to add a 50-hour pro bono requirement, but that idea got a chilly reception from the committee at its ...
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Connecticut Law Tribune
Former White House Attorney joins Savannah Law School faculty
Thecoastalsource
The Savannah Law School has hired a former White House lawyer to teach at the school. Andrew Wright served as Associate Counsel to President Obama. He'll join the faculty as an associate professor in the 2013-2014 school year. Wright spent the past two ...
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USC Gould School of Law Launches Alumni Association
International Business Times (press release)
"Great law schools have great alumni," said Rasmussen. "There is no more passionate nor loyal group than those who were educated at the USC Gould School of Law. In today's legal environment, the commitment of our alumni is a real distinguishing factor ...
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The son of top lawyer Benedict Morelli (pictured) is suing to get extra time ...
New York Post
His recently filed Manhattan federal court suit charged the Law School Admission Council, which administers the test, denied Alexander's request in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other anti-discrimination laws. It claimed that ...
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New York Post
Cleveland wants tougher law for passing school buses
Canton Repository
After a Cleveland judge ordered a woman to stand in public with a sign labeling herself an "idiot" for driving on the sidewalk to pass a school bus, city officials want to stiffen the penalties for such stunts. The Plain Dealer reports that a city ...
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Day before court hearing, Diman School Committee reaffirms legal counsel's ...
Fall River Herald News
To combat controversy and today's court hearing on alleged Open Meeting Law violations, the School Committee for Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School voted Monday morning to "ratify, confirm and adopt" prior actions in closed and open ...
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Providence Personal Injury Lawyer Named to Roger Williams Law School Board ...
Melodika.net (press release)
Providence personal injury lawyerMark W. Gemma has been named to the Board of Directors of the Roger Williams University School of Law. Gemma is a 1997 graduate of the law school who has earned national recognition for his legal ability and ...
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Georgia Law secures win at Hulsey/Gambrell Moot Court Competition
Online Athens
Two law students from each school compete as lawyers in a mock appellate case, and the victors in the case earn the right to keep the championship trophy at their law school for the year. Representing the law school in the moot court competition were ...
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Brooklyn Law Professor Is Nominated for Trade Court
New York Law Journal (registration)
Claire Kelly. Brooklyn Law School professor Claire Kelly has been nominated by the White House for an opening on the Manhattan-based U.S. Court of International Trade. Kelly, who teaches courses on international trade law, international business law ...
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New York Law Journal (registration)
Lawyer represents both employers, employees
Glencoe News
"I took employment discrimination classes in law school and I knew immediately I wanted to be in this field," said Goldstein, who attended University of Illinois for both college and law school, "I'm into fairness. The work is so rewarding." Goldstein ...
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Hazing At School Triggers Civil Lawsuit
Law Firm Newswire (press release)
Waxahachie, TX (Law Firm Newswire) November 20, 2012 – A lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, claiming that school officials allowed hazing. According to the claim, the Huber Heights City School officials knew ...
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Food trucks sue City for rights
The Chicago Maroon
The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship (IJ Clinic) at the Law School filed suit against the City of Chicago last Wednesday morning on behalf of three food truck owners with the hope of resolving a dispute regarding the appropriate role of ...
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Honors & Other Things
UPENN Almanac
On October 24, the Law School honored Penn Law graduates and former faculty for their career achievements, pro bono work, service to the legal profession and service to the School. The 2012 Penn Law Honorees are: Justine F. Andronici, L'02, received ...
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Fabulous Finds for Fans of Facts or Fiction
UPENN Almanac
For the Win: How Game Thinking Can Revolutionize Your Business; Kevin Werbach, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics, Wharton; and Dan Hunter, New York Law School; reveals how game thinking—addressing problems like a game ...
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UPENN Almanac
SI Football Players Pulled From Games After Student Suicide
Gothamist
I'm not a criminal lawyer and I went to law school long before the invention of videotaping or the internet or smartphones or any of this other crap. Although I'm curious whether this type of question would even be addressed in an introductory class on ...
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Gothamist
Nigeria law chief slams lack of lawyer ethics
The Global Legal Post
Mohammed Bello Adoke – speaking at an alumni reunion of the Nigerian Law School – said the standard of the bar is declining and the quality of legal education in the country is also poor. He said: 'The underlining objective is to sensitise members of ...
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UM Carey Law's Ifill to Head Top Civil Right Law Group
UMB News
Marshall's first successful civil rights case was his suit challenging the exclusion of black students from the University of Maryland School of Law. That case, decided in 1935, is largely credited as the first case on the road to Marshall's ultimately ...
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UMB News
Jackson school board eyes options to make up days
Tri-Town News
According to Erwin, two options exist: eliminating scheduled days off during the remainder of the 2012-13 school year, as administrators in some school districts have decided to do, or adding days to the end of the year. According to state law, school ...
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Faculty Advisory Committee for Open Learning Initiatives
UPENN Almanac
Regina Austin, William A. Schnader Professor of Law, Law School. Gary Bernstein, Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, School of Arts & Sciences. Yale Cohen, Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine ...
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Suit seeking removal of Roy Roberts from Detroit Public Schools filed with ...
Detroit Free Press
Highland Park school board member Robert Davis filed an emergency request for consideration with the state's high court. He maintains that no law exists that allows state appointees to run distressed schools and municipalities since voters rejected the ...
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Poolesville students argue their way to number one in state Moot Court competition
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Two students from Poolesville High School won the Maryland State Championship at the second annual Moot Court State Invitational tournament at University of Baltimore Law School. Juniors Courtney Steininger, 15, of Darnestown and William Durr, 15, ...
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Charter schools blast SRC's move to limit enrollment
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools on Monday blasted the Philadelphia School Reform Commission's decision to suspend part of state law so it could control charter-school growth, and said the move could trigger legal challenges.
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Mayoral Candidates Challenge Bloomberg on Education Updated 61 mins ago
DNAinfo
"We have to find a way to dial down the tone of the rhetoric and high volume as it relates to discussions with the teachers union," she told the crowd gathered in an auditorium at the Fordham Law School for the "2013 Mayoral Candidate Forum." "That isn ...
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Tech Circuit: Social (& Traditional) Media Edition
Law.com
Dunn's career path took him into the brokerage business, then to law school, before eventually landing at a financial services firm, Legg Mason. That company invested in Forensic Technologies International Corp. Dunn joined the board and became its CFO ...
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Law.com
Stranger than fiction: Ivy League university calls for ban on killer robots
WTVR
It is jointly published by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic. While fully autonomous weapons do not yet exist, high-tech militaries are developing or have already deployed precursors that illustrate the ...
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WTVR
Free Volunteer Legal Aid for Sandy Victims in Brooklyn This Week: FEMA ...
About - Cities & Towns
Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Law School and the Brooklyn Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project will host the Brooklyn Sandy Relief Legal Clinic at Brooklyn Borough Hall. You can talk to disaster relief-trained law students and volunteer attorneys ...
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Orleans Parish School Board member receives legal sanction
NOLA.com
Lawyer Seth Bloom, 5th District representative on the Orleans Parish School Board, has been disciplined by the state Supreme Court's Office of Disciplinary Counsel for mishandling a client's money. The office found his actions were due to negligence ...
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NOLA.com
In the Business of Killing Civilians
CounterPunch
In "Living Under Drones", a study released last September by Stanford Law School and New York University's School of Law, the authors found "significant evidence that U.S. drone strikes have injured and killed civilians." They also accused the Obama ...
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Federal judge's rulings favored companies in which he owned stock
The Bay Citizen
California Watch asked law professor Laurie Levenson, who holds the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, to review the cases. A judge who repeatedly fails to withdraw from cases can face sanctions ranging ...
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The Bay Citizen
Rand Paul Teases 2016 Presidential Run Again
Huffington Post
A bankruptcy law expert and professor at Harvard Law School, Warren pushed for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and later led the effort to set up the new agency. After Republicans made it clear that they would never confirm ...
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Blogs9 new results for Law School
 
The Single Most Important Word in a Law School Exam Answer ...
By Alison Monahan
If you remember nothing else, remember this! There is -- I kid you not -- one single word that can radically transform your law school grades for the better.
Law School Toolbox
Law Schools Trimming Sizes of Incoming Classes | JD Journal
By jim
In a press release from Kaplan, the Kaplan Test Prep's 2012 survey of law school admissions officers found that 51 percent of law schools decided.
JD Journal
Law School Academic Support Blog: The Paper Chase
By lawschool academicsupport
I have watched this classic law school film multiple times over the years and vividly remember seeing it in the cinema when it first came out (long before I ever ventured across a law school threshold as a 1L student). Recently I decided to ...
Law School Academic Support Blog
More Law Schools Adding 'Incubator' Law Offices - Starting a Law ...
By Andrew Lu
Under the incubator program, the law school sets up a low-cost working environment for its attorneys. This can include office space as well as training and mentoring services for the inexperienced attorneys. In exchange, attorneys at the ...
Strategist
Downsizing The Profession: LSAT Applications Down 16%, Half of ...
By SBM Blog
According to The Faculty Loung, the Law School Admissions Council has reported that the number of people sitting for the October 2012 LSAT dropped over 16% from October 2011, with the number of first-timer takers falling about 18%.
SBM Blog
Law students show baking talents to support Pudsey | Manchester ...
By Mark Fernandes
Second and third year undergraduate law students and staff spent many hours preparing highly appetizing home-baked cakes for their. ... Law students show baking talents to support Pudsey. Tags: cake sale, Children in Need, Pudsey ...
Manchester Law school
Accelerated Program Shaves Year Off Traditional Law Degree
By Regent Law
Thanks to its new accelerated degree programs, Regent University's School of Law is at the front of the pack when it comes to making a law degree more affordable. Beginning in June 2013, students can enroll in a two-year Accelerated Juris ...
Regent Law News
Is There Hope for Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy - FindLaw
By Deanne Katz, Esq.
After graduating law school in the late 1990s, Hedlund took and failed the bar exam twice, reports The Oregonian. He took a job as a ... What is different about Hedlund's position is that he went to law school before the market took a nose-dive.
Greedy Associates
TrackBack - Law And More - Typepad
By Jane Genova
Alexander Morelli, son of well-know attorney Benedict Morelli, has had a strong start to his career in law. The lawsuit he filed against the LSAT folks to provide him with more time taking the test has been settled, reports THE...
Law And More

Web3 new results for Law School
 
Cornell Law School Seeks Surge in Number of Minority Professors ...
As part of a University-wide diversity push, the Cornell Law School is aiming to increase the number African-American and Hispanic faculty and the percentage ...
cornellsun.com/node/54163
Texas legislature considers state's 10th law school
Some Texas state legislators sure are trying hard to open a new law school in the Rio Grande Valley. In 2010 the idea was floated, but the Texas Higher ...
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Law School Transparency Unveils Own Law School Rankings | Most ...
Law School Transparency Unveils Own Law School Rankings: Move over, US News and ...
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