Mar 13, 2013

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The opportunity of law school
The Daily Princetonian
Though Princeton does not have a law school, Princetonians have Sonia Sotomayor '76, Elena Kagan '81 and Samuel Alito '72 currently in the Supreme Court as examples of those who successfully made it into the world of law. Yet, according to Princeton ...
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Legislative briefs: Cleanup fees, law school pay, UIL membership
Dallas Morning News
Dallas' Helen Giddings and other Democratic House budget writers complained Tuesday that a $6 air pollution cleanup charge added to annual car inspection fees continues to be hoarded as a tactic for balancing the state budget. Sitting on dedicated ...
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Prominent lawyer, Phila. native talks law school
The Daily Pennsylvanian
With blunt honesty, Phil Weinberg — executive vice president and general counsel of Comcast-Spectacor — presented the truth about law school and the evolving nature of law as a career. On Tuesday evening, the John Marshall Pre-Law Honor Society ...
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Brain Drain From Top-50 Law Schools
Above the Law
Here's a fun way of looking at the new U.S. News law school rankings that arrived last night: are the top-tier law schools getting dumber? We've reported a lot on the declining number of applications to law school. And we've also talked about how the ...
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Above the Law
McGeorge, UC Davis drop in law school rankings
Sacramento Business Journal
The U.S. News & World Report's law school rankings are out and both the American Bar Association-accredited law schools in the Sacramento region dropped on the list. The University of California Davis School of Law dropped to No. 38, down nine spots, ...
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Best law schools: Here's how the Bay Area ranked
Silicon Valley Business Journal
On this year's Top Law Schools list from U.S. News and World Report, Stanford University Law School kept its No. 2 spot. The University of California-Berkeley dropped to No. 9 from last year's No. 7, while University of California Hastings College of ...
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Which Is the Most Wicked Awesome Law School in Boston?
Above the Law
Law schools, properly understood, ought to be viewed as regional vocational schools. You will have to pass the bar exam for the state in which you want to practice, and a law school in that state, in theory at least, is more likely to prepare you for ...
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Campbell law school ranks nationally; UNC, Duke hold strong
Triangle Business Journal (blog)
Campbell's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, which moved to downtown Raleigh from Buies Creek in 2009, was No. 126 of the 149 ranked schools. The magazine said 194 of the 203 accredited law schools in the U.S. participated in its survey this year.
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UF law school rises in US News & World Report rankings
The Independent Florida Alligator
UF's Levin College of Law continues to rank highly both as a public and overall institution among 201 public and private accredited law schools, according to a released Tuesday. The new law school methodology puts more emphasis on the types of jobs ...
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State's law schools inch up in latest US News ranking
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
But among the separate ranking for part-time law school programs, Marquette ranks 18. The only high-ranker from the main list that even swims in this pond is Georgetown, which takes the #1 spot for part-timers (#14 on the main listing) and George ...
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Buy (law school) when everyone else is selling (but don't overpay)
legal Insurrection (blog)
Buy law school in this downturn with all the caveats applied to investing. Understanding what you are purchasing from a school in terms of job prospects. Do not overpay by going heavily into debt at a school from which you have little realistic ...
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The Downsizing of Law Schools
Knowledge Wharton Today
lawschool By deciding to reduce the size of its entering class by 10% beginning next fall, Northwestern University School of Law has joined a number of other law schools that have already adopted this strategy. The move reflects the fact that fewer ...
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Here's how local MBA, law schools stack up
St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
The Olin Business School at Washington University ranked No. 21 this year, up one spot from No. 22. The university's law school ranked No. 19 this year, climbing four spots from No. 23, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report.
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Why The New US News Law School Rankings Are Still Deeply Flawed
Business Insider
Steven J. Harper, a Northwestern Law professor, writes over at the Chronicle of Higher Education that the biggest factor in law school rankings is a "quality assessment," which accounts for 40 percent of a school's score. The quality assessment is just ...
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UB Law School team wins Niagara International Moot Court Competition
UB News Center
Members of the UB Law School's team also won awards for Second Best Respondent Argument and Third Best Advocate. The team finished the preliminary rounds as the highest-ranked team at the competition and advanced through the quarter-finals and ...
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UB News Center
University of Illinois law school ranking drops 12 spots
STLtoday.com
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. • The University of Illinois College of Law dropped 12 places to No. 47 in the country in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, which were released Tuesday. The drop comes less than a year after the law school was fined by the ...
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Legal Education Crisis: Schools Need to Cut the Fluff
Huffington Post
The law school industry has devoted decades to convince prospective students and the public (including the taxpayer) that they are not merely professional trade schools but in fact intellectual centers of scholarship. But the fact is that very few of ...
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Law school rankings show enrollment drop
Philadelphia Business Journal
Many deans enjoy the annual U.S. News & World Report law school rankings about as much as most people enjoy a visit to the dentist. But however flawed, the rankings, released Monday night, still carry some weight for the Philadelphia region's six law ...
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Top law schools boost scholarships and loan repayment assistance
The National Law Journal
The new Justice Joan Dempsey Klein Scholarships in Law at UCLA will go students with financial need who demonstrate a "strong commitment to advocating for gender equality or to promoting the advancement of women in the law and society," the school ...
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The National Law Journal
At Hearing, UT Law School Foundation Admits "Mistakes"
MyHighPlains
The foundation's forgivable loan program became the subject of scrutiny following the forced resignation of University of Texas School of Law Dean Larry Sager in late 2011, and the revelation that he had received a $500,000 forgivable loan through the ...
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U-M law school graduate leading candidate for Detroit emergency manager
AnnArbor.com
A University of Michigan Law School graduate has emerged as the top contender for emergency manager in Detroit, Detroit media outlets reported. Kevyn_Orr.jpg. Kevyn Orr. Jones Day photo. Both The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press reported Kevyn D.
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Students of Duke University Law School Visit the MFWA
AllAfrica.com
Students from the Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina, USA on Monday, March 11 2013, paid a learning visit to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) head office in Accra, Ghana. The visit was to help the students learn about the ...
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Major shakeups in US News' law school list
Daily Report (registration)
The latest law school rankings by U.S. News & World Report are out, and Yale Law School has maintained its stranglehold on the top spot. There were few changes among the top 10 schools, although Harvard Law School moved from the No. 3 spot to tie ...
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Illinois State Bar Association Board Accepts Report Calling for Law School Reform
Sacramento Bee
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 12, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) today released a 53-page report, supported with research and testimony from statewide hearings, that calls for dramatic changes in the way law schools ...
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Northwestern School of Law to cut class size, keep tuition hike low
Daily Northwestern (blog)
Northwestern's School of Law said Monday it will reduce class sizes and keep tuition hikes at record lows due to a recent decline in applications. Starting this fall, class sizes will be scaled back by 10 percent, with 20 to 25 fewer students admitted ...
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Business Briefs: Duquesne Law makes US News list; Pitt Law drops
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Duquesne University's School of Law made the annual ranking of law schools by U.S. News & World Report for the first time in a decade, while the University of Pittsburgh's School of Law dropped from 69th to 91st place. Duquesne's law school was ranked ...
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Rural medicine, law school lead WVU's US News grad school rankings
Exponent-telegram
MORGANTOWN — Led by impressive showings from the College of Law and the School of Medicine, West Virginia University placed eight programs among the top 100 in the nation in the latest U.S. News Graduate School rankings released Tuesday.
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Does Anybody Ever Turn Down UVA Law? Or Are They Just Gaming Their Yield ...
Above the Law
Earlier today, we talked about the brain drain as law schools have to compete for a dwindling pool of high-scoring applicants. In this market, hitting your targets for your entering class is a tricky business for deans of admission at our nation's law ...
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Above the Law
Most NY Schools See Decrease in US News Rankings
New York Law Journal (registration)
The rankings of several New York law schools went into steep decline in U.S. News & World Report's latest survey, apparently driven by a change in methodology. The new rankings reflected results in which there were few changes among the top schools ...
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Duquesne University law school gets magazine ranking
Tribune-Review
Duquesne University's decision not to lower admissions standards three years ago yielded fruit Tuesday, administrators said, when the law school broke into U.S. News & World Report's top-ranked tier of American law schools for the first time in a decade.
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US News Law School rankings are out
Minnesota Lawyer (blog)
The annual U.S. News & World Report Best Law School Rankings are out, and it was a good year for the four Twin Cities schools: all of them were ranked in the first tier in this year's report. The University of Minnesota came in tied at the 19th spot ...
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Minnesota Lawyer (blog)

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UT Law School dean tells lawmakers faculty pay now more ...
By Kelley Shannon
The University of Texas Law School dean and the leader of a school-affiliated foundation told legislators Tuesday they've changed the way they supply compensation for faculty to make it more open to public scrutiny. "The way we were going ...
Trail Blazers Blog
Who Lives in the C-Suite? - Weblogs at Harvard Law School
By R. Christopher Small, Co-editor, HLS Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation,
Who Lives in the C-Suite? - The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation - A law and economics blog from the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance that gathers the latest news, ...
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Games Law Schools Play To Beat The Ranking System - SBM Blog
By SBM Blog
Above The Law's post on how the University of Virginia la school gets such great results in "yield" -- the percentage of students who accept offers of acceptance -- beautifully illustrates the lengths to which law schools will go to help their ...
SBM Blog
DU Rises, CU Maintains In US News Rankings | Law Week Colorado
By Jcarlson
By James Carlson, LAW WEEK COLORADO. In a year when new methodology saw numerous big gains and losses in the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings released Tuesday, one Colorado took a few steps up the ladder, while ...
Law Week Colorado
UT Law Foundation prez: 'We were wrong, and we've stopped it ...
By Peggy Fikac
The president of the University of Texas Law School Foundation — taken to task by a state lawmaker over millions of dollars in forgivable loans given to attract faculty — said flatly Tuesday that the action was wrong and won't happen again.
Texas Politics
New in Print - Law Professor Blogs Network - Typepad
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Associate Professor of Law Univ. of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Visiting Professor of Law St. Louis Univ. Law School • Web Profile • Email Keith A. Rowley William S. Boyd Professor of Law UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law ...
ContractsProf Blog
The Deal is Done: University Of Law Takes Over Oxford Brookes ...
By Alex Aldridge
I appreciate that the recent decision to close the LPC has resulted in a high level of law student concerns. Please be assured that we want to enable our students to complete their law studies with a quality law school with the same level of ...
Legal Cheek

Web7 new results for Law School
 
Weigh 4 Factors Along With the Best Law Schools Rankings - Law ...
Beyond a school's rank, consider legal specialization and career goals when choosing where to apply.
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Northwestern Will Shrink Its Law School Class | Inside Higher Ed
While several other law schools have made such moves, amid declines in law school applications and a tough job market for graduates, Northwestern is among ...
www.insidehighered.com/.../northwestern-will-shrink-its-law-s...
Rural Medicine, Law School lead WVU's U.S. News grad school ...
Led by impressive showings from the College of Law and the School of Medicine, West Virginia University placed eight programs among the top 100 in the ...
wvutoday.wvu.edu/.../rural-medicine-law-school-lead-wvu-s-u...
Top law school cutting admissions - St. Louis Business Journal
One of the nation's top law schools, at Northwestern University, is reducing the...
www.bizjournals.com/.../top-law-school-cutting-admissions.ht...
UTLaw Magazine | Law School Alumni Association announces 2013 ...
Alumni News. Law School Alumni Association announces 2013 distinguished alumni award recipients. Law School Alumni Association announces 2013 ...
www.utexas.edu/.../law-school-alumni-association-announces-...
Northwestern Law School Cuts Incoming Class Size By 10 Percent ...
Dean Daniel Rodriguez said part of the problem is a reduction in the law jobs available for graduates, many of whom leave law school with more than $100000 ...
chicago.cbslocal.com/.../northwestern-law-school-cuts-incomi...
At Hearing, UT Law School Foundation Admits "Mistakes" | The ...
John Massey, the board president of the University of Texas Law School Foundation, said in a legislative hearing on Tuesday that the organization made ...
www.texastribune.org/.../ut-law-school-foundation-admits-mis...


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