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Law Students

19 States Consider Uniform Bar Exam

Nineteen US states are positioned to implement the uniform bar exam, or UBE. The exam, designed to create a consistent…

Harvard Law Names Interim Dean

With beloved dean Elena Kagan waiting for confirmation as the next US Solicitor General, Harvard Law School has tapped longtime…

Laptops Good for Law Students

From the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) [PDF], published by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University…

Nine Reasons NOT to Attend Law School

The Legal Geekery Blog presents 9 Reasons Not to Attend Law School. A highlight: 5. It’s Grammar School All Over…

Canadian Law School to Boot Student With Fake Undergrad Degree

Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School of York University will review admissions procedures, after The Toronto Star discovered a third-year student had…

ATL’s Law School Students of the Year

Above the Law has announced its Law School Students of the Year, although the accolade is clearly a sarcastic one.…

A Top-Ranked Law School with Free Tuition. No, Really.

A new law school is opening at the University of California Irvine next fall. And it's waiving tuition for three…

Hastings Law School Scales Back Raises, Hiring

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, a top tier law school in San Francisco, is forgoing some raises and…

Update: UM Law School Student in Sex Scandal Speaks Out

We posted last week about the University of Michigan Law School student who tried her hand at prostitution, and was…

Law School Student Should Stick to Law, Give Up Prostitution

Apparently there's one Jewish Studies professor who hasn't bothered to read the Bible. Yaron Eliav, 44, an associate professor in…

Blagojevich Admits to Being “No Legal Scholar”

Apparently, indicted Illinois Governor MIlorad "Rod" Blagojevich is a lawyer, but not a very good one. From US News &…

UT Austin School of Law Tops Rankings for Hispanic JDs

The University of Texas at Austin School of Law conferred more law degrees on Hispanic students than any other school in the…