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Bar Results Release Schedule Hurting Law School Employment Rates

Employment rates for students that recently graduated from law school certainly aren’t good at the moment, but the American Bar…

Incoming Law School Classes Continue to Decrease in Size

Most lawyers know that the current economic crisis has hit the legal industry particularly hard, and now it appears that…

Law School Accuses Student of Assuming Deceit in Disagreements, Student Files Defamation Suit

A student of Wake Forest University School of Law has filed a complaint against his school, alleging that he was…

Penn State to Separate Law School

In a follow-up to our previous coverage on this story, Pennsylvania State University recently announced that it is going forward…

Committee from ABA Issues Two Recommendations

Two chapters of changes in law school accreditation standards have been approved by a committee of the ABA, according to…

Enrollment in Non-J.D. Programs Increases

In a report from the ABA Now, enrollment in programs not related to J.D. at American Bar Association-approved law schools…

ABA Releases Data for First-Year Enrollment at Law Schools

In a press release from the American Bar Association posted on ABA Now, data about first-year enrollments at American Bar…

Task Force on the Future of Legal Education Asking for Public Input

In a report from the National Law Journal, the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education…

University of Illinois College of Law Fined and Censured by ABA

For the first time, the American Bar Association has fined a university for reporting incorrect consumer data. The school that…

Duncan School of Law Denied ABA Accreditation

Lincoln Memorial University’s appeal for provisional accreditation for its law school has been rejected by the American Bar Association. The…

ABA Postpones Decision on Accrediting Foreign Law Schools

A decision as to whether or not accredit foreign law schools has been put on hold by the ABA Section…

Law School Debt Tough to Payback

Columbia Law School said that it funded 38 out of the 445 jobs that compile its close to near-perfect post-graduation…