California’s Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting almost all state funding for the Hastings College of the Law, California’s oldest law...
A JDJournal tipster points us to Harvard Law School’s announcement this week that the nation’s second ranked law school will have to...
Dozens of Broward County, Florida public lawyers and staffers protested in front of a Fort Lauderdale courthouse this week, over proposed salary...
Chicago’s Schiff Hardin has announced it is taking steps to cut costs, in the hope of avoiding further layoffs. From the memo,...
Philadelphia’s courts have already slashed $4.3 million from their budget, leaving vacant 92 jobs, and reducing the weekly number of prospective jurors....
The Chicago HQ of McDermott Will & Emery is responding to economic pressures by canceling the single most important perk it offers...
The nation’s largest state judiciary will be hit by severe budget shortages, that may prompt shortened court hours, furloughed employees, the loss...
The Boston Globe reports that the economic meltdown could have a devastating impact on the American justice system, as courts are forced...
London Based law firm Charles Russell has just announced plans to cut its two-week summer vacation plans in half in an effort...
Newsday reports that federal prosecutions of white-collar crime and securities fraud have dropped off from higher levels earlier in the decade, largely...
Legal aid programs are hurting from a reduction in funding from Interest on Lawyer Trust Account Programs and state budget cuts, forcing...
Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law will need to cut about 2% from the current academic year’s budget. Dean JoAnne...
