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law school stories: 13 news summaries

States Consider Uniting to Offer One Bar Exam

Move could save consumers money

Nov 23, 09 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Good news for aspiring lawyers: State bar associations are considering adopting a national bar exam. The move would allow lawyers trying to find a job in a competitive market to practice in any state; consumers would be able to use one lawyer for cases that span state lines, potentially saving... More »

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law • law school • attorney • bar exam • state bar exam • uniform bar exam

(Newser) - Top law school grads are competing this fall for just half the number of entry-level positions big firms offered last year, in what the New York Times calls the most difficult employment season in half a century. One of New York's biggest firms has cut its hires by more than... More »

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employment • recession • law school • corporate law firms • law firm • recession depression • hiring

O'Connell's Latest Role:
Law Student

Mr. Rebecca Romijn gets off the couch
and branches out

Aug 14, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rebecca Romijn's hubby Jerry O’Connell is taking it not-so-easy while his wife works on a new show, People reports. “I had always planned on continuing my education at some point,” the Stand By Me star and father of twins says, so he’s started law... More »

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entertainment • California • film • twins • law school • actor • movies • Rebecca Romijn • Jerry O'Connell

Aide's Plea in Hate Crime Undercuts Tancredo

Speechwriter used racial slur, karate chop

Jun 2, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - An aide to Tom Tancredo has pleaded guilty to a hate crime, compromising the former congressman's credibility as he helps lead the opposition to Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, the Washington Independent reports. Marcus Epstein, executive director of the onetime Republican presidential candidate's PAC, copped to using a... More »

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immigration • hate crime • racism • law school • Tom Tancredo • University of Virginia • assault • Sonia Sotomayor • Marcus Epstein • karate chop • Team America PAC

 For Obama, Justice 
 Must Be Pragmatic 

Law school students, colleagues reflect to predict his choice

May 3, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama carries an unusual wealth of Supreme Court knowledge from his days at law school and as a law professor, the New York Times reports, which he'll put to use in replacing Justice Souter. But don’t expect him to go straight for a liberal: Former colleagues and students... More »

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University of Chicago • law school • Harvard Law School • nominee • US Supreme Court • David Souter • President Obama

(Newser) - The sluggish economy has more law firms deferring offers of positions to graduating law students, Time reports. The idle young lawyers join more than 3,000 attorneys who have lost jobs since January 2008; the industry is expected to earn up to 10% less this year than last. One upside:... More »

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education • recession • law school • lawyer • graduation • law firm • defer

Law School Rankings May Be Revised to
Stop 'Gaming'

Schools hide weaker students to boost stats

Aug 26, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some US law schools have been caught manipulating programs to climb college rankings in US News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal reports. Institutions boost their performance statistics by channeling first-year students with lower test scores and grades into part-time programs that aren't considered in the rankings. The... More »

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law school • Chapman University • Indiana University • US News & World Report • LSAT • University of Connecticut • Hofstra • Stetson • Seton Hall University • Loyola University • National Law Journal • University of Houston Law Center • University of Nevada

Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

Northwestern to join ranks of universities offering 2-year law degree program

Jul 24, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Northwestern University’s law school will offer its JD program, normally a 3-year commitment, in 2 years, a move designed to increase the school's competitive edge and respond to critics who say students with jobs lined up coast through their final year. Northwestern isn't pioneering the approach, but as the... More »

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education • university • law school • lawyer • graduation • Northwestern University

Obama Impressed
Law School's Conservatives

University of Chicago courted him despite liberal leanings

Jul 23, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The University of Chicago Law School—an institution noted for its conservative leanings—tried hard to recruit part-time lecturer Barack Obama into academia when his early political career was foundering, the New Republic reports. Some of the school's conservative scholars say they disagreed with Obama's political bent but were impressed... More »

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Barack Obama • University of Chicago • law school • professor • bipartisanship

Law Students Object to Springer Speech

Northwestern rules
in favor of alum as graduation headliner

Apr 28, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - No one’s resorted to chair throwing—yet—but Northwestern law students aren’t happy about their commencement speaker: Jerry Springer, class of '68. The committee that tapped the TV host touted his success in news and entertainment, and even politics, the Chicago Tribune reports. Never mind that he resigned... More »

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law school • commencement speech • Jerry Springer • Northwestern University

Law Firms Use 'YouTube Feel' in Recruiting

In bid to attract law student hires, videos play up hipness

Sep 28, 07 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Law firms are embracing the YouTube aesthetic in their attempts to hire law students as summer associates, creating promotional videos with stripped-down looks and irreverent themes, the New York Times reports. Some ads are simple testimonials from associates, while others take on popular advertising devices to emphasize the firms diversity... More »

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YouTube • law school • employment recruiting

Job Market Shrinks for Lawyers

Lots of new grads,
but big salaries are
hard to come by

Sep 24, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers are entering the work force in record numbers, but demand—and salaries—aren't keeping up. Law schools advertise six-figure starting salaries for grads, but these wages materialize only for those from elite schools or at the top of their class, the Wall Street Journal reports. For the rest, $20-an-hour... More »

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education • student loans • salary • law school • lawyer • salary gap

Marquette Snags $51 Mil Gift

May 4, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond and Kathryn Eckstein donated $51 million to build Marquette University a new law school.  The gift is the single largest gift to a Wisconsin educational institution, topping the $50 million John Morgridge and his wife gave to the University of Wisconsin. More »

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Wisconsin • Midwest • big gifts • Marquette University • Raymond Eckstein • law school

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