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Unable to Find Legal Job, Blogger Posts Bah Humbug Tale on YouTube
ABA Journal —
Authority: 675
Unable to find a legal job, a disgruntled 2009 law graduate has turned his talents to a computer-animated video that is now posted on YouTube. In a new twist on Charles Dickens classic tale of how a seemingly dreaming Ebenezer Scrooge is taught by a series of ghosts that life is about more than work and money, A Law ...1 day ago -
Nader lectures law students: some listening
Independent Political Report —
Authority: 600
The original article, which is worthwhile reading, was written for the The Connecticut Law Tribune and is at Law.com: here. In addition, the article was referred to on the blog below, a tax professor’s law blog. The full article includes Nader’s thoughts on the economy and education, Nader’s advice about ...6 days ago -
Hiring Lawyer Getting Resumés from Ivy League Law Grads for First Time
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Authority: 675
A hiring partner at a Kansas City, Mo., law firm who has been recruiting lawyers for 17 years is seeing a change in applicants this year. For the first time, says William Beil, he is seeing resumés from Ivy League law graduates and lawyers from prestigious New York law firms, the Associated Press reports. Many of the ...6 days ago -
As Law Firms Respond to Crisis, 21% of Law Students Regret Choice
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Authority: 675
It’s not surprising that law students are a discontented lot. A new survey by LexisNexis found that, based on the changing legal marketplace, 21 percent of law students regret attending law school. Thirty-five percent said they don’t feel adequately prepared to succeed in the new marketplace, and 65 percent said ...6 days ago -
Office 2010 Beta
Law Actually —
Authority: 414
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been trying out the public beta of the next version of Microsoft Office, just as I did back in summer 2006 for the second beta of what was to be Office 2007. So far my experiences are positive, but this isn’t the quantum leap (from the perspective of UI and, to a certain extent, ...6 days ago -
Legal ed podcasts from NE Regional Conf.
Equal Justice Works Blog —
Authority: 112
On December 4, Albany Law School hosted a conference focused on the importance of setting and implementing measurable learning goals. “Participants discussed both general trends in curriculum reform and specific ways to develop goals to measure student learning,” Darlene Cardillo wrote. Audio recordings for ...1 week ago -
Supreme Court to Decide if Law School Can Ban Christian Legal Society
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Authority: 675
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the University of Californias Hastings College of Law violated the Constitution when it refused to recognize the Christian Legal Society as a sanctioned student group. The law school refused funding and other benefits to the group because it does not admit ...1 week ago -
Hiring Lawyer Rejects Federalist Society Members—and Columnist’s Advice
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Authority: 675
A hiring lawyer from Greenwich, Conn., wrote to The Ethicist of the New York Times with this question: Is it ethical to recommend rejection of members of the Federalist Society simply because you disagree with their conservative politics? The Ethicist, Randy Cohen, said politics should not be a factor. “If ...1 week ago -
Reports of Law School Cheating Increase Along with Focus on Grades
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Authority: 675
There is a reason why campus psychological counseling programs treat more law students than medical or business students, according to a law school career official. The economic downturn has increased employers’ focus on law school grades, leading to more competition and higher levels of stress among law students, ...1 week ago -
Missing Michigan Law Student Committed Suicide
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Authority: 675
Police have found the body of a first-year University of Michigan law student reported missing last month. Casey Neil McGinnis, 35, had hanged himself in a wooded area near a recreation center, according to AnnArbor.com. He had a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and had battled alcohol and depression for at ...1 week ago -
Berkeley and Georgetown Law Announce Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Adjunct Law Prof Blog —
Authority: 481
Karen Sloan (National Law Journal) reported last weekend that law schools at UC-Berkely and Georgetown are offering to forgive law school debts for graduates who commit to work in public interest law for at least 10 years. Sloan reports that...1 week ago -
Careers In Education Law
Adjunct Law Prof Blog —
Authority: 481
The National School Board Association has an excellent web site, as well as a brochure, here,where they describe careers in school law. That web site is available here. The web site summarizes potential school law or what I prefer to...1 week ago -
Law Schools Link Up with Foreign Counterparts for Double Qualification
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Authority: 675
A growing number of law schools are linking up with foreign counterparts to offer students the chance to learn about the law in home and overseas jurisdictions. In the United States, Columbia and Cornell university law schools are partnering with various schools in Europe to offer double qualifications in law and ...1 week ago -
A ‘Somewhat Tense Moment’ as Justices Consider Discharge of Student Loans
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Authority: 675
Justice Sonia Sotomayor was so eager to question a lawyer in a case involving the discharge of student loan debt that she ended up apologizing for interrupting his response to another justice. The case argued yesterday could affect graduates nationwide who can’t repay their student loans, USA Today reports. Federal ...1 week ago -
Some Law Firms Add Mini Round of 2L Recruiting
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Authority: 675
Some law firms that made a limited number of offers during on-campus recruiting are returning for a new round of interviews with second-year law students. The reason, according to the American Lawyer: Students got multiple job offers and turned down some law firms, leaving some unfilled 2010 summer associate ...1 week ago -
After First Year of Practice, Law Grads Settle In to Lawyer Life
Texas Tech Today —
Authority: 440
The past 12 months have been a tumultuous time in the legal industry. One year ago, federal lawmakers approved a $700 billion bailout for the financial system. Around that same time, many of the 2008 law school graduates were just beginning their careers. Despite the turbulent times, some of those still-new lawyers ...2 weeks ago -
Animal Law Meets (Meats?) Animal Rights
Law and Magic Blog —
Authority: 122
P. Michael Conn notes (registration required, free) in the current issue of The Scientist that 73 percent of U.S. law schools now offer either an animals rights course or sponsor a student animal rights group, and suggests that this engagement with animal rights means a clash with medical research may be on on ...2 weeks ago -
Harvard Law Students Clamor for Public Interest Jobs, Forcing Program Cuts
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Authority: 675
Harvard Law School has reinstated free coffee and announced stipends of $35,000 to 12 graduates working in public interest law. But in a year of tight budgets, something had to give. Now on the chopping block: a program announced last year that waived third-year tuition for students who commit to work in public ...2 weeks ago -
Beautician Wins Major Property Case for Mom, Gets Law School Scholarship
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Authority: 675
A 23-year-old beautician with no legal training who made headlines by defeating a big British property developer in a High Court case earlier this month is now headed to law school, with the help of a scholarship. Young, blond and apparently underestimated, Georgina Blackwell saved her mothers home and business by ...2 weeks ago -
Georgetown Antes Up $1M to Offer ‘Free’ Tuition to Public Interest Grads
ABA Journal —
Authority: 675
At least one well-known institution has reportedly found a way to cut the cost of law school for graduates who pursue public interest careers, and another is going to follow suit. In a plan that dovetails with a new federal program that allows public interest lawyers to pay only 10 percent of their income toward their ...2 weeks ago
