California Bar Wants Diversity Included in Law School Rankings
Concerned that the influence of US News & World Report's yearly law school rankings is leading to less diverse law…
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Law School Applicants Remain Bullish Despite Tight Job Market
A survey by law school admissions consulting firm Veritas Prep showed that 81 percent of law school applicants would still…
UC Irvine School of Law to Again Offer Tuition Help
The University of California, Irvine School of Law will provide scholarships of at least one-third of tuition to each member…
LexisNexis Launches ‘Lawyer Ratings’ Application
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Wednesday announced the launch of “Lawyer Ratings,” an application for LinkedIn members that enables lawyers to highlight their…
New York Firm Chiefs Expect More Hiring in 2011
A straw poll of 21 managing partners at New York law firms revealed guarded optimism about hiring trends and demand…
Schedule Set for ALM’s Second Litigation Summit
ALM’s The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel will present the second annual "The Litigation Summit: The…
Law School Admissions Officers Survey Tells Prospective Students How To Prepare
According to the most recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, over 50% of admissions officers are expecting to…
Firms Looking to Increase Summer Hires
AM Law Daily provided some encouraging news Friday in a preview of the upcoming summer hiring season. According to its…
Stanford Dean Has High Hopes For Law School
Stanford Law School was again ranked third on the U.S. News & World Report’s list of top law school’s this…
Employment Down, Salaries Hold for Law Grads
The employment rate for law school graduates of 2009 was 88.3 percent as of February of this year, a 3.6…
Study: Law Professors Lean Liberal
A study by the University of California, Berkeley School of Law found law schools hire more “openly liberal professors” than…
Despite Firm Cuts, Law School Apps Up
The ABA Journal: Despite a dramatic cut nationwide of four percent in firm staffing of attorneys last year, law school…