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Plan to merge Rutgers’ two law schools would end competition for students, faculties
Officials at Rutgers in New Jersey have announced a plan to merge the university’s two law schools at Camden and Newark. The merger, which would take place by the fall of 2014, would create one of the country’s largest law …
‘Inside the Law School Scam’ blogger signs off; Should appellate briefs have corporate sponsors?
‘I’ve said what I have to say, at least in this format.’ University of Colorado law professor Paul Campos says he has filed his last post at Inside the Law School Scam. Campos started his blog (anoymously, but revealed his …
Law prof who fell from platform at awards ceremony sues school
A George Washington University law professor claims in a lawsuit that she broke her heel after falling from a lecture platform that was “unreasonably small in width and depth.” International law professor Dinah Shelton says she fell while delivering a …
Thanks to talk show, 3L who wants to save the world has $20K to help pay her student debt
A University of Virginia law student thought her claim to fame on the the Ellen DeGeneres Show was going to be a silly online video of her dance moves. But 3L Dana Tapper, who wants a career advocating for children, …
Which school topped list of go-to law schools for BigLaw hiring?
The University of Pennsylvania sent 60 percent of its graduates to the nation’s top 250 law firms last year, putting it in the No. 1 spot on a list of BigLaw feeder law schools. The National Law Journal ranked the …
ABA looking for ways to better monitor employment stats for law graduates
As part of the process of implementing new standards for law schools to report employment data about their graduates, the American Bar Association is seeking bids for what the National Law Journal calls a law school data cop. A request …
Law prof mulls ethics complaints against school officials who publish misleading stats
A University of Missouri law professor says he’s tempted to file ethics complaints against lawyers at law schools who have lied about student data. Associate law professor Ben Trachtenberg tells Bloomberg Law that such deceit could be an ethics violation …
New law-review rankings put Yale behind Michigan, Penn, Texas and UCLA
Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School and Columbia Law School top a new list ranking law reviews. Yale Law Journal is in the No. 8 spot on the list, behind the law reviews of the University of Pennsylvania, the …
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