Its US News Law School rankings time . . again. The Law School rankings are out to inform – and doubtless rankle – the thousands seeking to determine the best of the law schools in the 2015 rankings. So what were the top 10 law schools according to the US News & World Report? Below […]
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Why have law schools fallen out of favor to the extent that they have in the US? And elsewhere, too, many would argue. What is it about the surge of law school graduates that leads to this feeling of hatred towards the schools – even the litigation that has pursued several of them? More importantly,
Legal secretaries have been around lawyers as long as lawyers have been around lawyers. But times are a-changing, it seems and once again the culprit is the “T” word: technology. Take law firm Arnold & Porter who are working towards fewer staff with greater productivity – much the same as just about every other law
Unpaid internships have been firmly in the spotlight in recent years. Images of students working for nothing on the edge of poverty have led to a number of legal cases in the US. While unpaid internships were once seen as a rite of passage, the fact students are readily suing their employers has meant companies
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Oops . . giving the finger to your law professor is not exactly the best way to improve your grades. RonNell Anderson Jones teaches at BYU Law School and happened to encounter an angry motorist on the way to class, tweeting . . I wonder if the driver who honked and made the rude gesture
Scoring a law job in a down market is a challenge. However there ARE ways. For instance, by picking a major early in the process. But there are others. Adam Gropper, the author of “Making Partner: The Essential Guide to Negotiating the Law School Path and Beyond”, a book that the ABA has used to
Enrollments at US law schools are waaay down, reports show. An article in the WSJ and other media indicate that the law has become less attractive with an 11 per cent drop in enrollments according to the American Bar Association with students cocnerned about job prospects and debt levels. One upside for those who do
The law jobs market is crumbling, according to US reports where graduates have been poured out of law schools and then coming to the reality that the jobs aren’t there. [wp_ad_camp_1] In the US, law schools are actually cutting down the size of law classes, with more than two out of every five graduates in
LawFuel.com- Law News and Law Jobs – Considering the services of a legal recruiter has become a necessity for both job seekers as well as employers in present times. It’s a myth that legal jobs are dying and that there are fewer employment options available in the legal market. Latest job search on the BCG
Patrick Ellis writes a blog at http://patellis.wordpress.com and commented on a recent blog item on lawyers and social media posted by Kevin O’Keefe with an interesting take on why law students don’t put themselves ‘out there’. He asks the question: Why won’t they Twitter or Blog? Because they are afraid of the risks involved with
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