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• Student debt will reach an average of $210,796 in 2015, says LST

  May 16 2012 Law School Transparency, a group dedicated to improving consumer information concerning the value of legal education, has updated its estimates of the amount of... more

• NY Bar to require 50 hours pro bono service for professional license

  May 09 2012 Law students taking the bar in New York next year will be required to do 50 hours of pro bono work as a condition of their license to practice. Chief Judge... more

• Top US law schools may need to drop admissions standards

  Apr 15 2012 The recent decline in the number of students applying for admission to law school, along with a concurrent drop in the number of applicants scoring in the top range on... more

• Law school applications drop while tuition continues to rise

  Apr 13 2012 Above the Law has run a long campaign to inform prospective law students of the risks they run in investing time and money in a law degree when the job market is in... more

• Debate over the value of law school hits the mainstream

  Mar 01 2012 The debate over whether law school provides sufficient value to justify its huge costs – which has intensified as the job market has shrunk in response to global... more

• 20 more US law schools to be added to class action

  Feb 28 2012 David Anziska and Jesse Strauss' crusade against law schools that provide misleading information to potential students continues apace. This year, the duo have... more

• Recession-era measures seem as though they are here to stay

  Feb 02 2012 The cost-cutting measures undertaken by law firms in the recession – including smaller entry-level classes, stagnant salaries and an impossibly long road to... more

• Majority of US and Canadian law students are satisfied with law schools, says survey

  Jan 18 2012 A new survey has found that the vast majority of US and Canadian law students are satisfied with their educational experience. The 2011 Law School Survey of Student... more

• Assistant dean at University of Illinois falsified admissions data for money

  Nov 17 2011 The former assistant dean of admissions at the University of Illinois law school falsified LSAT and GPA data in order to increase his own salary, according to a final... more

• An anatomy of the Indian legal profession by Kian Ganz

  Oct 31 2011 Kian Ganz, the publishing editor of www.LegallyIndia.com, here gives a brief anatomy of the legal services industry in India. The scale of the industry in India is... more

• ABA considers requiring law schools to publish scholarship data

  Sep 08 2011 The question of whether US law schools are over-promising and under-delivering remains a hot topic, with the American Bar Association revealing that it is considering... more

• US student loans are becoming a big problem

  Aug 19 2011 The folks over at Above the Law predict an imminent student loan default crisis as a result of high tuition costs and poor job prospects faced by graduates. “For many... more

• Recruitment Tracker: NALSAR witnesses 100 per cent recruitment this year

  Apr 19 2011 NALSAR, University of Law, Hyderabad recently completed its recruitment programme for the batch graduating this year. According to the Recruitment Coordination... more

• US News ranks law schools on basis of graduate starting salary

  Mar 31 2011 US News, those inventive list makers, has come up with yet another ranking system for prospective law students: “10 Law Degrees With Most Financial Value at... more

• University of Chicago and Howard University law schools: best value in US education market

  Mar 06 2011 The law schools at the University of Chicago and Howard University represent the best value for money in the US law school market, according to a list published in the... more

• Student sues LPC provider for failing to prepare her for exams

  Feb 08 2011 A former student is suing the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, where she studied for the Legal Practice Course, after she failed the exam. Maria Abramova, a... more

• SRA bans aptitide test for admission to Legal Practice Course

  Feb 06 2011 After completing the Legal Practice Course (‘LPC’), law graduates are qualified for admission as a solicitor. There is some concern, however, that some students who... more

• 4th NLSIR-Palkhivala Foundation Taxation Law Essay Competition- Submission

  Jan 31 2011 The National Law School of India Review, the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in association with the Nani Palkhivala... more

• Writ Petition questions the legality of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board

  Jan 28 2011 A writ petition has been filed before the Madras High Court, challenging the legality of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), a specialized Intellectual... more

• India (Comment): The Irony of Law School

  Jan 25 2011 If law schools are brought into existence to serve a social purpose and create ‘socially conscious’ individuals as they claim to do so, then the prevailing structure... more

• India (Comment): When Tables Turn

  Jan 25 2011 Several years after graduating from law school, I got a chance to attend my mini law school reunion. It was great to see how my classmates had grown in every possible... more

• Think tank calls for reform of UK legal education

  Dec 29 2010 Legal education and solicitor training in the UK is in need of major reform, according to The Legal Services Institute, the policy think tank funded by The College of... more

• Columbia Law School follows trend to introduce accelerated JD/MBA

  Dec 23 2010 Columbia Law School has announced the introduction of an accelerated J.D./MBA joint degree program, allowing students to obtain both a J.D. and MBA within three years.... more

• Job prospects down, but fees and applications at law schools are on the rise

  Nov 17 2010 While the job market in the legal sector remains dire, students are applying to law school in record numbers and are willing to borrow to finance soaring tuition fees.... more

• Students launch non-profit legal research organization in India

  Nov 04 2010 The Jurists, a registered, non-profit legal research organization which was started due to an initiative by students from the various National Law Universities is... more

• Setting standards for legal education around he world

  Oct 21 2010 Legal educators from India, China, Japan and France spoke at Harvard Law School last, discussing the challenges they face in regulating the number of law students and... more

• UK law school introduces exam and interview to admissions procedure

  Oct 18 2010 Kaplan Law School has changed its admissions procedure, becoming the first law school in the UK to introduce and entrance exam and interview for all students applying... more

• Will an LLM increase your employment prospects?

  Sep 23 2010 The question of whether an LLM increases the employment prospects of graduates is one that has vexed many a young lawyer. And it is important that they find a... more

• Harvard Law School quietly changes grading system

  Sep 21 2010 Last year, Harvard Law School changed its grading system, abandoning letter grading in favour of the broader categories High Pass, Pass, Low Pass and Fail. Many... more

• Citibank sells student loan business

  Sep 20 2010 Citibank has entered into an agreement for the sale of The Student Loan Corporation to Discover Financial Services. Under the deal, Discover will become the owner of... more

• Education tribunals to adjudicate disputes in India

  Aug 25 2010 After a spate of litigations and suits against the Bar Council of India regarding the Bar exam and other disputes which adversely affect the students, the Union... more

• Job offer deferral leads to court action

  Aug 20 2010 Sarah Martinez is suing San Francisco-based Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin after the firm offered her a job only to defer her start date and then... more

• What’s Next in the Law? How will the Bar Exam affect Indian Legal Education?

  Aug 19 2010 Which direction will Indian law schools take? Now that we have a bar exam, will they start teaching their students with the bar exam in mind? Or will they continue... more

• Fourth annual legislative analysis completion open to Indian students

  Aug 18 2010 The PRS Legislative Research initiative is having its fourth annual legislative analysis completion “ANALYSIS 2010”. This year the competition which is open to law and... more

• US Bar Course introduces aptitude test for entry

  Jul 19 2010 Starting in 2011, candidates for the US Bar Professional Training Course will have to sit an aptitude test in order to gain admission to the course. The aptitude... more

• Bar Exam Challenged by National Delegation of Law Students, battle continues

  Jul 02 2010 According to the latest press release on July 2, the National Delegation of Law Students, headed by President Siddharth S. Seth (pictured handing the proposal to the... more

• More bad news for law students and recent graduates

  Jun 28 2010 More bad news for law students and recent graduates, as experts predict that this year’s graduating class is likely to suffer even worse employment numbers than the... more

• Legal education must change

  Apr 28 2010 Law firms have had to make some big changes in response to the global financial crisis. But the legal education industry has not made any discernible changes to the... more

• Transparency for law school stats?

  Apr 20 2010 A new not-for-profit organisation called Law School Transparency will allow prospective students to access and compare detailed employment and salary information for... more

• Clifford Chance recruiting more trainees

  Apr 16 2010 Methinks Clifford Chance senses impending market recovery: they have reopened the recruitment process for the 2011 trainee intake. The firm sent an email to... more

• Cravath Reverses Course on Deferred Associates

  Feb 03 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore has informed law students who summered at the firm last year that some of them can start this fall, one year earlier than planned under a... more

• LSAT test-takers up by nearly 20 percent

  Nov 26 2009 In September 2009, 60,746 people took the LSAT, a jump of 20 percent from the year before. The spike in the numbers is seen as an indication that law school... more

• Even Harvard law graduates struggle as firms cut offers

  Sep 25 2009 Many students entering their final year at top law schools like Harvard and NYU, haven’t landed the full-time jobs they would normally have claimed by now, a... more

• Law students are adapting to a changing job market

  Mar 03 2009 Law School Angst: Layoffs, lost clients, fewer billable hours. It's a new world for grads, but jobs still exist. more

• UK law firms not cutting back on training contracts

  Jan 16 2009 Trainee numbers are likely to hold up at UK law firms. Many law firms were bitten in the last economic downturn when they found themselves short of lawyers as the... more