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• Hastings College of Law cuts admissions

  May 08 2012 The University of California Hastings College of Law has decided to admit 20% less students this year, as part of an effort to shift legal education to better respond... more

• 15.6% drop in number of applicants for US law schools

  Apr 11 2012 There has been a 15.6 per cent drop in the number of students applying for admission to US law schools this year, with the total pool of applicants numbering about... more

• Slaughter and May launches diversity initiative for boys only

  Mar 09 2012 Slaughter and May has announced the launch of a new diversity initiative which focuses on a local state school in an attempt to motivate and encourage bright students... more

• US law schools seek the edge by pushing firms to recruit earlier

  Aug 12 2011 Law schools have been putting pressure on US law firms to begin recruitment in August, months ahead of the regular schedule, in order to give the edge to their... more

• CLAT 2011 Results: Technical Snags, Futile Scores; Students impatient

  May 31 2011 On May 28, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. approximately 24,000 eagerly awaited law-aspirants logged on to the website of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) with expectations to... more

• Cambridge University tops UK law school rankings

  May 26 2011 The Guardian’s annual rankings for British law faculties have put Cambridge University at the top of the list with a score of 100/100 pushing Oxford into second place... more

• Lawyer oversupply: 16% drop in UK training contracts

  Apr 06 2011 The Law Society in the UK has reported a 16 per cent drop in the number of available training contracts last year, confirming the impresseion that there is an... more

• UK College of Law admits students with poor grades

  Mar 22 2011 The director of business development at the College of Law i the UK, Sarah Hutchinson, has said that 68.4 per cent of students earned a first or upper second class... more

• Law school application numbers drop

  Mar 18 2011 Law school application numbers are finally beginning to reflect the poor job prospects for graduates, dropping 11.5 per cent to 66,876 over the past year. The Law... 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

• UK College of Law offers a law degree at a high price

  Feb 03 2011 The College of Law in the UK has announced that it will offer a law degree. The dgree will take just two years to complete, and will carry fees of £18,000 - nearly... more

• NALSAR call for papers on Intellectual Property Law

  Jan 25 2011 The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad’s (NALSAR) student run journal and is wholly... more

• Are US law schools cooking the books?

  Jan 13 2011 The New York Times has published an article that describes the financial hell faced by US students who have taken on huge student loans to pay for legal education,... more

• All India Bar Exam Update: practice rights may be given subject to passing the exam

  Nov 16 2010 The All India Bar Exam (AIBE) saga has taken on another twist. The Bar Council of India (BCI) in its last meeting has pushed the AIBE by 3 months to be held during... more

• AIBE Exclusive: Bar Exam delayed by 3 months

  Nov 15 2010 The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) has been further postponed by 3 months. The new date for the exam is yet to be disclosed. The exam will no longer be conducted on... 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

• Greater transparency from US law schools?

  Oct 21 2010 There is mounting pressure upon US law schools to publish data describing how many of their graduates secure employment, and under what conditions. Some claim that law... more

• Overwhelmed – hang in there! Law school is a marathon, not a 100-meter dash

  Jul 27 2010 It is again that time of the year where fresh batch of bright young minds are just starting their law school life. more

• Legal Services Clinic-Law students giving back to the community

  Jun 08 2010 “You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give”.-Winston Churchill. Bar & Bench takes a look at the lawyers who look out for people who fell... more

• NLU results out, LST students get Top Honours

  May 18 2010 The results for the National Law University, Delhi (NLU) entrance examination were declared yesterday with nine of the top ten students from Career Launcher’s Law... more

• Calling all students: NLIU, Bhopal launches law review; Jharkhand gets NLU

  May 07 2010 Law students and aspiring law candidates have a lot to look forward to this academic year. The institution of the new National University of Study and Research in Law... more

• NALSAR to implement 20% AP Quota from this year

  Apr 23 2010 Nalsar will have to provide 20 percent quota for Andhra Pradesh students as per the Government ordinance 3 of 2010. Bar & Bench had first reported in February,2010... more

• Almost 1/3 of Law Students Expect to Graduate with $120K Debt

  Jan 08 2010 The percentage of law students expecting to graduate with more than $120,000 in student debt is continuing its upward climb. more

• Harvard Law tells students: Don’t panic!

  Jul 16 2009 Harvard Law students preparing to enter their second- and third-year this fall remain concerned, but not discouraged, Mark Weber, the school’s assistant dean for... more

• Eight Chinese students win Jones Day Fellowship award

  Jun 23 2009 Eight law students from Beijing-based universities including Peking and Tsinghua were honored with the 2009 Jones Day International Legal Fellowship awards. They... more

• Singapore lures overseas-trained lawyers back home

  Feb 13 2009 In a move to attract overseas-trained Singapore lawyers to come back and practise law at home, the Singapore Law Ministry will abolish the one-year-long Diploma in... more

• UCL hold on to glory at Dechert quiz

  Dec 12 2008 University College London students fought off stiff competition at the Dechert annual quiz to emerge victorious for the second year in a row. The London School of... more

• Beef eating contest at Proskauer Rose

  Aug 19 2008 According to abovethelaw, at a party organised by Proskauer in Boston two summer associates said they would accept their offers only if two associates could finish the... more

• Record numbers of first or upper second class LLB students in UK

  Jun 18 2008 The number of law students graduating with first or upper second class degrees has rocketed by over 100 per cent during the last 20 years, according to a new survey... more

• Freshfields offers German students UK/US opportunity

  Jun 01 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched an initiative to send German LLM students to the UK and US as part of their training. Students can apply for a €5,000... more

• Herbies and the Times launch law student competition on diversity

  May 16 2008 City firm Herbert Smith has teamed up with the Times to launch an advocacy competition on the issue of diversity for all UK law students. The challenge is to... more

• A&O students in summer jetset

  Apr 16 2008 A handful of students on a work placement at Allen & Overy will be jetting around the world as part of its summer scheme. The magic circle giant will be spreading 11... more