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• Survey reveals instability in Indian legal services market

  May 17 2012 A new survey looking at the attitudes of lawyers in India has revealed significant instability in the legal services market, with just 15 per cent of lawyers saying... more

• Law deans respond to US News Law School Rankings

  Mar 15 2012 Above the Law points out, in this article, that the recently released US News Law School Rankings tend to cause considerable discomfort to the deans of any law school... more

• University of Chicago Law School publishes employment data

  Dec 17 2011 US law schools have come under fire for a failure to provide sufficient graduate employment data to prospective students. While students continue to enroll in law... more

• ABA to propose greater transparency obligations for law schools

  Nov 21 2011 The momentum behind moves for increased transparency in consumer information regarding law schools is growing, with an ABA committee working on a new accreditation... more

• Eversheds joins UK gender equality initiative

  Sep 20 2011 Eversheds has become the first law firm to sign up to a new voluntary gender reporting initiative launched by the UK Government. The ‘Think, Act, Report' initiative... more

• Bombay High Court elevates 15 lawyers to senior counsel, none of them women

  Sep 09 2011 The Bombay High Court has elevated 15 lawyers to the status of senior counsel. None of the 15 are women, and the process has come under fire on this and other bases.... more

• ABA moves to increase transparency of law school reporting on jobs

  Aug 12 2011 The American Bar Association has come under heavy criticism for failing to ensure that law schools report an accurate picture of the job prospects for graduates. Now... more

• Controversy as Indian government seeks to regulate foreign trips of Judges

  Jun 20 2011 The government of India's has stirred up controversy with a move to implement guidelines for judges who go abroad for private visits. The Delhi High Court has stayed... more

• Limited liability to be blamed for Howrey failure?

  Mar 24 2011 Most commentators say that Howrey failed as a result of a quick expansion and partner dissatisfaction arising from a combination of fluctuating profits and a lack of... more

• Law schools must commit to transparency

  Mar 10 2011 As the economic crisis wiped thousands of legal jobs from the board, law schools have attracted criticism for saddling students with debt when there is little prospect... more

• Alternative billing is an opportunity to account for value

  Feb 15 2011 The billable hour – largely the result of client demands for transparency and objectivity – has fallen from favour among many practitioners for rewarding inefficiency,... more

• Indian Supreme Court rejects claim for transparency in judicial appointments and transfers

  Nov 23 2010 The issue of information relating to the appointment and transfer of judges being made public is one again in the news. A plea filed by a RTI applicant seeking... 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

• 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

• Law School Transparency initiative faces a difficult task

  Jul 22 2010 An organization called Law School Transparency has the goal of “encouraging and facilitating the transparent flow of law school employment information.” It is an... more

• UK Cabinet Office releases salary information for public employees

  Jun 02 2010 The UK Cabinet Office has issued a list disclosing the pay packages of civil servants earning more than £150,000 as part of a new effort – on the part of the new... more