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• Chapter 13 Class Schedule for September 2010

  Sep 13 2010 Chapter 13 Class Schedule for September 2010 Enroll at http://www.mybankruptcyschool.com September 13 - Getting Started and Pre-Qualifying Debtors September 16 -... more

• Law Minister reveals plans to revolutionize legal education: Four law schools of excellence in the works

  Oct 10 2009 The Law Minister, Veerappa Moily, revealed plans to establish four new 'law schools of excellence' as part of the Law Ministry's drive to reform legal education in... more

• Joshua Gilmore Receives Top Honor At Boyd School of Law

  May 29 2009 (Las Vegas, Nev.) Joshua P. Gilmore, a recent graduate of the William S. Boyd School of Law and law clerk at the firm of Bailey Kennedy, was recently given one of the... more

• Crisis Prompts UCLA to Reopen LL.M. Applications, Create New Program

  Apr 20 2009 The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law has announced it will reopen the application process for the 2009-2010 academic year to accept 20... more

• For Law Grads, 2007 Was a Very Good Year

  Jul 29 2008 Nearly 92 percent of 2007 law school graduates have jobs now, the highest reported figure in 20 years. And those who work at law firms are earning a median salary of... more

• U.S. News upsets law school deans with plans to revise rankings methodology

  Jul 29 2008 Many law school deans are upset about the recent announcement by U.S. News & World Report that it is seriously considering revising its law school rankings methodology... more

• Simpson Thacher Hires Pro Bono Counsel, former Columbia Dean Harlene Katzman

  Jun 12 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced the hiring of Harlene Katzman as Pro Bono Counsel, a newly created role at the firm. Ms. Katzman was previously Dean of the... more

• Berkeley dean Campbell to join Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

  Jun 10 2008 University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Dean Tom Campbell will join the Palo Alto law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as Of Counsel after his term... more

• Columbia Law School professor Simon blows the whistle on unethical lawyers

  May 31 2008 In a forthcoming Stanford Law Review article titled "The Market for Bad Legal Advice", professor William Simon aims to shame colleagues who sell their opinions for the... more

• What Law School Rankings Don't Say About Costly Choices

  Apr 16 2008 As the amount of corporate legal work has grown, the large elite law firms have bid up the starting salaries of entry-level associates in an effort to recruit a... more

• Law school donations soar as Harvard lands $48m haul

  Jan 30 2008 Top US law schools are reporting record-breaking donations that are helping to cover tuition costs, hire faculty and promote public interest programs, writes the... more

• Judge opens trial of 'Jena 6' defendant to public - CNN.com

  Nov 28 2007 JENA, Louisiana (AP) -- A judge opened legal proceedings against a black teenager who is one of "Jena Six" to the public on Wednesday. Mychal Bell was among a... more

• Pakistani chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to receive Harvard Law School 'Medal of Freedom'

  Nov 15 2007 Following last week's military crackdown in Pakistan and the detention of hundreds of lawyers, the Harvard Law School Association has decided to award Pakistani Chief... more

• Major US law schools revamp curricula

  Nov 12 2007 Many law schools around the country have recently decided to change their academic curricula. Some have changed first-year requirements, added interdisciplinary... more

• Law school contract gives donor a say in selection of new dean

  Nov 10 2007 Under terms of his contract, a major benefactor for the new University of Irvine, California, law school could have been consulted about the selection of a dean, but... more

• Indian Judge Ordered Back to Law School

  Oct 06 2007 New Delhi's High Court justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school. In an order issued... more

• Yale Law to Allow Military Recruiters

  Sep 20 2007 Yale Law School will end its policy of not working with military recruiters following a court ruling this week that jeopardized about $300 million in federal funding,... more

• University Ranking and its Discontents

  Sep 10 2007 LLM GUIDE revisits the ongoing debate over the value of law school rankings more