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ALA Launches E-Content Blog: Taking a criticial look at the ongoing discussion about electronic content

11 Oct

ALA has launched E-Content, a blog to provide “information on e-books, e-readers, e-journals, databases, digital libraries, digital repositories, and other e-content issues. The blog complements the new section on e-content that appears in the weekly e-newsletter American Libraries Direct (free…

 
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Posted in Library Associations, New Publications, Web Communications

 

Senator Boxer Calls Out ABA On Jobs Data And Scholarships

10 Oct

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) sent a letter to the American Bar Association last Thursday asking the organization take steps to protect law student consumers. She is “disappointed” to learn that the ABA is not requiring law schools to report the…

 
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Posted in Law School News & Views

 

"Satisfaction within the midlevel ranks has fallen to its lowest level since 2004"

02 Sep

That’s the subtitle of The American Lawyer’s overview article about AmLaw’s 2011 The Associates Survey. What the hell are they whinning about, at least they have jobs. Oh, I know why. [JH]

 
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The ABA’s Latest Response To Senator Grassley

30 Aug

The American Bar Association, or more specifically, the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, responded to Senator Charles Grassley’s letter of August 9th, which was a response to the Section’s July 21st response to the Senator’s original…

 
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Posted in Law School News & Views

 

Location, Location, Location: Feeder Law Schools for BigLaw Associate Hiring and Promotion to Partnership

12 Aug

Two B-school profs, Paul Oyer and Scott Schaefer, have published the results of their study at American BigLaw Lawyers and the Schools that Produce Them: A Profile and Rankings: We profile the lawyers that work at the largest 300 American…

 
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Posted in Info - Antics or Metrics?, Law Firm News and Views, Law School News & Views, Scholarship

 

ABA Grants Full Accreditation to Two Schools

08 Aug

One of the outcomes of the American Bar Association meeting held in Toronto last week is the the full accreditation of two law schools. Drexel’s Earle Mack School of Law in Philadelphia and the Charleston School of Law in Charleston,…

 
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NYSBA Asks ABA To Consider More Law Student Skills Training

05 Aug

The New York Law Journal is reporting on a draft resolution presented to the American Bar Association by the New York State Bar Association that asks the ABA to consider changes to law school education requirements that would make graduates…

 
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ABA Responds To Senator Grassley

21 Jul

I wrote a post one week ago, Senator Asks ABA Questions About Scholarships and Debt, commenting on letter sent by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to the American Bar Association. He asked questions on scholarships, debt loads for students, default rates,…

 
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Senator Asks ABA Questions About Scholarships and Debt

14 Jul

Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent the American Bar Association President Stephen N. Zack a stinging letter asking 31 pointed questions about its accreditation process. He specifically asks the ABA if it keeps statistics on the the number of…

 
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American Lawyer’s 2011 Ranking of "Elite" Law Firms

05 Jul

Am Law’s 2011 A-List has been released. Of course the complete rankings of law firms American Lawyer has deemed to achieve elite status over the last 12 months are behind a paywall. However, you can get a glimpse at the…

 
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Posted in Law Firm News and Views, New Publications

 
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