I wrote yesterday about the most recent letter Senator Charles Grassley sent to the ABA seeking additional information about the organization’s oversight of law schools in regard to mounting graduate debt and poor job prospects. See my post Grassley to…
Posts Tagged ‘Law’
Welcome to the 2011-2012 Academic Year: The Law School Bubble
17
Aug
Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds on Instapundit. [JH] From: The Best Colleges
"A picture is worth a thousand words" for illustrating law grads’ corporate sector career paths in the "New Normal"
16
Aug
The caption for the image, right, in Vanessa O’Connell’s WSJ story, Cut the Law Firms, Keep the Lawyers, reads “Dargie Anderson Bowersock had expected to go to a law firm—the “traditional path”— but now works in H-P’s legal department in…
Opening: Assistant Director for Public Services (Librarian), Charlotte School of Law
16
Aug
Charlotte School of Law (CharlotteLaw) seeks applications for an experienced Assistant Director for Public Services (Librarian). This is a new position due to growth. CharlotteLaw is the first law school in North Carolina’s most populous city. Booming with economic, commercial…
11th Circuit Court of Appeals Rule Against Health Law Mandate
12
Aug
The rest of the law stays in place however. The opinion is here. This should set up a conflict in the circuits ripe for adjudication by the Supreme Court. The Sixth Circuit ruled otherwise. [MG]
Friday Fun: Law Library GPS
12
Aug
Last Friday we featured a Duke Law Library educational filmstrip found in the school’s archives. This week’s law library orientation video is a more modern version by the University of Buffalo. No mention of “hippies” in this one. [JH]
1L Orientation: Why is law school so different and why 1Ls need to work harder
12
Aug
… than they did in college? Texas Tech Assistant Dean for Academic Success Programs Amy Jarmon offers advice at What makes law school so different for many new law students? on Law School Academic Support Blog. [JH]
Opening: Business Development & Research Specialist, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
12
Aug
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, one of the Rocky Mountain region’s most prominent law firms, enjoys a strong national reputation for its corporate finance, natural resources and energy law practices, with emphasis on securities and M&A transactions, complex commercial litigation…
Providing Routine Legal Services to the "Masses" in the 21st Century, Part Two: A Prescription for Allowing Main Street-Based Services Provided by Licensed Legal Assistance Practitioners
10
Aug
“The county’s public law library can help you because … .” Usually the sentence ends with “court forms” when spoken by local court employee or “information” when spoken by a legal services staffer whose office cannot provide the services requested….
