Category Archives for Law Profession in Crisis

As expected, ABA surrenders to law schools on graduate jobs data reporting

December 5, 2011
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5 December 2011 — It was a lovely press release: “The is fully committed to clarity and accuracy of law school placement data. As a result of these changes, future law

December 4th: ABA votes on accreditation of law schools outside the U.S.

30 November 2010 — As we previously reported (but which we reluctantly have not continually followed) over the summer an ABA committee recommended that the ABA consider the accreditation of

Which law schools produce the most employable lawyers?

November 13, 2010
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Vault Career Services has launched its “2011 Vault Law School Ranking Survey”. The purpose of this survey is simple: to determine which law schools produce the most employable lawyers.

A Case of Supply v. Demand: Law schools are manufacturing more lawyers than America needs

October 29, 2010
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29 October 2010 — There is an excellent piece in Slate on the issue that demand for lawyers has fallen off a cliff, both due to the short-term crisis of the recession and long-term changes to

ABA May Join Push for Law School Transparency

October 19, 2010
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19 October 2010 — According to a story in today’s National Law Journal, the American Bar Association is considering requiring law schools to disclose cost and employment statistics to all

Law School as an Investment

November 14, 2009
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14 November 2009 This past Thursday the New York Times profiled a new research paper entitled Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be…Lawyers that said “Law school is a bad investment”. The

Tragic News From Simpson Thacher

May 5, 2009
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Last Thursday, Mark Levy, a Kilpatrick Stockton attorney who had been laid off, tragically committed suicide at the firm’s office. Sadly, we have more disturbing news to report today. Above

Want to wait out the recession? Hide in law school

March 20, 2009
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The job market for lawyers, hit hard by the recession, seems to reach new lows every day. But that has not done much to discourage the thousands who are lining up to become the next generation of attorneys. In

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