Legal News

A Tale of Two Job Markets for Law School Grads
My co-blogger Bill Henderson (Indiana) has done more than anyone I know to puncture the myth of the rosy job prospects for most law school graduates. His post on the bimodal distribution of starting salaries for the law school class...

The Economy Harms Even The Top Law Students' Prospects And I Say So What
As reported in the New York Times, the economic downturn is diminishing the prospects of even the top law students at the top schools as the job market for new law grads is the worse in 50 years...

Average Starting Salaries of Law School Grads
Average starting salaries for law school grads range from $135K to $38K in The National Jurist's recent ranking of law schools. Chicago, Duke, Michigan and Northwestern are tied for the top spot...

ASPIRE: LexisNexis Does Something to Help Law School Grads Whose Law Firm Employment Has Been Deferred
LexisNexis is offering a very accommodating program, ASPIRE, for law school grads who have accepted Associate positions at law firms, but 1) are experiencing a deferred fall 2009 start date, and 2) are taking on public interest work during their...

ABA lobbies for debt relief for unemployed law grads
Recent and soon-to-be law grads are in a tough spot: they took on a boat-load of debt to attend law school at a time when it was still a financially attractive, or at least sustainable, career move...

It's Time to Make Bar Exams "Format Neutral:" NCBE Sued for Violating ADA in Administration of the Multistate Bar Exam
The National Conference of Bar Examiners is notorious for making it difficult for law school grads with disabilities to take the Multistate exam by offering unreasonable accommodations...

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly misled residents about staff and daily care.

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Collins GA
Elementary School Children May Have Been Exposed to Asbestos

Fayette County School Board
faces sex abuse class action lawsuit