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It was a BAD week for…

TRUSTING EMPLOYEES, after a former controller at New England Law Boston stole $173,000 from the law school using his work computer, according to court documents cited by the Boston Globe.

Douglas Leman, 46, plead guilty in federal court to charges of accessing a protected computer to defraud and obtain value and making, uttering, or possessing a forged security. He went into the school’s accounting system from September 2008 to March 2011 to write up dozens of false checks that he deposited into his personal bank account, according to documents.

“Though we are dismayed that a single employee acted in bad faith, I am confident that this was an isolated incident,” wrote John O’Brien, Dean and Professor of Law, in an e-mail to New England Law’s community, adding that the  school has already improved the security of its finance systems.

Leman, a 17-year employee of the school, faces up to 10 years in prison, as well as up to three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of about $350,000, plus restitution and property forfeiture, cites the Boston Globe. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13. 

It was a GOOD week for…

EASY APPLICATION PROCESSES, after Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School became the first to launch a mobile application form for smartphones or tablets.
“We want students to be able to come to a law school forum, tour our campus, talk to us and apply immediately,” said Alan Boyer, associate dean of recruitment and marketing. “If they have to wait until they get home and turn on a computer, they may not apply.”

Students will still, however, have to mail in their transcripts, letters of recommendation and write a personal statement to John Marshall. For a limited time, students who apply via mobile device won’t have to pay the $50 application fee.

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