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Football player chooses law school over NFL; Denver reports 96.6% employment; New law schools move forward

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 12:00am -- admin

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Law school acceptances, after Andrew Sweat chose law school over the NFL. The former Ohio State Buckeye was a highly regarded linebacker, but was not drafted. Still, he signed with the Cleveland Browns and most scouts felt he could make the roster and earn the NFL minimum of $390,000 a year. But Sweat said recent concussions made him think twice about football, and he had been accepted to five law schools.

ABA employment data shows winners and losers

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:00am -- admin

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Transparency, after the ABA made data public that shows details on individual law school employment statistics. The data shows that 70.6 percent of all 2010 graudates were employed in long-term jobs nine months after graduation, and another 12.1 percent had short-term jobs. The schools with the highest percent of grads in permanent full-time jobs were Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Cornell and Harvard (all above 94 percent).

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Which schools hired the most grads; Paraplegic graduates

Mon, 05/07/2012 - 2:15pm -- admin

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Perseverance, after Patrick Newman, a paraplegic, graduated from Campbell Law School in Raleigh, N.C. Newman was born with no arms and has been confined to a wheelchair since he was two. He used PDF books, Word documents and voice-activated programs to help him get through law school. He hopes to practice criminal or constitutional law.

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Applicants with high LSAT scores shying away from law school

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 12:00am -- admin

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Law schools that covet  high LSAT scores, after it was revealed that the percent of law school applicants with an LSAT score in the 170 to 174 range dropped the most — by 20.7 percent, according to preliminary data compiled by LSAC. Students with an LSAT score below 140 dropped by only 4.3 percent, the lowest decline. That prompted one commentator to suggest that only the smart people got the memo about law school value.

Illegal immigrant denied bar admission; Baylor shares confidential info

Mon, 04/09/2012 - 8:49am -- admin

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Illegal immigrants, after Jose Godinez-Samperio, who graduated from Florida State University’s College of Law and passed the Florida Bar, was denied entry to the bar due to his illegal status. The 25 year-old’s parents moved into the U.S. on a travel visa when Jose was nine, and never left. Godinez-Samperio is appealing the ruling.

Stanford dean leaves on top; LaVerne accredited again

Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:39am -- admin

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Going out on top, after Stanford Law School dean Larry Kramer announced he was stepping down in September to take over the Hewlett Foundation. Stanford recently passed Harvard Law School as the second ranked school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. Kramer had overseen changes at the school which helped it improve its yield rate.

NY judge throws out class action suit; LSAT takers drops

Mon, 03/26/2012 - 3:44pm -- admin

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Unemployed law grads, after a New York judge threw out the class action lawsuit against New York Law School over misleading employment data. The judge wrote that “not every ailment afflicting society may be redressed by a lawsuit.” It was a big blow to a movement that still hopes to file suit against another 20 law schools.

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U.S. News rankings: Stanford up, Illinois down

Mon, 03/19/2012 - 12:00am -- admin

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Stanford, after the perennial #3 moved ahead of Harvard into the number one spot in U.S. News & World Report. It was only one school, but perhaps the biggest change in the 20 years of the rankings. Stanford has been remaking itself the last few years, and its yield has gone up as a result.

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Limbaugh calls law student a "slut"; Harvard best law school in world

Mon, 03/05/2012 - 6:00am -- admin

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Taking a controversial stand, after Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student who spoke at a Congressional hearing about contraception, a “slut.” Limbaugh said "she's having so much sex" that health insurance should cover her birth control. President Obama called Fluke to tell her that her parents should be proud of her for speaking out for women.

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