Former U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth W. Starr is leaving his post as dean of Pepperdine University Law School to become president of Baylor University, both schools announced Monday.
Starr, who has been dean of the law school for five years, made national attention when he investigated President Clinton during the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals. He also [...]
During last week’s midyear meeting, the American Bar Association House of Delegated narrowly passed Resolution 10A that would “examine” the way law schools and law firms are ranked. The ABA specifically called attention to the methodology behind U.S. News Best Law Schools and upcoming U.S. News Best Law Firms.
The resolution adopted by the ABA reads, “Resolved, that the American Bar [...]
The dean of California’s Chapman University School of Law says he is stepping down to seek the Republican nomination for state Attorney General.
To date, only one candidate, state Sen. Tom Harman is seeking the GOP nomination to succeed Democrat Jerry Brown, as the Golden State’s chief legal officer.
John Eastman, who teaches Constitutional Law, Property, Legal [...]
The University of California’s Hastings College of the Law announced Wednesday it has selected law professor Frank Wu as its new chancellor and dean.
Wu, 42, will assume his new position on July 1, 2010, and will have a salary of $350,000., He is currently teaching legal history, immigration law, business law and evidence at the [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by a Christian student organization that says a San Fransisco public law school violated its rights by denying it recognition because it holds on to Christian principles.
The justices today said they will decide next year to whether University of California’s Hastings College of Law is infringing the [...]
Liberty University School of Law announced this week a 100 percent pass rate for students who have taken the bar exams in Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Mat Staver, dean of the School of Law, said Liberty’s national pass rate in 2008 was 92 percent, with 94.4 percent in Virginia. This year the Virginia pass [...]
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be sitting in for two days on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. One of the cases she will be hearing involves an Arizona State University right-to-life group.
O’Connor will be part of a that will the case, ASU Students for Life v. Crow, which will be held [...]
In today’s economic environment cash strapped businesses seek creative ways to operate lean and bring in additional revenue – like selling naming rights.
Harvard Law School announced on its website to alumni, that they seeking “gifts in support of both its unrestricted and capital needs.”
“Named gifts may bear the donor’s name or may be named to [...]
Tennessee is getting its sixth law school, and Nashville will have its 3rd, something that part of the region hasn’t seen in nearly 100 years.
Belmont University announced on its web site that it will launch Belmont College of Law by 2011. The new law school will be competing with Vanderbilt University Law [...]
The Religious Moot Court Competition has announced that George Washington University Law School will host the 2010 National Religious Freedom Moot Court, February 5 -6, 2010.
This year’s problem deals with the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause, specifically, the problem will focus on issues “regarding the decisions of a local police department to regulate [...]
