At the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco, it was announced that the law school of the world’s largest Christian university has been awarded full accreditation. On Thursday, Liberty University School of Law was given the full accreditation status by the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which is [...]
Public university’s have been stepping up their push for students to accept homosexuality, regardless of religious beliefs, and in some cases failure to do so will result in forced dismissal or to complete a mandated sensitivity training program. On Monday, a federal judge ruled in favor of a university that removed a Christian graduate student [...]
With today’s economic struggles felt by many Americans, including current and would-be lawyers alike, the number of people taking the Law School Admission Test is the highest in the history of the exam, making for rigorous competition and leaving some questions as to whether there is enough work after graduation. In September, 60,746 people took [...]
As 1Ls and 2Ls are trying to figure out what they can do to get a job in the tough environment, some Law School career advisers seem just as frustrated – Boston College says why not summer classes? Above the Law got a hold of an email sent by Mike Cassidy, Law Associate Dean at [...]
Rosemary McKenna a 26-year-old graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, found two jobs hosting at restaurants to help pay the bills while she waits to start at Blank Rome in January. In the meantime she isn’t being paid a stipend to help cover the gap, but it could be worse she says. More [...]
A New York appeals court has refused a law license to an applicant who has exhibited “a pattern of inappropriate and offensive behavior,” but unfortunately has not defined the conduct. Today’s opinion says the applicant engaged in the bad behaviorgoing back to1990, “until recently.” He denied admission until he could show he has reformed, the opinion said. The court has [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives will hear some arguments Tomorrow — Wednesday, September 23rd — at as to whether student loans should be discharged through bankruptcy. The House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a hearing entitled “An Undue Hardship? Discharging Educational Debt in Bankruptcy.” Currently students loans cannot be discharged through bankruptcy [...]
Law firms are taking much longer to make job offers this year than previous year, according to a career officials, and that’s not the news law students were hoping for. Melissa Lennon, Temple University’s Beasley law school’s assistant dean for career planning told the Legal Intelligencer that the 20 firms she has been tracking in [...]
A future law student and his new bride are using their wedding video and Youtube sensation to raise money to fight domestic violence. Kevin Heinz and his wife, Jill Peterson, both 28, became a internet phenomenon with more than 17.5 million people in less than three weeks, who watched the St. Paul, Minn., couple shed the [...]