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Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer at ALM. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign up for Ahead of the Curve—her weekly email update on trends and innovation in legal education—here: https://www.law.com/briefings/ahead-of-the-curve/
November 28, 2018 | Law.com
Sidley Austin pre-emptively nixed a requirement that associates and staff sign mandatory arbitration agreements. But despite a Harvard Law School group now launching a #DumpDLA campaign, DLA Piper is defending the practice.
By Karen Sloan
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November 13, 2018 | Law.com
The Pipeline Parity Project at Harvard Law School is encouraging students to bypass Kirkland & Ellis during the summer associate recruiting cycle in hopes that the firm will stop requiring employees to sign mandatory arbitration and nondisclosure agreements.
By Karen Sloan
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August 1, 2018 | Law.com
Robust Big Law hiring bolstered the entry level employment market for the law class of 2017, which saw increases in both the overall employment rate and in median and average salaries.
By Karen Sloan
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July 30, 2018 | Law.com
At the same time, the Law School Admission Council is increasing the number of LSAT test dates from six to 10 and will move to a computerized version of the exam in the spring of 2019.
By Karen Sloan
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July 17, 2018 | Law.com
The theft by an ex-employee is just the latest bad financial news for the nation's largest lawyer group, which has seen its budget shrink amid a decline in the number of dues-paying members.
By Karen Sloan
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May 22, 2018 | Law.com
Chad Klitzman juggled law school, an internship at JetBlue, and the production of "Candy Jar"—a movie he wrote about high school debaters featuring Helen Hunt and Christina Hendricks.
By Karen Sloan
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April 20, 2018 | Law.com
The class of 2017 posted gains in jobs requiring a law degree, but the number of jobs in which a law degree offers an advantage declined significantly.
By Karen Sloan
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April 18, 2018 | Law.com
Experts worry that provisions within the pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will exacerbate legal education's diversity challenges and put a J.D. out of reach of low-income students.
By Karen Sloan
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April 6, 2018 | Law.com
The percent of applicants with LSAT scores of 160 or higher is up more than 21 percent over last year, a welcome development for legal educators who have struggled to attract strong candidates in recent years.
By Karen Sloan
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February 15, 2018 | Law.com
The lawyer organization's move comes amid an $11 million budget reduction for fiscal year 2018 and a $7.7 million operating deficit in 2017.
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