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By Lloyd Dunkelberger | July 17, 2017
Meeting with college students and recent graduates dealing with the burden of student debt, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson outlined legislation that would cap rates on federal undergraduate loans at 4 percent and allow the refinancing of older loans at lower rates.
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By KAREN SLOAN | July 17, 2017
Lawyer Serranus Clinton Hastings made his fortune during the California Gold Rush and served as the first chief justice of the state's Supreme Court before giving $100,000—supposedly in gold coins—to establish the University of California's first law school in 1878.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 14, 2017
President Donald Trump in court papers has accused a lawyer and nearly two dozen law professors of lodging "inflammatory, gratuitous, and untested facts and assertions" in their objections over his $25 million Trump University settlement.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Hearing officer correctly denied the school district's motion to enforce a waiver agreement between student's parents and the district because the hearing officer correctly found that he lacked the authority to enforce such agreements. Affirmed.
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By KAREN SLOAN | July 13, 2017
The hoped-for law school “Trump Bump” might actually have legs.The number of people who took the Law School Admission Test in June climbed nearly 20 percent over last year—the largest percentage increase for any individual LSAT administration since September 2009. (Legal education observers will remember that the 2010-11 academic year was the high-water mark for national law school enrollment before a steady, six-year decline.)
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By Brandon Larrabee | July 6, 2017
The Broward County School Board voted to move ahead with legal action against a sweeping new education law, an initial step toward a court clash over one of the legislative session's most controversial bills.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Respondent's Actions Make Claims 'Ring Hollow;' Termination Without Hearing Arbitrary
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By Cogan Schneier | July 6, 2017
A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to stop the Trump administration's rollback of an Obama-era regulation intended to protect student loan borrowers.
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By David J. Berney and Morgen Black-Smith | July 3, 2017
M.M. grew up in an inner-city neighborhood in Boston. While in utero, M.M. experienced fetal distress while exposed to crack cocaine. As an adolescent, his mother was repeatedly incarcerated due to drug use. Because M.M. never knew his father, he transitioned in and out of foster homes, and at times, found himself homeless.
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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 30, 2017
9th Cir.; 13-16259 The court of appeals reversed a judgment. The court held that tribal courts had jurisdiction over employment disputes involving Arizona…
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