Karen Sloan

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 12, 2009 | Daily Business Review

ABA proposes law student loan relief

The American Bar Association is lobbying the Obama administration and Congress to extend relief to recent law school graduates who went into debt to finance their legal educations but haven't been

By Karen Sloan

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July 1, 2011 | Daily Business Review

More law school grads opting for careers in public interest

In 1990, Harvard Law School Dean Robert Clark made the fateful decision to fire the only career counselor devoted to helping students land public interest jobs. The move was intended to rein in c

By Karen Sloan

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April 1, 2011 | Daily Business Review

ABA proposals would change accreditation factors

• Faculty tenure • Law School Admission Test consideration • Graduate employment information • Bar passage rates • Distance

By Karen Sloan

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