Law Schools

  • The Recorder

    Hastings Names Interim Dean to Replace Wu

    By Marisa Kendall | December 23, 2015

    Law professor David Faigman said it's 'imperative' that the school improves its performance.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Bar Briefs

    By almstaff | December 23, 2015

    NJSBA members volunteer with Prisoner Reentry Program; Board of Trustees says more information is needed on Uniform Bar Exam in New Jersey.

  • National Law Journal

    Donations, Deans and Dwindling Enrollment: The Year in Law Schools

    By Staff | December 21, 2015

    Continuing declines in law school enrollment and drops in bar exam passage rates around the country made top headlines in the legal profession in 2015. But it didn't stop wealthy benefactors from donating generous sums to their pet law schools, nor did it slow the time-honored role of law schools serving as cushy landings for former headliners in public office. Here are 10 of The National Law Journal's top stories on law schools and legal education in 2015.

  • National Law Journal

    Oyez, Oyez, They Said What?! The 2015 Quotable Supreme Court

    By Mike Sacks | December 21, 2015

    U.S. Supreme Court justices have cited the prospect of being quoted out of context as one reason for their resistance to cameras in the courtroom. But who needs video when recorded audio, written transcripts and public appearances serve just as well to highlight snippets of the justices' most colorful utterances of 2015. Here's a look back from some of this year's commentary from the justices—from the bench, written rulings and from public remarks.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Law Professor Assails 'Harsh' Mandatory Minimum Laws in Award Speech

    By Tom McParland | December 17, 2015

    Leonard N. Sosnov, a Widener University Delaware Law School professor and the recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Award, assailed mandatory minimums and called on Pennsylvania to end life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in a brief acceptance speech Wednesday night.

  • National Law Journal

    Law School Enrollment Slumps 5 Percent

    By Mike Sacks | December 17, 2015

    Enrollment in the nation's law schools dropped nearly 5 percent in 2015, including a slump by 2.2 percent in first-year class sizes, according to data provided by the American Bar Association.

  • New York Law Journal

    Law Prof, Students Provide Impetus for Arson Exoneration

    By Andrew Keshner | December 17, 2015

    An investigation begun four years ago by a law professor, who tapped her students to assist in research, interviews and attempts to track down a crucial witness to a 1980 fire, culminated Wednesday in overturned arson/murder convictions for three men.

  • Delaware Law Weekly

    Delaware Law School Professor Receives Phila. Bar Award

    By Tom McParland | December 16, 2015

    Leonard N. Sosnov, a Widener University Delaware Law School professor and the recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Award, assailed mandatory minimums and called for Pennsylvania to end life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in a brief acceptance speech Wednesday night.

  • Delaware Law Weekly

    Delaware Law School Professor to Receive Phila. Bar Award

    By Tom McParland | December 15, 2015

    Longtime criminal law reform advocate Leonard N. Sosnov, a Widener University Delaware Law School professor, is set to receive the Philadelphia Bar Association Thurgood Marshall Award on Wednesday in recognition for his commitment to improving the standard of justice in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania courts.

  • Daily Report Online

    Georgia State University College of Law's New International Arbitration Center Partners With Major Arbitration Court

    By Meredith Hobbs | December 14, 2015

    The new Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation is gaining traction. One of the world's largest international arbitration courts, the…

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