By Marisa Kendall | December 23, 2015
Law professor David Faigman said it's 'imperative' that the school improves its performance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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