By Amanda Bronstad | December 20, 2022
The verdict, announced on Tuesday, the latest to award damages to parents, teachers and children who suffered brain damage after being exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at their school in Monroe, Washington.
By Christine Charnosky | December 20, 2022
"This will allow us to strengthen our already outstanding criminal justice faculty, which are widely regarded as among the very best in the country," Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper distinguished professor of law, said in a statement. "Barry Tarlow was an eminent criminal defense attorney, and I am thrilled that we will honor his legacy by having a permanent chair named in his memory."
By Christine Charnosky | December 9, 2022
The University of Virginia School of Law is the last of the T14 law schools to announce that it will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report education rankings, joining 11 other T14s (and 15 law schools in total) that have also pulled out.
By Mason Lawlor | December 2, 2022
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has tossed a motion to dismiss claims of fraud and civil rights violations against Walden University in a class action alleging the school misled students about the length of its doctorate program and its cost, overcharging enrolled members by more than $28.5 million.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 30, 2022
One student during a Q&A session questioned if the judges' boycott might actually harm open debate at Yale.
By Christine Charnosky | November 29, 2022
UC Davis Law Dean Kevin R. Johnson cited "major flaws" with the rankings, adding that law schools have made a good-faith effort to work with U.S. News on improvements, but "U.S. News has failed to meaningfully change the rankings methodology."
By Christine Charnosky | November 22, 2022
"[W]e believe that the U.S. News law school rankings" have become detrimental to legal education since "the rankings rely on flawed survey techniques and opaque and arbitrary formulas, lacking the transparency needed to help applicants make truly informed decisions," Dean Kerry Abrams told the Duke Law community Monday.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 21, 2022
Ahead of the trial, Harvard opposed publicly disclosing many details of the school's admissions process.
By Zack Needles | November 18, 2022
The Georgetown University Law Center announced Friday that it will cease participating in the U.S. News & World Report education rankings, becoming the fourth law school to do so this week.
By Christine Charnosky | November 17, 2022
Observers remain split on whether these moves will inflict any lasting damage on the highly influential publication.
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