One in three students at the UC Berkeley School of Law are reportedly claiming to be disabled as “emotional disorders” skyrocket in general at the school. Critics say the students are gaming the system to gain an advantage in class.
The Department of Justice has ordered every U.S. law school to halt DEI admissions, which AG Pam Bondi called an “abominable practice.”
A deer broke into the University of Michigan’s law library in a scene that could have been straight out of a movie.
Some of the largest law firms in the United States have written a letter to law school deans, warning them to stop producing brainwashed antisemites if they want their graduates to get jobs at major firms.
Boston University School of Law students are being urged to seek therapy in the wake of several conservative Supreme Court decisions, including a decision striking down the use of racial preferences in university admissions.
A transgender law student who attended the prestigious Northwestern School of Law reportedly complained about his “white bitchy psychologist” as part of his application and went on to write about “dildos” and having sex with “Trumpies” in the school’s law journal.
The American branch of the International Law Association appears to have edited a description of a panel discussion after Breitbart News asked about accusations against Israel.
Cruz said, “Civil commitment laws across the country would be struck down, releasing sexual predators” if her previous views were enacted.
Senators are demanding answers from ExamSoft, an exam software company that has been widely criticized by students this year over privacy concerns and a set of bizarre rules. A student who took the bar exam using ExamSoft’s technology told reporters in October that he was forced to urinate in his pants due to the platform’s prohibition against bathroom breaks.
Black students at George Washington University’s School of Law are demanding access to a course by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas traditionally teaches one constitutional law course at the university each year with enrollment for the popular class chosen by lottery.
The Florida Board of Bar Examiners announced on Friday that it has replaced its scheduled July bar examination for recent law school graduates with an online examination that will take place in August. Other states, including Oregon, Utah, and Washington, have already canceled the bar exam entirely.
“Congratulations to my daughter, Tiffany, on graduating from Georgetown Law,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Great student, great school. Just what I need is a lawyer in the family. Proud of you Tiff!”
A professor at Wake Forest Law School was chastised by the school’s dean after he read a case footnote that contained the N-word during a classroom discussion of the famous First Amendment case, Brandenburg v. Ohio.
Law schools around the country are working to delay the summer hiring process to protect students from the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Administrators from top law school programs are working with large law firms this week to adjust the traditional hiring timeline.
Two professors at the Emory University School of Law have been accused of using racial slurs in the classroom.
Students at George Mason University (GMU) are demanding that the school terminate its three-year contract with Justice Brett Kavanaugh to teach as a distinguished visiting law professor at GMU’s Antonin Scalia Law School.
The American Bar Association decided last week to reject a plan to toughen law school standards.
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit from a student who sued several law schools after they rejected him for refusing to take the LSAT legal entrance exam.
William & Mary Law School apologized this week after a donor defended Brett Kavanaugh and condemned Colin Kaepernick during a speech on campus.
Law students around the country are skipping class this week to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
New reports this week revealed a pending lawsuit against two top law reviews over their alleged discrimination against white and male candidates.
A new study by attorney James C. Phillips suggests that top American law schools prefer to hire liberals over conservatives.
Four professors at the City University of New York are requesting clarity from administrators on the school’s free speech policies after a group of CUNY law students derailed a guest lecture at the end of March.
Students at the City University of New York School of Law explained this week why they shouted: “fuck the law” during a guest lecture on their campus at the end of March.
A new column by Andrew Kelman for Quillette analyzes the critical legal theory movement that has taken American law schools by storm over the past several years. But what kind of threat does it pose to the American legal tradition? And what exactly is it?
Professor Amy Wax of the University of Pennsylvania Law School claims that a controversial op-ed she penned for a local paper last August ruined her progressive colleague’s summer break.
After publicly addressing liberal taboos and free speech on American college campuses, a University of Pennsylvania Law School professor received a condemnatory “open letter” signed by 33 of her colleagues denouncing her views.
The success rate for prospective lawyers that took the California Bar Exam this July slid to just 43 percent receiving a passing score on the 2016 test.
Law students at Oxford University, one of the world’s leading law schools, are being warned before lectures on violent subject matter that they can leave if they find the content too “distressing.”
A large number of faculty and law professors at American University’s Washington College of Law are claiming that the phrase “All Lives Matter” is an “act of intolerance.”
ARLINGTON, Virginia — George Mason University School of Law, a top-tier law school known for a faculty that includes conservatives as well as liberals, announced that it is being named the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University.
A former student of San Diego’s Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) whose wife is dying of cancer is suing the school for misrepresenting its postgraduation employment figures, leaving him driving an Uber to support his family.
A bill has been filed in the Texas State Legislature that would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Board of Law Examiners to study online law schools, and the licensing of lawyers who obtain degrees online or through correspondence schools. It would also mandate a study of the licensing of attorneys in this state who become licensed in other states through apprenticeship programs.
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law ranked 15th among law schools rated by U.S. News and World Report in their 2016 Best Law Schools. The UT School of Law was also the top ranked law school in Texas. A number of other Texas law schools were also included in the top tier. Yale University ranked highest, and Harvard University and Stanford University tied for second.
The former dean of the South Methodist Law School (SMU), John Attanasio, 60, was arrested early Sunday morning, February 1, on prostitution charges. Currently, he serves as Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law and he is a Professor of Law.
