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Analysis: Law schools growing, but jobs aren't
Written by Admin   
Thursday, 19 June 2008 06:00
To hear many students tell it, law school is a guaranteed ticket to a well-paying career. So a recent milestone must have sounded like good news. The United States last week became the world's first nation of 200 accredited law schools, as the American Bar Association gave provisional approval to two North Carolina institutions. In other countries, it's much harder to become a lawyer. In the United States, the doors are open and getting wider. The 150,000 students enrolled in law schools last year were an all-time high. So adding more slots means even more avenues of opportunity, right?

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Ohio Law School Bar Pass Rate Feb 2008
Written by Administrator   
Monday, 12 May 2008 19:28

 

February 2008 Bar pass rates have been released in Ohio.

 

 School First Time Pass Rate Second Time Pass Rate
 Capital University 94 60
 Case Western University 75 73
 Cleveland State University 95 54
 Ohio Northern University 100 50
 Ohio State University 100 36
 University of Akron 79 45
 University of Cincinnati 100 50
 University of Dayton 73 33
 University of Toledo 77 57
   

 

 
Local honor student earns scholarship to UA law school
Written by News   
Saturday, 10 May 2008 14:27

Local honor student earns scholarship to UA law school
Green Valley News, AZ - 16 hours ago
25 at the University of Arizona Law School because just recently she learned that she’s been awarded a full Merit Scholarship for Law for three years. ...
 
Large law school class leaves with words of advice
Written by News   
Saturday, 10 May 2008 14:15

Large law school class leaves with words of advice
Grand Forks Herald, ND - 16 hours ago
“ Emilee met her husband, Jason Elbert, while attending law school at UND. They are serving together in the JAG Corps and have just signed up for another ...
 
UND law school tuition increase delayed
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 04:16

UND law school tuition increase delayed
Grand Forks Herald, ND - May 10, 2008
AP - Saturday, May 10, 2008 A University of North Dakota law school plan to dramatically raise tuition over four years will not go into effect next school ...
UND law school tuition increase delayed | KXNet.com North Dakota News KXMC
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Kunin to address law school grads
Written by News   
Friday, 09 May 2008 16:08

Kunin to address law school grads
Rutland Herald, VT - May 10, 2008
Madeline Kunin will be the keynote speaker at Vermont Law School's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 17. Kunin was first elected to the General ...
 
Judge to law school graduates
Written by News   
Friday, 09 May 2008 15:20

Judge to law school graduates: Don't take short cuts in profession
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - May 9, 2008
Lawyers are held to a higher standard of conduct and shouldn't look for short cuts in their chosen profession, said Sharion Aycock, the law school's 33rd ...
 
U.S. News Rankings Director Responds
Written by Nasir N. Pasha   
Friday, 11 April 2008 09:07


Bob Morse, director of data research at U.S. News & World Report, fielded a flurry of questions Friday about his publication's law school rankings. See the interview transcript here: Link. The answers may have been a little dissappointing, but you be the judge.

 
ABA's New Standard for Bar Passage
Written by Stacey Scorza   
Sunday, 02 March 2008 07:39

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Pressure from the U.S. Department of Education led the American Bar Association (ABA) to propose and just this month pass a new interpretation of their accreditation standard on bar passage rates. The aim of this measure is to ensure that law schools adequately prepare students to pass a bar examination.

Accreditation by the ABA is granted where a law school meets their adopted Standards and Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools. It is also referred to as ABA approval. Provisional approval by the ABA is conferred where a law school establishes that it is in substantial compliance with the Standards and it also demonstrates that the law school is on track to full compliance within three years of the provisional approval. Students and graduates of provisionally approved law schools are given the same Juris Doctorate recognition as other ABA approved law schools. In most jurisdictions, a bar applicant cannot sit for a bar exam unless they have graduated from an approved or provisionally approved law school. As of June 2007, there were eight provisionally approved law schools in the U.S.
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