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A new law school opening next fall in Southern California is offering a big incentive to top students who might be thinking twice about the cost of a legal education during the recession: free tuition for three years.
Northwestern University School of Law will offer an accelerated, two-year program for law degrees starting in 2009, becoming the only law school among top-tier institutions to offer both two- and three-year programs, university officials said.
A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin has been chided by the dean for participating in a "Ghetto Fabulous"-themed costume party and posting pictures from it online.
Law school takes on its detractors Hopes to mend image, merge with UMassNORTH DARTMOUTH - The law school's reputation is under siege, the morale of its faculty and students battered. Critics allege dismal bar exam passage rates and undistinguished faculty make Southern New England School of Law unworthy of affiliation with the UMass brand.
Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools This fall, law students are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search season in over 50 years. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Tina Fineberg for The New York Times
The Model State Emergency Health Powers ActIt is crucial that every American citizen google, MSEHPA regarding mandated vaccinations, criminalization of American citizens, isolating and placing Americans under quarantine; mandatory physical exams; ordering doctors to report American citizens with suspicious illness or pres …
Judge: Immigrants' rights violated in raidsFederal agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants in raids two years ago in New Haven, Conn., a federal judge has ruled.
Hillary Clinton surprises Yale graduatesSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a surprise return to her alma mater on Monday, picking up an honorary degree from Yale University 36 years after earning her law degree from the Ivy League school.
Judge's Ruling Means Casey Anthony Must Attend HearingsORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Judge Stan Strickland overruled a motion Thursday afternoon filed by Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, to keep her out of court. The judge's ruling means Casey will have to appear at a pretrial hearing Friday at 8:30am.
Law School Hires Jose Baez To Teach StudentsORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's attorney has faced plenty of criticism in the case for forgetting the judge's jurisdiction and for improperly filing court motions. Eyewitness News has now learned Jose Baez has been hired by FAMU law school to teach up-and-coming lawyers.
Actor and Obama pal Hill Harper: 'He gets it right'"CSI: NY" actor Hill Harper - Barack Obama's former Harvard Law School classmate - discusses his role as a celebrity endorser for the Democratic candidate's campaign. "I just want people to vote, mainly," he says.
Stephen Baldwin: 'McCain can bring change'Actor, author, and born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin - who Sarah Palin last week referred to as her "favorite Baldwin brother" - discusses his faith and support for John McCain.
Stephen Baldwin: 'McCain can bring change'Actor, author, and born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin - who Sarah Palin last week referred to as her "favorite Baldwin brother" - discusses his faith and support for John McCain.
Suit against God tossed over lack of addressA judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.
Suit against God tossed over lack of addressA judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.
Suit against God tossed over lack of addressA judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.
Suit against God tossed over lack of addressA judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.
Suit against God tossed over lack of addressA judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.
Obama's Years at Columbia Are a Mystery - The New York SunThe Obama campaign has refused to release his college transcript, despite an academic career that led him to Harvard Law School and, later, to a lecturing position at the University of Chicago.
Gitmo hunger striker says he was threatenedA Guantanamo prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for three years claims U.S. guards recently threatened to kill him and took his legal papers, lawyers for the Saudi said Monday.
10 Tips for Future Law Students Ten great tips for law students on how to succeed in law school.
Law Schools Growing, but Jobs Aren'tTo 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.
US Law School To Organize Bush War Crimes TrialA conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover .
Law School shuts down 'Sex Toys 101' talkThe University of Wisconsin Law School canceled an event with controversial sexual content last Wednesday, and some students are calling the action a possible First Amendment violation.
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What I Couldn't Teach Eliot Spitzer at Harvard Law School I met Eliot Spitzer during his first semester in law school, my first year teaching criminal law at Harvard. He was smart and ambitious, which certainly didn't set him apart from the rest of his classmates at Harvard.
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