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Harvard Law School Loses No. 2 Spot in New Rankings by US News - News - ABA Journal
Yale has taken the No. 1 spot since 1990, while Harvard was No. 2 since 2007, according to U.S. News . Here are the top 10-ranked law schools: Two law schools that admitted reporting inaccurate data in the past have fallen in the rankings.Part-Time Or Full-Time Law School | Law School Podcaster
When considering law school, one of the options you will weigh is whether to pursue the degree on a part-time or full-time basis. With rising tuition and an uncertain job market, prospective law students may have an incentive to keep working at their current jobs, if they are already employed or, to find a way to finance law school with a job that allows them to attend school at night. But do part-time law students give up something that is vital to their legal education? We interviewed experts from the admissions offices and career offices at law schools with part-time JD programs to help you understand the pros and cons of each program, to learn how admissions committees evaluate part-time applicants and to learn about career prospects for part-time law students. We also hear from a part-time law student who is working while attending school about how it all fits together.
Greetings, faithful reader! If you haven't already been sent a glut of emails from your law school, which I'm sure you have, I wanted to try to condense the things you will need in the next few weeks, because I know how confusing the bar exam application process is. As always, my focus is NY/NJ but some things apply across all jurisdictions. This part is critical, because the more you can do now, the better off you will be.
Head's Up on Bar Applications
Here in Canada, a person must: 1) have a law degree that is recognized by the law society of his/her particular province, 2) pass a bar exam, and 3) work as an articling student (i.e. apprentice) or a judge's clerk for 10 to 12 months, before he/she can be licensed by the law society of his/her particular province as a barrister and solicitor of the superior-level court of his/her particular province. For example, a person (with a recognized law degree) who articles at a law firm in a city within the Province of Ontario and who passes the bar exams administered by the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) in large Ontario cities such as Toronto and Ottawa, is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and his/her name is listed in the Roll of Solicitors (a very large book) that is kept by LSUC.
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An ABA committee has approved a proposed new accreditation standard that would greatly expand the amount of graduate placement data law schools must publicly disclose to prospective students. But it wasn't easy. Committee members got into a protracted and sometimes testy debate Saturday over one provision of the proposed new standard that would require law schools to post school-specific salary information about graduates on their websites.
ABA Committee Approves New Law School Disclosure Requirements - News - ABA Journal
The LSSSE through the Part-Time Lens
The 2011 Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) was released earlier this month, although I haven't had a chance to really go through the instrument/questions yet. Their press release stated (in parts relevant to this blog): "Part‐time law students were as engaged as full‐time students in terms of class participation and preparation. They were less likely, however, to take part in important experiential activities, including pro bono work and clinics, which have been empirically linked to higher self‐reported gains in writing and speaking skills and critical and analytical thinking." I feel like this is something we all already know, but I suppose that's what these surveys are for - confirming or denying.Submit an Article - The Student Appeal Law Journal
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Life of a Part-Time Law Student
Greetings, faithful reader! If you haven't already been sent a glut of emails from your law school, which I'm sure you have, I wanted to try to condense the things you will need in the next few weeks, because I know how confusing the bar exam application process is. As always, my focus is NY/NJ but some things apply across all jurisdictions. This part is critical, because the more you can do now, the better off you will be. This pertains more to NJ than to NY.
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Later in Life Lawyers condenses the wisdom and real-life experiences of NonTradLaw members on their path through the decision to study law, applications, and attending law school as a 'nontrad' student. This is an essential read for mature students considering law school as it offers a unique perspective on the process of becoming a lawyer - the nontrad perspective to becoming a 'later in life' lawyer.