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Podcast: Interview with NALP Executive Director Jim Leipold on law firm hiring

March 18, 2019

LAW.COM — In this week’s podcast, we hear from Law.com legal education editor Karen Sloan about some surprises in this year’s report, which includes the top 50 law schools with the biggest percentage of 2018 J.D. graduates who took first-year associate jobs at major law firms.

Law firms offer jobs to summer associates at highest rate

March 18, 2019

ABA JOURNAL — Law firms offered jobs to nearly 97 percent of associates coming out of summer programs last year, a historic high, according to the National Association for Law Placement. Eighty-eight percent of those associates accepted their offers, which was also a high, NALP said in a press release and report.

Dayton Law alumnus finds a purpose in public education

March 11, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON — Dayton Law alumnus Mohamed Al-Hamdani (JD ’13) reflects on his career trajectory from a refugee in war-torn Iraq to law school. Al-Hamdani is the Chief Legal Deputy for the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts and recently elected member of the Dayton Public School Board.

Law graduates report difficulty in utilizing federal public service loan forgiveness

March 4, 2019

ABA JOURNAL — Established in 2007, the PSLF Program allows people with federally backed loans to work for a qualifying government or nonprofit public service organization while making payments under one of four federal qualified repayment programs for 120 months.

Public service attorneys win victory in Department of Education loan forgiveness lawsuit

March 4, 2019

LAW.COM — Some federal loan borrowers who were denied access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could get a second chance to see their educational debt erased thanks to a closely watched lawsuit brought by the American Bar Association and several of its employees.

Law.com legal education newsletter examines public service loan forgiveness court ruling

March 4, 2019

LAW.COM — We got some interesting news out of federal district court in D.C. on Friday pertaining to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Judge Timothy Kelly ruled in favor of three plaintiffs—public service lawyers—who were initially told their jobs qualified for forgiveness,

Capitol University Law graduate passes three state bar exams within one year after law school

March 1, 2019

CAPITOL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Capitol University Law graduate Alicia Walters ’16 received a “triple crown” bar pass in 20167-217. She passed the passed the Ohio Bar Exam (July 2016), the West Virginia Bar exam (February 2017), and the Kentucky Bar exam (July 2017). Alicia lives and works in Ironton, Ohio, which is located on the…

FIU Law Professor Scott Norberg discusses Journal of Legal Education article on law graduate employment and ABA standards

February 25, 2019

LAW.COM — The American Bar Association has long maintained accreditation rules governing law school admission and bar passage rates, but none of those regulations directly addresses law graduate employment.

University of Akron Law graduates father and daughter together in December 2018

February 19, 2019

AKRON LEGAL NEWS — Two recent graduates of The University of Akron School of Law are giving new meaning to the phrase “following in your parents’ footsteps.” Father and daughter Tim and Sarah Smith graduated from Akron Law last December after spending their entire time in law school together.

California Bar seeks to improve inclusion for LGBT lawyers

February 19, 2019

LAW.COM — California’s state bar has added some probing new questions to a survey of its licensees in an attempt to fulfill its mission of supporting “greater access to, and inclusion in, the legal system.”