Suffolk Law students successfully defend start up against corporation in trademark case
BOST INNO – Instead of backing down like many other small businesses have in the past, NautiGirl chose to fight and came out victorious. Its secret weapon for defeating the famous brand was Suffolk University Law School’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic.
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THE WASHINGTON POST – There are enormous differences from state to state in college costs for two- and four-year colleges, for out-of-state-student tuition, grant aid and other variables, Sandy Baum and Martha Johnson of the Urban Institute report — and those have been changing in recent years.
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ABA JOURNAL – “Writing at Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, Seton Hall University law professor Michael Simkovic says loans to law students are among the most profitable in the federal government’s student loan portfolio. That’s because the students pay higher interest rates while maintaining a low default rate.”
Read More about Law professor: Law students less likely to default on student loansChicago Law launches clinic to assist startup entrepreneurs at the Chicago Innovation Exchange
CHICAGO INNO – University of Chicago’s law school, the Chicago Innovation Exchange, and West Coast law firm Perkins Coie are teaming up to give legal assistance to CIE businesses and get law students experience in the startup field.
Read More about Chicago Law launches clinic to assist startup entrepreneurs at the Chicago Innovation ExchangeOpinion: Law schools should be admitting a range of applicants
THE POST AND COURIER – “[L]aw school isn’t just about preparing students to pass the bar or making professional lawyers of them. The education that my colleagues all over the country and I try to offer has broader benefits: We teach (I hope) rigorous thinking, strategic analysis and a distinct approach to identifying structures of…
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THE WASHINGTON POST – The soaring college prices and heavy borrowing that became commonplace during the recession is coming to an end, the College Board said Wednesday, as increases in tuition and fees continue to slow down.
Read More about Report: Soaring college prices may be on the declineVillanova Law receives gift to establish center on the intersection of law and religion
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW – Another Villanova University alum has made a sizable gift to create a new law school academic center, this one focused on the intersection of law and religion.
Read More about Villanova Law receives gift to establish center on the intersection of law and religionAging firms face generational divide with rising associates
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Rising associates in the millennial generation, worried about the future, are pushing up against the current law firm leaders, who are almost uniformly older men intent on staying for a few more years to top off very successful careers.
Read More about Aging firms face generational divide with rising associatesLaw school leaders discuss report on student qualifications
CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN – The report by Law School Transparency shows how law schools since 2010 have increasingly admitted students who score lower than 150 on the Law School Admissions Test. Schools with a large population of such students were labeled “serious risks” by the report.
Read More about Law school leaders discuss report on student qualificationsU.S. Department of Education takes an in-depth look at college accreditation
THE WASHINGTON POST – The political scrutiny intensified for accreditation agencies with the Obama administration announcing a series of executive actions to reform the gatekeepers that stand between colleges and billions of dollars in federal financial aid.
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