Study reports on the economic impact of Tennessee’s legal industry
KNOXVILLE DAILY SUN — When we hear about economy boosts in Tennessee, we generally think of revenue generated by local businesses, by tourism, or farming. What we don’t always know is the amount of revenue generated in the legal industry.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Prospective attorneys searching for the right fit in a law school might be surprised at the rich variation they find when they delve past a school’s rank to the details.
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BLOOMBERG — Law school is absolutely essential — not for lawyers with clients, but for our society as a whole.
Read More about Opinion: Why law school remains essentialSchools respond to decline in applications by cutting class sizes, other initiatives
CRAIN’S NEW YORK — Over winter break Brooklyn Law School students can take intensive business boot camps, where they learn how to read balance sheets and income statements.
Read More about Schools respond to decline in applications by cutting class sizes, other initiativesLSU approves measure strengthening ties with its law center
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE — The LSU Board of Supervisors Friday approved a measure that will make the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center an academic unit within the university on April 1.
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NEW YORK TIMES — A new study of partners’ academic pedigrees shows that a large number of graduates who reach the top rung at a law firm do not necessarily come from the top-ranked law schools.
Read More about Law school proximity an important factor for graduates’ chances of making partnerABA launches study on how technology and innovation can expand access to legal services
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — The American Bar Association president, whose term began in August, wants to mark his year-long tenure with a major push for innovation in the legal industry.
Read More about ABA launches study on how technology and innovation can expand access to legal servicesWashington state legal technician program expands scope of paralegals
WASHINGTON POST — Michelle Cummings never went to law school. Her formal college education ended in 1998, with a paralegal studies degree from Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash. But this summer, Cummings could start taking on legal clients who need help filing for divorce or child custody. Like a fully licensed attorney, she’ll be…
Read More about Washington state legal technician program expands scope of paralegalsArizona, Iowa and New Hampshire among states evaluating value of the bar exam
NEW YORK TIMES — For decades, law school graduates have endured a stressful rite of passage, spending the first 10 weeks after classes end taking cram courses in the arcane details of the law before sitting down for the grueling, days-long bar exam.
Read More about Arizona, Iowa and New Hampshire among states evaluating value of the bar examStudy shows law professors earn more than faculty in other disciplines
KANSAS CITY STAR — There’s one area, however, in which law schools still outpace the rest of academia — how much they pay. Tenured law professors pulled in a median salary of $143,509 in 2014, more than professors in any other discipline, according to new survey data.
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