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Dogs Provide Therapy for Stressed-Out Law Students

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:09:19 CDT

Students cramming in the library at Emory Law School this week are getting some unusual stress relief. Therapy dogs were dispatched to lower the blood pressure of students studying for finals, reports WXIA in Atlanta . Stressed-out students "get relief by petting a dog, loving on a dog, and thinking of...

Judge to Unhappy Law School Grads: Tough Luck

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:49:05 CDT

Judge Melvin L. Schweitzer yesterday tossed out a lawsuit brought by nine law school grads unhappy with their job prospects , citing his opinion that "not every ailment afflicting society may be redressed by a lawsuit." The New York Supreme Court judge, while sympathetic to the New York Law School alums,...

Law School's Popularity Dropping?

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:11:05 CDT

Apparently college graduates got the memo that going to law school won't guarantee them a job , but will guarantee them massive debt: The number of Law School Admission Tests administered over the past school year was down by more than 16%, the Law School Admission Council reports. That's the biggest...

Law School Duped Us About Job Prospects: Alumni Suit

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:51:05 CDT

Apparently suing your law school is a new trend: Another lawsuit has been filed, this time by a group of graduates unhappy with their alma mater. New York Law School dupes students into enrolling by claiming that "the overwhelming majority of its students—90% to 95%— secure employment within nine...

Woman Finishes Bar Exam ... in Labor

Sarah Whitmire — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:28:55 CDT

A recent Northwestern law school graduate was a little distracted as she completed the second and final day of the Illinois bar exam last Wednesday … by the very impending arrival of her newborn son, the Chicago Tribune reports. Elana Nightingale Dawson says the contractions began during the three-hour afternoon...

Lawyers Suiting Up for Low-Paying Contract Work

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:42:05 CDT

The economic downturn has left an ever-growing group of law school graduates with one question: Where is the fancy, high-paying job to go with my pricey degree? As companies in virtually every industry look to cut costs, the legal community is far from immune, reports the Wall Street Journal . Businesses...

Law School Grad Can't Find Job, Sues College for $50M

Tim Karan — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:36:17 CDT

At least she's found some use for her education. A 2008 graduate of San Diego's Thomas Jefferson School of Law is suing her alma mater for $50 million because she hasn't secured a full-time job as an attorney. She alleges the college falsified its post-graduate employment statistics, reports 760 KFMB-AM...

Kids, Law School May Be a 'Ruinous' Investment

John Johnson — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:16:52 CDT

The lousy economy has lots of new college grads moving back in with the folks and heading to law school to wait out the job market. Very bad idea, writes Elie Mystal at the AbovetheLaw blog . "You know what’s worse than walking around with a bunch of college debt and...

Law Schools Making Too Many Lawyers

Kevin Spak — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:54:59 CDT

Recent law school grads are having a tough time finding a job, and there’s a very good reason for that: the recession drove tons of people into law school. Between 2007 and 2009, the number of people who took the LSAT shot up 20.5%, Slate reports, as students decided...