News on Law Schools

Judge OKs blind grad's computer use for bar exam

2010-02-22T13:27:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Judge says officials wrong to prohibit blind UCLA grad's use of computer during state bar exam</div><div><p>A federal judge says a blind law school graduate can use a computer during the multiple-choice portion of the California bar exam, a test all must pass to practi...

Judging The Music

2009-12-28T02:30:19Z

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, pianist Linda Echegaray, 31, a third year law student at Pepperdine University, takes a break on her piano bench, during a rehearsal of the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic at the Yahoo. Just click on my profile. - I can. e-mail me with.

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Religion Today

2009-09-02T11:17:44Z

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 in Chicago, Loyola law student Mona Elgindy poses in the law library. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Education Path For A Criminal Lawyer

2010-02-26T03:25:16Z

The legal system plays a fundamental role in protecting the rights of individuals. Working in the legal profession is often viewed as a lucrative and rewarding career. There are many areas that a layer can specialize in. One area that is both challenging and lucrative is criminal law. A criminal lawyer has the opportunity to work in legal defense, prosecution, and even pursue a career as a trial judge.<br><br>Criminal lawyers, or criminal attorneys, advise and repr...

Law school gets more selective

2010-02-26T18:47:56Z

<div><p> When it was established in 1998, UNLVÕs Boyd School of Law was fast out of the gate. It earned American Bar Association accreditation in four years — quicker than any other law school — and was ranked among the top 100 law schools in the country two years later. The jockey, trainer and owner during t...

Martha Minow chosen as Harvard Law School dean

2010-02-26T22:17:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Human rights scholar Martha Minow to replace Elena Kagan as Harvard Law dean</div><div><p>A human rights scholar and Harvard Law School faculty member since 1981 has been named the school's new dean.</p><p>Martha Minow'...

A look at potential Obama nominees to high court

2010-02-27T17:12:35Z

<div id="subtitle">A look at some potential Obama nominees to the Supreme Court</div><div><p>Court watchers think President Barack Obama will choose a woman for his first nomination to the Supreme Court, where only one of nine seats is held by a female — Justice UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, professor Raquel Aldana said Nevada law prohibits foreign-born lawyers from taking the bar exam and practicing law without attending an accredited American law school. In fact, according to the W.R. Grace environmental trial</div><div><p>A cadre of journalism and law students from the University of Montana is providing a virtual window on what many are calling the most extensive environmental criminal trial in University of Virginia, come on down! </p> <p>Bob Barker, longtime host of "The Price is Right," has given the School of Law $1 million to create an animal law program. </p> <p>The endowment was ...

Barker grant aids U.Va. animal law program

2010-03-02T21:45:11Z

<div><p>With a $1 million gift from television personality Bob Barker, the University of Virginia will establish an animal law program at its law school. <p>Dean Paul Mahoney said Barker's gift will allow the law school to expand its curriculum in "this important and rapidl...

The California Bar Exam Study Techniques

2010-03-05T11:00:49Z

No bar exam is easy. The California bar exam is no exception. More so than in any other jurisdiction in North America, however, the California exam is not only a test of mental stamina, but a test of physical and emotional endurance as well. Some applicants pass on their first attempt. Others take the exam several times before their names finally appear in the