With law school enrollments nationwide declining, Cornell Law and Fordham University of Law are ramping up new programs! The growing problem facing law schools, the legal profession and ultimately the clients of lawyers was discussed recently in the article, ‘Correlation Or Coincidence?…Desperate Law Schools = Lowest Bar Exam Pass Rate In A Decade!‘. The premise […]
Interesting statistics about the future of the law profession due to the ‘collapse’ in the number of law school applications! Two articles this week from two different publications concerned the state of the profession of law from the perspective of the new crop of prospective lawyers who are applying to law schools and who will ultimately […]
For those students who took on debt to attend law school, some of the dollar amounts that they accumulated is astounding! The question ultimately then becomes whether many will be able to pay that debt back and therefore, whether the investment was a good one? Some will of course get great paying jobs and have little problem, while for […]
Not that long ago many of the ‘best and brightest’ undergraduates in college chose the path of law school as their next step towards a career! Whether drawn to the field by the desire to problem solve in the specific legal specialty of their choice, the potential to earn a good or even great living and […]
If you are currently considering becoming an attorney AND you have the undergraduate grades and scores on the LSAT’s that give you the ability to basically write your ticket to the law school of your choice, how do you choose? It’s a big country out there with a large number of law schools available that […]
This question is based on a recent study showing that in Fall 2014 enrollment in law schools has reached a 27-year low! Is this decline in law school enrollment a harbinger of the US facing a shortage of lawyers at some point in the future? And, if we do face a shortage, before you start […]
2014 New York Law Journal Reader Rankings Hallmark Abstract Service was nominated 2014 Best Title Agency! If you would like to cast a vote the link to the ballot is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014ReaderRankings. Once there, if you would like to only vote in this category, scroll through to Page 10 and the category Best Title Agency is towards […]
In a purely spiritual sense it was written that man (or woman) does not live by bread alone! But, from more of a law school perspective, while it is true that the academics and preparation for a career will come first the social aspect of a school can be extremely important as well. Why? For […]
Top 50 US Law Schools based on what are likely (or should be) the two most important results for future graduates! The Above The Law website has put together a Top 50 list of law schools that gets down to the nitty gritty criteria that should matter most to those who are applying: Success […]
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