Enrollment of first-year students at U.S. law schools this academic year fell 11 percent.

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American Bar Association President James Silkenat suggested that Obama may not have meant law schools should go to two-year programs, but that maybe they should only charge like two-year programs?

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Nationally, applications to American Bar Association-approved schools were down nearly 18 percent this year.

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What’s in the air is the idea that the U.S. can’t afford the old three-year curriculum with its elective courses and interdisciplinary focus.

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Many new partners at law firms in Missouri have at least this much in common: A degree from one of the state’s four law schools.

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A $1 million gift will provide scholarships to outstanding law students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the law school announced today. The gift by Dr. Mary Davidson Cohen creates the Davidson Scholars Program. It honors her father, Julian Klein ...

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There’s something slightly countercultural about the notion of alternative careers in the law. It would appear that people who choose such a path could be part of a neo-hippie group working to subvert the buttoned-down, corporate model of the traditional ...

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Harvard University’s law school will stop offering free third-year tuition to students who go into public service after graduation because of endowment losses. Harvard Law School, in Cambridge, Mass., will restructure the program, called the Public Service Initiative, and focus ...

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Call it the desperation index. It gives a sense of the job market by measuring how desperate law firms think job hunters are. And that is desperate indeed, judging by some jobs listed recently.

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Saint Louis University School of Law’s two moot court teams placed first and second in a regional competition over the weekend. But, due to competition rules, only one team will be allowed to participate in the National Moot Court Competition. ...

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A recent federal report on the rising cost of law school placed part of the blame on the glossy magazine rankings that appear on newsstands each April. U.S. News & World Report, which publishes the rankings, claimed the October report ...

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