Recent UC Irvine Law graduate Cameron Sheldon wins rule of law writing competition from local bar association
PATCH LOS ANGELES — The Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA), in conjunction with the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation, hosts the 65th Annual Supreme Court Luncheon honoring the Justices of the Supreme Court of California
Read More about Recent UC Irvine Law graduate Cameron Sheldon wins rule of law writing competition from local bar associationInfographic: A look at the 2018 law graduate employment landscape
LAW.COM — Some 70% of 2018 law graduates got jobs that require passing the bar within 10 months of leaving campus. That’s according to the American Bar Association, which in May released detailed data on employment outcomes from 2018.
Read More about Infographic: A look at the 2018 law graduate employment landscapeNew study shows in-house counsel salaries are increasing
LAW.COM — In-house lawyers are bringing home fatter paychecks. The average annual salary of corporate counsel in all positions across all industries increased 4.4% from 2017 to 2018
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TAMU LAW — Texas A&M University School of Law former student, Najmu Mohseen J.D. ’19, is a recipient of the 2019 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowships in the country.
Read More about Recent Texas A&M graduate Najmu Mohseen awarded Equal Justice Works FellowshipNALP survey shows salaries for first-year associates at large law firms up over previous year
BLOOMBERG LAW — First-year salaries for law firm associates saw double-digit growth last year but many of them didn’t match the much-publicized figure of $190,000 that some make at the biggest firms, new figures show.
Read More about NALP survey shows salaries for first-year associates at large law firms up over previous yearLaw school graduate proposes fix for U.S. News rankings in new article
LAW.COM — University of Pennsylvania Law graduate Christopher Iacono’s paper is titled: Legally Unhappy: How US News and Law Schools have failed and How This Can Be Fixed, which he hopes to publish in a law review.
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UVA LAW — Kendall Burchard, who will graduate Sunday from the University of Virginia School of Law, might never have considered going to law school. There were no lawyers in her family, at least that she knew of.
Read More about Women role models inspires UVA Law graduateFlorida Bar Association survey finds 30 percent of young lawyers wouldn’t attend law school upon reflection
ABA JOURNAL — Many young lawyers in Florida are having some misgivings about their choice of a legal career or their particular field of practice.
Read More about Florida Bar Association survey finds 30 percent of young lawyers wouldn’t attend law school upon reflectionHow law graduates who fail the bar exam rebound
LAW.COM — In the latest report in a series on the high rate of bar exam failures, Law.com takes a close look at two law graduates who endured the shocking disappointment of flunking the test and how they embarked on a course to rebound.
Read More about How law graduates who fail the bar exam reboundUniversity of Tennessee Law graduate aspires to improve education for Nigerian girls
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — When a girl is born in Nigeria, the path for her life is often bleak, by American standards. Even though Nigerian law dictates that education is free and mandatory for all Nigerian boys and girls between the ages of six and 15
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