Recent UC Irvine Law graduate Cameron Sheldon wins rule of law writing competition from local bar association

June 12, 2019

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

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Infographic: A look at the 2018 law graduate employment landscape

June 12, 2019

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.

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New study shows in-house counsel salaries are increasing

June 3, 2019

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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Recent Texas A&M graduate Najmu Mohseen awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowship

May 28, 2019

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.

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NALP survey shows salaries for first-year associates at large law firms up over previous year

May 28, 2019

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.

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Law school graduate proposes fix for U.S. News rankings in new article

May 28, 2019

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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Women role models inspires UVA Law graduate

May 20, 2019

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.

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Florida Bar Association survey finds 30 percent of young lawyers wouldn’t attend law school upon reflection

May 13, 2019

ABA JOURNAL — Many young lawyers in Florida are having some misgivings about their choice of a legal career or their particular field of practice.

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How law graduates who fail the bar exam rebound

May 13, 2019

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.

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University of Tennessee Law graduate aspires to improve education for Nigerian girls

May 13, 2019

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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