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14 Feb 2014, 2:20 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: Professor Alleges Law School Failed to Accommodate PTSD, by Karen Sloan: A law professor who was held captive in Rwanda for three weeks in 2010 has sued William Mitchell College of Law, claiming the school failed to accommodate the post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted from his ordeal.... [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 9:05 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: Panel Near Decision on Law Schools' Bar Exam Passage Rates, by Karen Sloan: Following years of deliberation, the panel overhauling the ABA’s law school accreditation standards is near a decision about whether to tighten the rules governing rates of bar-examination passage by graduates. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 1:52 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal, Professor Alleges Law School Violated ADA, by Karen Sloan: A longtime professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has filed suit, claiming administrators violated the Americans With Disabilities Act when they declined to accommodate his depression and Asperger’s syndrome. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 12:29 pm by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: Law Professors Give ABA an Earful on Tenure's Future, by Karen Sloan: The ABA proposal to eliminate its tenure requirement for law schools drew a hostile reception during the Association of American Law School’s annual meeting in New York over the weekend. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 2:53 pm by Brian Leiter
A useful wrap-up from Karen Sloan at The National Law Journal. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 12:53 pm by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: ABA Reconsiders Practical Skills Mandate for Law Schools, by Karen Sloan: Should law students be required to complete 15 credits of practical skills coursework before they graduate? [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 8:55 am by Raffaela Wakeman
Yesterday, President Obama met with the two “Let’s Close GTMO” envoys, Clifford Sloan and Paul Lewis. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Meyer] “Disability Groups Defend California’s LSAT Anti-Flagging Law” [Karen Sloan, NLJ] “Student Sues Kaplan For Not Providing Sign Language Interpreter” [Florida Daily Business Review] Another movie theater captioning suit [Connecticut Law Tribune] Rep. [read post]
5 Sep 2013, 12:35 pm by Paul Caron
National Law Journal, Law School Enrollment Down, But Some Programs Prosper, by Karen Sloan: Law school remains a tough sell—the number of people applying for admission nationwide plummeted by more than 12% this year, marking the third straight year of declines. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 12:23 pm by Paul Caron
, by Karen Sloan: President Obama got legal educators buzzing last month by remarking that law school should last for two years rather than the traditional three. [read post]
25 Aug 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“ABA Task Force Releases Draft of Recommendations to Reform Legal Education” [Orin Kerr] “ABA Panel Favors Dropping Law School Tenure Requirement” [Karen Sloan, NLJ] Now we’re getting somewhere, cont’d? [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 8:33 pm by Bernie Burk
  Karen Sloan of the National Law Journal provided a fair and balanced summary of the paper’s content, but concentrated on the aspects of the analysis predicting that the number of entry-level Law Jobs will remain depressed for the foreseeable future. [read post]
8 Aug 2013, 10:05 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal, Don't Blame LSAT for Dearth of Minorities, by Karen Sloan: Advocates for diversity in the legal profession have long identified the Law School Admission Test as a major barrier to black and Hispanic law school applicants because on average they score lower than do whites and Asians-Americans.... [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 12:47 pm by Fredrick Vars
Babe Howell Karen Pita Loor Karen Sanders Karena Rahall Katherine Goldwasser Kenneth Simons Kent Moston Kerry Hultquist Kevin McElroy Kimberly Bailey LaJuana Davis Larry Allred Laura Appelman Laura Oren Lauren Carasik Lawrence Marshall Linda Keller Lynne Henderson Margaret Fisher Margery Koosed Marianne Artusio Mario Machado Marjorie Cohn Marjorie Silver Martin Garvey Mary Berkheiser Mary Sue Backus Matt Henry Melinda Branscomb Meredith Duncan Michael Benza Michael Lahammer Michael… [read post]
23 May 2013, 2:54 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: Law School Offers A Second Chance for Rejected Students, by Karen Sloan: One law school is giving applicants who don't make the initial admissions cut a second chance to prove they have what it takes. [read post]
1 May 2013, 10:28 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: ABA Eyes Tighter Bar-Passage Rule for Law Schools, by Karen Sloan: The ABA's bar passage-rate requirement for law schools may soon become more straightforward but harder to meet. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 3:21 pm by Paul Caron
ABA Can't Decide, by Karen Sloan: The committee updating the ABA's law school accreditation standards hopes to wrap up its initial review by the end of 2013, but the group remains nowhere near a consensus regarding job protections for law... [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 7:06 am by Paul Caron
National Law Journal: Arizona Cuts Law School Tuition, Marking a First, by Karen Sloan: Is the era of law school tuition decreases upon us? [read post]