Karen Sloan

A testing company involved in California’s bungled February 2025 bar exam has reached a preliminary class action ​settlement with test takers who sued, according to a ‌federal court filing on Monday.

Which new law students will perform the best academically during their first semester and be the most satisfied with their lives? Those who are realistically hopeful, according to research into the way hope and optimism affect law student performance.

Ave Maria School of Law isn't making the grade when it comes to financial responsibility, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The Catholic law school was the only law school to receive failing marks on the department's latest assessment of financial responsibility for nonprofit and for-profit colleges and universities.

Three years of work by students in Yale Law School's Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic paid off in a big way last week, when a federal judge ruled that officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be sued for civil rights violations.

Law school was a hot ticket in 2026, with an 8% increase in applicants hoping to spend the next three years getting a J.D. rather than enter a lackluster post-college job market.

By Karen Sloan By Karen Sloan Aug 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education on Friday moved to strip the American Bar Association

Vanderbilt University is the new home of the Law and Neuroscience Project — a 3-year-old effort by scientists and legal scholars to understand how the brain influences the criminal justice system.

Another Christian Law School in the Works

Word spread via a postcard passed inside a Minnesota state prison in 2022: A new program would allow inmates to apply to attend law school virtually and graduate while serving time. Were any of them interested?

The American Bar Association on Tuesday officially eliminated its diversity, equity and inclusion requirement for law schools, but it’s unclear whether it will be enough to save the organization’s longtime status as the ​federal government’s recognized accreditor of U.S. law schools.