Given the gloomy economy and a lack of jobs for recent law graduates, it’s likely that more are filing for bankruptcy. But doing so offers little relief for many struggling primarily under a heavy burden of student loans, since it’s difficult or impossible for many law grads to persuade a bankruptcy court that their...
read moreMilitary spouses who are also lawyers have unique needs when forced to move frequently, and bar officials should accommodate them, according to a resolution passed unanimously on Monday by the ABA House of Delegates. Resolution 108 urges state and local bar admission authorities to offer accommodations for these lawyers that...
read moreThe ABA House of Delegates has jumped in to the debate over accommodations for students taking the Law School Admission Test. Resolution 111, which was approved by the policy-making body on Monday, urges entities that administer law school admission tests to provide appropriate accommodations for test-takers with disabilities. The...
read moreWilliam J. Baer, a partner with Arnold & Porter, was recently nominated to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division. The New York Times’ DealBook blog today notes that Baer’s law firm represented AT&T in its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, which the Justice Department successfully nixed. Baer, a former...
read moreOne of San Diego’s most recognizable lawyers is facing dozens of disciplinary charges for work he was paid for but allegedly never performed. Kerry Steigerwalt, who ran the now-defunct Pacific Law Center, is accused of violating a series of bar rules in 19 separate cases, all but two of which were bankruptcy filings, the San...
read moreStudents at top-tier law schools are securing more summer associate positions, though the job numbers still fall short of levels before the recession. Reuters collected summer hiring statistics from top-tier law schools and found: • At New York University, about 70 percent of incoming third-year law students got summer...
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