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The decision by the University of Maryland’s law school to change its name in exchange for a $30-million donation begs the question for law schools everywhere: what’s your name worth? The Maryland school agreed to call itself the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in honor of the donor’s grandfather, according to [...]

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Liberty University’s law school moves to the head of the class with a 100 percent pass rate for the February Virginia bar exam. The five LU students who sat for the test all passed, reports the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners. Washington & Lee and George Mason law students also scored well in the February [...]

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The dean of one of Virginia’s eight law schools has rejected the idea that law school recruiting materials need to carry a disclaimer about job prospects. “We are going through the worst legal job market in anyone’s memory,” William & Mary Dean Davison Douglas told the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association yesterday. “It’s a tough time to [...]

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Those scamps at U.Va. law! First they embarrass the administration by wearing t-shirts mocking the employment prospects for law grads. Now, one unhappy 3L has crafted a model of the law school using rejection letters as construction materials. Above the Law, naturally, was happy to oblige with publicity, including pictures of the handiwork. -By Peter [...]

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The economy may be showing subtle signs of recovery, but it’s still no picnic trying to turn your expected law degree into a good paying legal job, no matter where you’re enrolled. So it was that some U.Va. law students put their angst on display with T-shirts that read, “VIRGINIA LAW – $40,000 a year [...]

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Reaching far beyond his classroom walls at the Appalachian School of Law – and tapping some obvious broadcasting skills – law Prof. Stewart Harris hopes to bring the U.S. Constitution to life each week on his own radio show. “Your Weekly Constitutional” airs each Tuesday at 8 p.m. on public station WETS out of East [...]

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A lot of college grads have decided it’s not the right time to go to law school. Law school applications are off 11.5-percent from last year, down to the lowest level since 2001, according to figures from the Law School Admission Council Inc. “Certain debt and uncertain job prospects” explains the trend, according to The [...]

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The University of Richmond law school was among the big winners in the annual ranking of law schools by U.S. News & World Report. It jumped 19 spots to 67th, which still left it trailing four other law schools in the state – the University of Virginia, which moved up a spot to tie for [...]

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The University of Richmond has named Georgetown Law Center assistant dean Wendy Perdue as dean of the UR law school, to succeed John Douglass who is stepping down to return full time to the classroom. “She was the clear first choice of our stakeholders, and we’re delighted she will be joining us this summer,” said [...]

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Richmond Law Dean John Douglass, soon to return to the professorial life, will be succeeded by someone from this list, according to the school: Wendy Perdue, Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Georgetown University Law Center. Joel Reidenberg, the Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Chair and Professor of Law at Fordham School of Law. [...]

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