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AI adoption surges across legal industry, survey finds
The legal industry sees rapid ai adoption, with 78% of professionals using tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft CoPilot to enhance research and drafting.
Virginia February bar exam pass rate over 61%
Virginia’s February bar exam saw a 61.11% pass rate, a drop from 2024’s 66%. Top schools had strong showings. The July exam filing deadline is May 12.
Virginia law deans back use of Uniform Bar Exam
The eight deans of Virginia’s law schools unanimously have recommended that Virginia adopt the Uniform Bar Examination, according to a letter sent to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners earlier […]
Young lawyers face ‘reality gap’ due to pandemic
There is only one word Grace Lempp could use to describe graduating from law school during a worldwide pandemic. “It was surreal. I had to learn a lot really quickly […]
Some good news, at last
The bleak job market for law school graduates may be improving just a bit, according to new figures from law school placement officials. More law firms are coming to law […]
Law school numbers decline in applicants
A lot has changed in law practice, and not least is the number of people who want to be lawyers. The demand for legal education may never return to the […]
Pomp, Circumstance…and Mindy
Comedienne Mindy Kaling – star of TV’s “The Mindy Project” and before that, “The Office” – was one of the speakers at Harvard Law School’s commencement ceremony this month. Why? […]
Judge’s notes find a home at law library
Once Robert “Pat” Doherty determined to study law, very little escaped his notice. Or his pen. Not only did Doherty take comprehensive notes during law school and, later, during 18 […]
‘Innovative’ class responds to changes in legal market
Law schools have taken a lot of hits lately. Students and alumni have criticized educational institutions for a failure to respond to the changing legal marketplace, rising tuition and a […]
In firm, in-house internship lets W&L law student see both sides
BALTIMORE, MD — Some law students spend their summers working at law firms. Others work in-house for a company’s legal department. One intern in Baltimore got to do both. The […]
Wanted: A way to reverse problem with lawyers’ writing
As if bar candidates cramming legal knowledge didn’t have enough to worry about with the looming Virginia bar examination, word is out that bar examiners have been casting a critical […]
Law school employment data pushes U.Va. to #1
Virginia law students have something else to brag about. After learning last week that the state’s bar exam is one of the toughest in the nation, University of Virginia law […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
