It’s a well-known fact that lawyers suffer at high numbers from mental health and substance abuse problems, and a new book on lawyer wellness drives home a point that might motivate many attorneys to take action. When wellness permeates an attorney’s life, there’s a positive impact on his law practice, clients, judges and juries, said …
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One Texas Law School Is Doing the Heavy Lifting When It Comes to Diversity Efforts
Texas legal educators are striving to recruit racially and ethnically diverse law students, but there’s one law school that’s excelling hand-over-fist compared to the others. With 91 percent of its current students hailing from minority racial and ethnic backgrounds, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law takes the top spot when it comes to a diverse …
Texas Law School Enrollment Outpaces National Percentage Growth
The size of this year’s entering class at Texas law schools rose by 4 percent this year compared to last, but total enrollment numbers for 2017 still dropped by 0.3 percent. Legal educators closely watch the size of the first-year class, since it has financial implications for a law school for the next three years. …
Law School Enrollment Edges Up, with Surprise Spike in Non-JD Programs
Enrollment in law school J.D. programs dipped a tad this year, but some unexpected good news provided a counterbalance. While J.D. enrollment fell by 0.7 percent compared with last year, the numbers of non-J.D. students—studying for LL.M., masters or certificate degrees—grew by a whopping 20.5 percent, compared with last year, according to data from the …
GRE or LSAT? ABA Council’s Latest Move Could Nix Tests Altogether
Future law school applicants could avoid taking the Law School Admissions Test—or any other admissions test, for that matter—if a proposal by the nation’s law school accrediting body passes. The key word, however, is “if.” After 90 minutes of discussion on Friday afternoon and a split vote, the council of the American Bar Association Section …
ABA Fines, Publicly Censures Law School
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law was publicly censured and must pay $15,000 for not complying with an American Bar Association standard that prohibits schools from discriminating against faculty members. In the public censure, the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar also found Thurgood Marshall Law violated an ABA …