Dean of Loyola Law School Resigns from Post | By Jim Vassallo |
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Victor Gold has resigned from his post as dean of the Loyola Law School, according to The Los Angeles Loyolan.Gold served in the position for seven years. He will return to teaching and Paul Hayden will serve as interim dean during the search for a replacement.Hayden is the current associate dean of... |
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Enrollment at D.C. Law Schools Drops | By Jim Vassallo |
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Law school enrollment has hit its lowest point in the last 41 years as the job market for new lawyers continues to shrink, according to The Washington Post. For law schools in the Washington, D.C. area, enrollment at some law schools continues to drop for the overall student body and first-year stud... |
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Dean of Charleston School of Law Resigns After Eight Days at Work | By Jim Vassallo |
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The new president of the Charleston School of Law, Maryann Jones, has resigned from her post after a total of eight days, according to The Post and Courier.The law school has been the center of a controversy over a possible sale to InfiLaw System, which is for-profit and owns three other law schools... |
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Dean of UNC Law School Stepping Down Prior to Current Term Ending | By Jim Vassallo |
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Jack Boger announced in May that he would step down from his post as dean of the UNC School of Law, according to The Daily Tar Heel.Boger has served as the dean for nine years, but will resign one year prior to his current, five-year term ending.Boger said that by stepping down early, the new dean w... |
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Details to Include in the Legal Job Posting | By Jim Vassallo |
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If you go through your job posting too fast when looking to fill a legal-related position, you might miss out on reaching the right job candidates. While your posting will still get some good coverage on granted, you want to reach the right people for the job. To do this, you must include certain de... |
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Enrollment in Philadelphia-Area Law Schools Drops | By Jim Vassallo |
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For the past five years, the law schools in the Philadelphia region have seen first-year enrollment drop by 31.5 percent, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. These numbers have been determined by looking at the data submitted by the schools to the American Bar Association.The only school... |
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Do You Have What it Takes for Law School? | By Daniel June |
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I recall the first day of my fiction writing class as an undergrad. Our professor, who was an award-winning author, told the class, "I'm not here to encourage you to be novelists. I'm here to discourage you. I'm going to do everything I can to convince you that you don't have wh... |
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Establishing Safety Valves | By Daniel June |
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Having gotten this far, through undergrad and into law school, you have a sense of how to study. And even if you haven't been able to root out certain bad habits -- maybe you rely too much on procrastination to motivate you, or take shortcuts in your studies -- you at least can reflect on your w... |
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Developing a Sense of Pace in Law School | By Daniel June |
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There are some study tips that you should have worked out in your undergrad years about evening out rash bad habits such as procrastination. Having a sense of pace is necessary for difficult programs such as law school, not to mention keeping energized for the job hunt coming up, and also your subse... |
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Discouragement In Waiting for that First Job | Daniel June |
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Courage means facing discouragement, and the utmost in morality is to triumph over demoralization. It is easy enough to dream – any old beggar on the street can dream of better days, or sing some song about ‘the big rock candy mountain.’ But what differentiates men from boys, women... |
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