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Georgetown University Law Center purchased a $70 million building directly south of its campus. The 130,000 square foot building provides additional space for the law school. Additionally, it [...]

The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released good news earlier this week. Biglaw offer rates to summer associates jumped to almost 97%. Furthermore, the acceptance rates of those [...]

US News just released its 2020 law school rankings. The top five law schools remain Yale, Stanford, Harvard, University of Chicago and Columbia in that order. Also in the T14, UVA and Michigan [...]

The estate of Allison and Dorothy Rouse left George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School $50 million. Not surprisingly, it represents the largest gift ever received by the [...]

In news that should not shock anyone, it’s not easy to be a conservative at Yale Law School. In an article on the Federalist, third-year student Aaron Haviland details some of the snarky [...]

It turns out the ‘Trump Effect’ may be a bit overrated. Through the end of February, 45,178 law school applicants submitted 289,664 applications. Consequently, 2019 law school [...]

The early word is officially in. Firstly, the free LSAT prep material from Khan Academy has proven popular with law school applicants. Furthermore, usage is particularly strong among African [...]

A Kaplan survey found the political mood is having a growing impact on applicants’ decisions to pursue law school. Interestingly, it also found 46% of respondents wished to attend a school [...]

Penn State Law at University Park has joined the growing list of law schools accepting the GRE. However, only joint-degree applicants will be able to submit the GRE. Furthermore, these applicants [...]

U.S. News & World Report is now analyzing the scholarly impact of law faculties. The major law school rankings publisher is partnering with HeinOnline to aggregate the faculties’ [...]

The Florida Coastal School of Law announced earlier today that it requested the ABA’s permission to become a nonprofit law school. It also announced it was pursuing an affiliation with a [...]

We just updated our law school book reviews. Writing Essay Exams to Succeed in Law School was just added as a direct result of favorable feedback from alumni clients. We work hard to peruse our [...]

Earlier today, the ABA voted against the amendments proposed last month to Standard 316 (Bar Passage) of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools. This proposal sought [...]

Vanderbilt Law School received a $12.75 million gift from Mark Dalton, JD’75 that is earmarked to endow the school’s Law and Business Program for perpetuity. Chancellor Nicholas S. [...]

We’ve been tracking the planned closure of Valparaiso University’s law school and it now appears much more certain that the school will indeed close in May 2020 as Valparaiso’s [...]

The Wall Street Journal has a nice article about how the ABA’s Office of the Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education is renewing its push to evaluate law school accreditation [...]