ABA: Valpo Law enrollment surges; McKinney, ND down; Maurer ticks up
First-year law school enrollment jumped 28 percent this academic year at Valparaiso University Law School, according to data from the American Bar Association.
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ABA task force advises review of law school costs
In its year and a half examination of how lawyers are educated, the American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education concluded the financial system law schools have developed to provide that education must be re-engineered.
Shepard offering recommendations for changing legal education to ABA
Retired Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard will present the final findings and recommendations of the American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education to the ABA House of Delegates Monday.
IU professor honored by ABA for dispute resolution work
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs professor Lisa Blomgren Amsler will receive the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work. Amsler is one of the nation’s foremost experts in the field of dispute resolution.
Law school enrollment drops again
Law school enrollment fell 11 percent in the fall of 2013, continuing a dramatic decline since 2010, according to national figures released by the American Bar Association.
ABA Legal Education Task Force calls for law school innovation
The American Bar Association Task Force for the Future of Legal Education, led by Randall Shepard, retired chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, issued its draft report Friday, Sept. 20, with recommendations for improving law schools.
ABA task force sees role for many in helping to fix legal education
In its review of legal education, a special committee led by retired Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard concluded that fixing the problems in law schools will require help from individuals and groups outside the classroom.
Shepard task force paper cites ‘deeply flawed’ legal ed funding system
Former Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard’s task force looking at the future of legal education financing sees a “deeply flawed” system, according to a working paper presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco.
ABA to welcome new president, discuss possible new policy at annual meeting
The American Bar Association will consider a range of policy topics including technology privacy, “gay panic” defense and judicial disqualification during its 2013 annual meeting in San Francisco.
Finding a new course for legal education
ABA task force meets at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law to solicit ideas for potential changes to how law schools prepare students.
Legal Education Task Force to meet at IU McKinney
The American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education will examine how students are trained to be lawyers during a special meeting April 24 at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
State bar seeking delegate to serve in ABA House
The Indiana State Bar Association is seeking a candidate to fill a two-year position to the American Bar Association House of Delegates.
Big tech tips for small firms
When advising small firm and solo lawyers recently at the American Bar Association Tech Show in Chicago, Indianapolis attorney Marc Matheny said he ran out of time before he ran out of tips.
After the storm passes, legal questions swirl
Attorneys volunteer to provide advice and comfort to affected residents after natural disasters.
American Bar Association gains from Indiana leadership
Valparaiso University Law School student follows a Hoosier tradition of involvement with the bar association.
Shepard to lead legal education task force
The American Bar Association forms a committee to review the performance of law schools.
State bar’s Young Lawyer Section receives 2 ABA awards
The Indiana State Bar Association Young Lawyer Section received two first-place national awards Aug. 4 at the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division annual conference in Chicago.
Senior Judge Shepard to chair national task force on legal education
Randall Shepard has been selected as chairman of an American Bar Association presidential commission examining the state of legal education in America.
2 Taft lawyers behind new ABA book
The idea for “Environmental Liability and Insurance Recovery” came to Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP attorneys Frank Deveau and David Guevara while waiting for another environmental-themed book they worked on to be published. In fact, the liability and recovery book, which came out in May, made it out a couple months before the other. Both were published by the American Bar Association.
ABA council adopts changes in collection of law school data
The Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has approved changes in the collection and publication of graduate placement data provided by law schools. The changes are aimed at enhancing the accuracy, timeliness and level of detail law schools must report to the ABA.