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Can Moms Breastfeed During the Bar Exam?

2017-07-17T12:57:07Z

Women have gained more accommodations to breastfeed in public, and now one state supreme court has ordered those accommodations at the bar exam. The Montana Supreme Court has ordered bar administrators to accommodate breastfeeding mothers "in a manner consistent...

North Carolina Law School Crowdfunds to Help Graduates Take the Bar Exam

2017-07-14T17:57:07Z

When studying for the bar exam, sometimes you just don't have any gas left in the tank -- literally. That's why one law school is raising money -- to help struggling students prepare for the big test. Campbell University's...

Some Law Schools Using More Legal Tech Than Many Law Firms

2017-07-13T12:57:45Z

According to recent reports, law schools are using legal tech more than many law firms. In one survey, nearly 62 percent of the respondents said they are already using or intend to use new technologies in their classrooms. Meanwhile,...

California Bar Test-Takers May Get a Break

2017-07-12T19:11:50Z

Christmas may come early for those preparing to take the California bar exam. According to reports, the California Supreme Court may lower the passing score as early as September. Its decision could be retroactive to the exam set for...

Who Is Saul Bellow and Why Should Lawyers Care?

2017-07-11T22:05:40Z

Saul Bellow is dead, but he still matters if you want to get a law job. A prominent intellectual property firm recently screened applicants based on their essays about Bellow, a 20th Century author who won numerous prizes for...

Top 10 Legal Dramas to Binge Watch This Summer

2017-07-11T12:58:53Z

For some reason, people are hard-wired to be unable to turn away from a garbage fire. And since it's no secret that lawyers hate legal dramas for their wild inaccuracies, for some reason, a good number of us just...

How to Answer That Bar Exam Question You Didn't See Coming

2017-07-10T19:04:00Z

There's this nightmare, where you are crossing a bridge and it suddenly runs out. There you are, looking at the vast below and the bridge starts to crumble behind you. You have no place to go but down. That's...

Should You Draft Your Own Will?

2017-07-07T19:00:55Z

If you drew last in a gunfight in the Old West, you might've had time to write out your last will and testament on a scrap of paper before you died. And yep, pardner, you probably should -- write...

Harvard Law School Honors Scalia With Endowed Professorship

2017-07-06T19:15:28Z

Justice Antonin Scalia, who began his legal career aspiring to teach the law, will continue that path through the Antonin Scalia Professorship of Law at Harvard Law School. The law school announced the endowed professorship, "which stands as both...

Prepping for the Bar Exam Performance Test: How to Beat the Clock

2017-07-05T17:57:11Z

'Time's up.' Like a death sentence, those words await everyone taking the bar exam. So when time expires, will you? This article is about how to beat that relentless taskmaster -- the clock that winds down to the last...

Tips for Starting a Blog in Law School

2017-07-03T17:58:49Z

Writer's block. Law students know it especially well -- that blank space that stares back at you when you're trying to write an essay. We would curse it, except that it changes nothing and all you get back is...

Law Dean Resigns Over Hostile Work Environment Allegations

2017-06-30T18:57:39Z

Maybe Eric Dannenmaier, former dean at Northern Illinois University College of Law, saw the writing on the wall. Two women alleged that he created a "hostile work environment" when they worked for the dean as temporary staff at the...

Overcoming Age Bias Against Older Lawyers

2017-06-29T18:59:04Z

Winston Churchill, the British prime minister who inspired world-wide resistance against a raging Adolph Hitler, gave his most famous speech when he was 67 years old. "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job," he said, responding...

CLE Summer Vacation: Are You Taking Your Family to the CLE Conference?

2017-06-29T12:57:45Z

Continuing legal education is just one of those facts of life for lawyers. However, some lawyers know how to really work those pesky credit requirements to their own personal advantage. It's no secret, some CLE conferences blatantly appeal to...

Women Lawyers and Alcohol Abuse: How Stress Is to Blame

2017-06-28T19:58:36Z

Despite crashing into a parked car, the lawyer was not going to miss her court appearance. Layne C. Savage had represented many criminal clients, only this time she was appearing for her own crime: driving under the influence. Savage,...