Legal news roundup
Happy (rainy) Friday to all! It’s been a while since I last posted but I am back and rearing to go. So without further delay, here is your Friday legal news roundup: – South Dakota has become the...
View ArticleBar raised highest in California
Prospective lawyers await the Maryland bar exam in 2010. (File photo) It was either John Muir or Katy Perry who once described California as a place where “the grass is really greener.” Now we can add...
View ArticleBar exam results posted
If this blog post is the first time you learned that the results from February’s bar exam have been posted, I’m guessing you probably didn’t take the bar exam in February. Either way, here they are....
View ArticleAnd Maryland’s newest lawyers are…
Earlier this month in this space, we noted how the bar exam results had been released. At the time, all that was available was a four-digit ID number. Now, however, we have the full list of 462 names...
View ArticleABA moves back law school graduate employment survey
The American Bar Association wrapped up its annual meeting Tuesday in San Francisco. During the meeting, the ABA’s legal education section voted to change the graduation employment reports to 10 months...
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Jacques Vergès Welcome to Monday, the 20th anniversary of the Mattel/Fisher-Price merger. Here are some news items to get your week started. – Should old age be taken into consideration by governors...
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Welcome to Monday, the first day of the 2013-2014 school year in many Maryland jurisdictions. Here are some news items to get the week started. – Sequester hammers federal courts. – So what’s the...
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Happy Monday and welcome to the unofficial official start of fall. Today’s the day when many of your favorite syndicated talk shows return from summer hiatus and new shows begin. (Don’t tell me what...
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Harper Lee (Photo courtesy NPR.org) Today is Monday, the 89th birthday of film star Lauren Bacall. Here are some news items to get your week started. – Harper Lee moves to kill her copyright suit. –...
View ArticleSearch committee formed for new UM Law dean
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law has announced the members of the search committee that will lead a national search for a new dean. Dean Phoebe A. Haddon will step down at...
View ArticleThe end of law libraries?
Almost three years ago, I wrote about the evolution of law libraries. Many people I spoke with believed the law library would never go away, although the physical space might shrink as more and more...
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