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• 'Poster child' shares frustration about pace of law school reform
• Law school defends its reported graduate job-placement rate
• It's all academic
• Widener law professor cleared of harassment charges
• ABA defends its oversight of law schools to senator
• Academics champion colleague's nomination to 7th Circuit
• Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with 50 law students as part of diversity initiative
• Washington in St. Louis Law teams up with Australian law school
• Law school strikes back against law firm, online critics
• ABA panel considering boosting job protections for nontraditional faculty
• U.S., Chinese law deans collaborate on rule-of-law project
• More bad news for law grads: They're earning less
• Colorado's former dean dies at 68
• Another public law school considers dispensing with state money
• Alarm over ABA study of online advertising proves unfounded
• Unruly 'scam bloggers' are changing legal education, researcher argues

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'Poster child' shares frustration about pace of law school reform	Top
A recent New York Times article used New York Law School and its longtime dean, Rick Matasar, to illustrate the larger problems facing law students and legal education. The NLJ speaks with Matasar about that article and why meaningful change at law school is so slow to come about.
Law school defends its reported graduate job-placement rate	Top
The Thomas Jefferson School of Law has filed its response to a class action brought in May by a 2008 graduate alleging that the school misrepresented its graduate employment statistics. Essentially, it argued that the graduate hadn't done enough research before enrolling.
It's all academic	Top
With one of their own sitting in the Oval Office, it's reasonable to think that legal academics might enjoy an edge in snagging nominations for plum judicial and executive branch posts. But law professors have received a relatively chilly reception in Washington of late, at least when it comes to high-profile positions that require the blessing of the Senate.
Widener law professor cleared of harassment charges	Top
Embattled Widener University School of Law professor Lawrence Connell has been cleared of racial and sexual harassment charges by a three-member university panel that reviewed his conduct in response to several student complaints. It was the second time he has beaten such charges following internal investigations.
ABA defends its oversight of law schools to senator	Top
The organization's response, however, likely won't satisfy critics looking for a mea culpa or an outline for major changes in its approach to accrediting law schools.
Academics champion colleague's nomination to 7th Circuit	Top
A group of law professors and administrators are rallying behind the stalled nomination of University of Wisconsin Law Professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with 50 law students as part of diversity initiative	Top
Brad Smith, chairman of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's Pipeline Committee, speaks to NLJ about the many challenges to diversity in the legal profession and the council's plans to improve diversity.
Washington in St. Louis Law teams up with Australian law school	Top
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law is partnering with the University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law in Brisbane, Australia, to launch a new, four-year joint juris doctor and master of laws program.
Law school strikes back against law firm, online critics	Top
Lawyers for the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed a complaint on July 14 against Kurzon Strauss, claiming the firm defamed it in online posts advertising a potential class action.
ABA panel considering boosting job protections for nontraditional faculty	Top
An ABA committee is leaning toward extending job protections for law school clinicians, writing instructors and other nontraditional faculty in a way that would stop short of traditional tenure.
U.S., Chinese law deans collaborate on rule-of-law project	Top
A group of law deans from the U.S. and China are teaming up to examine how to improve legal education in both countries, and how law schools can be leveraged to improve the rule of law.
More bad news for law grads: They're earning less	Top
The employment news just keeps getting worse for freshly minted lawyers. Not only did fewer recent graduates land law firm jobs, as the National Association for Law Placement reported in June, but they also are earning less than their predecessors.
Colorado's former dean dies at 68	Top
Former University of Colorado Law Dean David Getches, 68, died at his home of pancreatic cancer on July 5, just days after stepping down from the deanship on June 30, the university announced.
Another public law school considers dispensing with state money	Top
The University of Minnesota Law School is the latest public law school to flirt with the idea of weaning itself off public funding. The university is considering a proposal that essentially would privatize the finances of both the law school and the business school.
Alarm over ABA study of online advertising proves unfounded	Top
The ABA's Commission on Ethics 20/20 caused a minor stir last fall when it launched a study into the ethics of online client development tools including Facebook.
Unruly 'scam bloggers' are changing legal education, researcher argues	Top
The "scam blogger" movement is more than a thorn in the side of law school administrators, a recent academic paper argues — it is playing an important role in the evolution of the legal profession.

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