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• Big law school loan provider getting out of the business
• Law school asks judge to toss graduates' fraud claims
• Membership changes may take law school accreditation panel in new direction
• Abrams financing First Amendment project at Yale
• ABA weighs fines, loss of accreditation for law schools that misreport jobs data
• Ripping a critic's mask off
• Frustrated with ABA, senators ask DOE to scrutinize law schools
• New York Law School argues suit over data is meritless
• Following dean's resignation, Baltimore relents on law school money
• Council bends on auditing law schools' reports about student test scores
• Chicago aims to protect its supremacy in law-and-economics movement
• Boxer increases pressure on ABA over law school jobs reporting
• Another 15 law schools targeted over jobs data
• LSAC settles test taker's ADA complaint
• Alberto Gonzales joins faculty of Belmont Law
• Millions of legal voters face barriers, Brennan Center warns

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Big law school loan provider getting out of the business	Top
A change in federal student loan policy has forced Access Group Inc., a nonprofit company that has been the largest single provider of loans to law students since 1983, to stop lending to new students and to shed most of its staff.
Law school asks judge to toss graduates' fraud claims	Top
Each of the three law schools that have been sued for fraud by graduates this year has now answered with a motion to dismiss. Lawyers for the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed its motion on Oct. 20, following motions by the Thomas Jefferson School of Law on July 18 and New York Law School on Oct. 13.
Membership changes may take law school accreditation panel in new direction	Top
After ruffling the feathers of legal educators, the American Bar Association Standards Review Committee is aiming for a fresh start with seven new members and a new chairman.
Abrams financing First Amendment project at Yale	Top
First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams has donated $3 million to Yale Law School to start an institute focused on freedom of speech. It will include a law clinic through which students will litigate cases, draft proposed legislation and advise policymakers regarding freedom of speech and informational access.
ABA weighs fines, loss of accreditation for law schools that misreport jobs data	Top
The American Bar Association has announced it is drafting a rule spelling out consequences for law schools that intentionally falsify jobs data, possibly including monetary fines or the loss of accreditation.
Ripping a critic's mask off	Top
A former Cooley law student and anonymous blogger is locked in a court battle with the law school, which is attempting to publicly unmask and sue him for defamation.
Frustrated with ABA, senators ask DOE to scrutinize law schools	Top
Two U.S. senators — Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) — have asked the U.S. Department of Education to compile 10 years' worth of data about law schools, focusing on key points including tuition, student debt and job placement rates.
New York Law School argues suit over data is meritless	Top
New York Law School on Oct. 13 filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by three former students who claimed the school inflated its post-graduate employment rates and salary data in order to lure students.
Following dean's resignation, Baltimore relents on law school money	Top
A little more than two months after the dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law resigned, complaining that the university was dipping too deeply into revenues generated by the law school, the university has agreed to give some money back.
Council bends on auditing law schools' reports about student test scores	Top
The Law School Admission Council may begin policing the Law School Admission Test scores and grade-point averages that law schools report annually to the American Bar Association. The move follows scandals in which law schools inflated the academic credentials of new students.
Chicago aims to protect its supremacy in law-and-economics movement	Top
The University of Chicago School of Law gave birth to the law-and-economics movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Now the school is reasserting its commitment to the study of the law through the lens of economics with an initiative it has dubbed Law and Economics 2.0.
Boxer increases pressure on ABA over law school jobs reporting	Top
In an Oct. 6 letter to ABA President William Robinson III, Sen. Barbara Boxer chided the organization for recent changes to its annual law school questionnaire and expressed concern over the lack of independent oversight of the jobs statistics reported by law schools.
Another 15 law schools targeted over jobs data	Top
The attorneys behind class actions against New York Law School and Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced plans on Oct. 5 to sue 15 additional law schools for publishing what they described as misleading post-employment job statistics.
LSAC settles test taker's ADA complaint	Top
The U.S. Department of Justice this week announced a settlement under which the council will give a 22-year-old University of Minnesota graduate with ADD and a learning disability several testing accommodations that it had twice denied.
Alberto Gonzales joins faculty of Belmont Law	Top
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is set to begin teaching full-time at the school in January as the Doyle Rogers Distinguished Chair of Law at the Nashville, Tenn., law school.
Millions of legal voters face barriers, Brennan Center warns	Top
A wave of election laws will make it more difficult for 5 million qualified voters to cast ballots in 2012, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

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