Sentences with phrase «new law school»

The lower pass score and resulting higher pass rate will only make it harder for new law school graduates to find jobs because of the increased competition.

Are you in the pessimistic or optimistic camp, in terms of what the prospects are for new law school graduates and law firms in general?

The odds are not in favor of new law school graduates.

If we are building new law schools, let's build the law schools of the future.

On the other side, the universities are facing pressure to find new forms of revenue, leading them to increase class sizes and push to create new law schools.

Meanwhile, there are still many new law school grads who can't find a decent job that pays enough to live modestly and make their (significant) law school loan payments.

Also, how many new law school graduates are graduated each year.

A common thread running through many new law school initiatives is greater emphasis on experiential education.

Senior industry professionals invariably believe that young new law school graduates are technologically proficient.

As a recent law school graduate, I can say there is no need for new law schools.

Historically, new law school graduates joined a law firm, spent a certain number of years (usually six to ten) working for that firm, and then were considered for partnership.

Since then, we've had new law schools at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia.

The radical transformation of a 1960s - era building on the campus of Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, British Columbia has created a home for the first new Law School in Canada in 30 years and TRU's MBA program.

7 new law schools opened in North Carolina.

Lakehead University Law School will commence in 2013, the first new law school in Ontario in 42 years.

The Federation of Law Societies of Canada has granted preliminary approval to Ryerson University's proposed new law school.

Both Raymond and Rahim said that this is one of the most common errors that new law school students make.

Our Hiring Committee, which is composed of partners and associates, is primarily responsible for hiring new law school graduates, as well as associates for our Summer Program.

At a time when new law schools are opening in Canada, and some schools have increased their enrollment, the reason for the reduction in the class size as stated by Hastings» Dean is very interesting and timely given the New York Times declaration last November that «legal education is in crisis ``,... [more]

I don't think the answer is restricting admissions or not allowing new law schools to develop.»

Conventional wisdom says new law school graduates should aim for New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston or any of the other big cities with the promise of law firm jobs.

We should be looking to make it more like the American system (JD as opposed to LLB) and we ought to PREVENT new law schools from being accredited as well as preventing expanding the size of new graduating classes at existing law school.

«We don't need new law schools, we need new approaches to legal education and new approaches to setting out what I call initial professional competence — helping lawyers hit the ground running as quickly [and] confidently as possible,» he says.

Building new law schools seems like a good solution for the overabundance of applicants to Canadian law schools these days.

It includes two new law school quality rankings — of law faculty and law students — and expands and redesigns the rankings material formerly maintained on the University of Texas School of Law Web site.

The biggest reason new law school graduates hesitate to hang their own shingle is that they know what they don't know.

Lunau explores some of the constraints — provincial refusal to fund new law schools being prime among them — and depends on Vern Krishna's analysis to a large degree.

And the other concern is that there are several new law schools coming online.»

Our three - year JD Program offers students a well - established curriculum taught by an outstanding group of legal academics with the benefit of state - of - the - art facilities in an award winning new law school building that includes bright, modern classrooms and student study spaces.

Let me give a special welcome to Mariette Brennan and Frances Chapman from Lakehead — Canada «s newest Law School which opened its doors this past September.

As well, Ontario's newest law school at Lakehead University will offer yet another alternative to articling, within its current JD program:

Yet, we are seeing the creation of new law schools in Canada.

Attorney jobs are in hot demand with the rush of new law school graduates completing programs each year.

Chicago Katie Kizer and Amanda Graham brushed off a miserable employment market for new law school grads.

The Law Society of Ontario is set to consider whether to endorse Ryerson University's proposed new law school.

Lakehead University plans on opening the first new law school in Ontario in over 40 years in September 2013.

But the real upstart might be an entirely brand new law school.

Burk recently spoke about the job market for new law school graduates at a summit sponsored by Florida International University College of Law.

Valorem doesn't hire new law school graduates (or even recent ones), but I end up seeing an awful lot of resumes.

At a time when new law schools are opening in Canada, and some schools have increased their enrollment, the reason for the reduction in the class size as stated by Hastings» Dean is very interesting and timely given the New York Times declaration last November that «legal education is in crisis ``, and SLAW's own Omar Ha Redeye's excellent commentary on the market and career prospects for new lawyers here last week.

The idea that one should prevent new law schools or more law students sounds to me very much like the cry, «I'm safely in the profession; up with the drawbridge and keep everyone else out!»

«New law school graduates from the Class of 2015 secured fewer private practice jobs than any class since 1996.»

At a blog called Above the Law, which presents itself as a site for serious news and commentary on legal affairs, blogger Joe Patrice opines that Trinity Western University in British Columbia should not have its new law school accredited by the powers that be in Canada who are responsible....

Ace reporter Ethan Bronner, who has covered legal matters among others for many years, went out to Palo Alto for the kickoff ceremonies of a new law school clinic at Stanford Law School, the....

The contributing group of authors range from well - established solos to new law school grads, alongside a handful of management, media, finance, web, and marketing consultants (that's where Jordan and I fit in).