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By Noah Austin
This Native American Heritage Month, we're highlighting Kevin Washburn, a law professor and citizen of Oklahoma's Chickasaw Nation who has spent his career making an impact for other Native Americans.
This Native American Heritage Month, we're highlighting Kevin Washburn, a law professor and citizen of Oklahoma's Chickasaw Nation who has spent his career making an impact for other Native Americans.
By James Leipold
NALP has published its full analyses of the employment and salary outcomes for the 2025 graduating class, highlighting some of the inequities in this booming legal job market.
NALP has published its full analyses of the employment and salary outcomes for the 2025 graduating class, highlighting some of the inequities in this booming legal job market.
By Elizabeth Bodamer
As the final class beginning law school before significant federal student loan cap and repayment plan changes, the 2025 1L class provides a valuable baseline for understanding how future law students may navigate decisions about enrollment and financing.
As the final class beginning law school before significant federal student loan cap and repayment plan changes, the 2025 1L class provides a valuable baseline for understanding how future law students may navigate decisions about enrollment and financing.
By James Leipold
The employment outcomes for the law school class of 2025 tell a nuanced story, as the National Association for Law Placement’s recent analysis of this data makes clear in its annual report.
The employment outcomes for the law school class of 2025 tell a nuanced story, as the National Association for Law Placement’s recent analysis of this data makes clear in its annual report.
By Noah Austin
This spring, Maureen “Mo” Onyelobi was one of the first two people to graduate from law school while incarcerated in the U.S.
This spring, Maureen “Mo” Onyelobi was one of the first two people to graduate from law school while incarcerated in the U.S.
By Noah Austin
As a response to new federal loan limits, two law schools are offering supplemental loans to law school applicants who have exhausted federal loan options.
As a response to new federal loan limits, two law schools are offering supplemental loans to law school applicants who have exhausted federal loan options.
By James Leipold
For almost 50 years, the way law firms and other legal employers recruited law students was routinized and predictable. Now, though, technology and an aggressive free market have disrupted the process.
For almost 50 years, the way law firms and other legal employers recruited law students was routinized and predictable. Now, though, technology and an aggressive free market have disrupted the process.
By Elizabeth Bodamer and Danielle Taylor
First-semester law students are facing increased pressure to secure jobs early in their law school journey — and this new dynamic is negatively affecting many students’ first-year experience.
First-semester law students are facing increased pressure to secure jobs early in their law school journey — and this new dynamic is negatively affecting many students’ first-year experience.
By Kirk Walter
What does it mean to belong in law school and the legal profession? The work of becoming a lawyer is not about fitting into a narrow definition of professionalism, Kirk Walter writes.
What does it mean to belong in law school and the legal profession? The work of becoming a lawyer is not about fitting into a narrow definition of professionalism, Kirk Walter writes.
By James Leipold
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its annual Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms. The results are sobering, if not surprising, on several fronts.
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its annual Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms. The results are sobering, if not surprising, on several fronts.
