Karen Sloan is a Legal Affairs Reporter at various prominent outlets including The American Lawyer and Yahoo News. She covers a wide range of topics within law and legal affairs, focusing on themes such as legislation, litigation, civil and family law, and legal technology, while also addressing social issues and business leaders in California. Karen's insights and expertise have been featured in publications and platforms like Nasdaq, Reuters, and the Analytics on Fire Podcast.
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Karen Sloan's coverage primarily focuses on legal education, law schools, and the legal profession. She appears to have a special interest in topics such as accreditation issues, bar exams, diversity in law schools, and disability representation within the legal field.
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By: Karen Sloan
Aspiring lawyers have consistently rated their experience at law schools well over the past two decades, with about 80% rating their experience as either “good” or “excellent” on the annual Law School Survey of Student Engagement, although satisfaction rates among students of color were lower than among whites over the past 20 years.
Launching a new law school at the University of Texas at El Paso would cost $20 million over a decade, according to a feasibility study commissioned by state lawmakers and released this month.
By: Karen Sloan
Former George Mason University law professor Joshua Wright, who resigned from his teaching post in 2023 after several women accused him of sexual misconduct, has dropped his lawsuit against the university.
By: Karen Sloan
Bar admission authorities in California will consider applicants’ participation in campus protests on an “individual basis” during the moral character process, following an internal review.
A former New England Law Boston employee has pleaded guilty to three counts of theft after embezzling more than $80,000, some of which he used to purchase equipment for his folk-rock band.
The Florida Bar on Friday eliminated its internal “diversity and inclusion” policy amid ongoing pressure from the state’s high court to curtail attorney diversity efforts focused on race and gender.
By: Karen Sloan
(Reuters) - Virginia and South Dakota on Thursday said they will use the new bar exam set to debut in July 2026, bumping up the total number of
Racial and ethnic diversity in law school enrollment did not decline in 2024, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ban on affirmative action in college admissions and fears that the number of diverse law students would plummet as a result.
Law schools just wrapped up a year that saw the American Bar Association open the door to admitting students without standardized tests; the removal of the so-called "logic games" from the Law School Admission Test; disruptions brought about by campus protests over the war in Gaza; declines in summer associate recruiting by large law firms; and major changes to California's bar exam, which has the second-largest number of takers each year, with more than 11,300 in 2023. Heading into 2025, here are the key trends to watch.
A law professor tapped ChatGPT to write his latest article, which argues that generative artificial intelligence programs will "expand the horizons" of legal scholarship.
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