Leigh Jones is an Editor-in-charge of legal news at Reuters. She specializes in law and legal affairs, focusing on civil lawsuits and legal technology, while also exploring themes related to culture and society. Leigh's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as WORLD News Group, Yahoo Sports UK, BBC News, and The American Lawyer.
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By: Leigh Jones
Summer Uptick Vacation Season Gives Rise to Drunken-Driving Arrests
Hundreds of thousands of lawyers will become senior citizens in the next few years. With more than half of the large firms in the nation operating under a mandatory retirement system, the exodus from law will be profound. Some lawyers choose of counsel status, such as former Holland & Hart partner Ed Flitton, who says that with about 20 good years left, it didn't make sense for him to remain in a stressful environment. Since he retired four months ago, he has reduced his blood pressure by 10 points.
Overall head count at NLJ 350 law firms was static in 2014, but a look at the top 25 U.S. markets shows sizable variations from city to city.
A letter from the leaders of the Association of American Law Schools airs their frustrations about the vocal opposition to the organization's choice of hotels for its conference next month.
Law professor Arthur R. Miller is leaving Harvard Law School to take a job at New York University Law School, where he will begin teaching courses on civil procedure and complex litigation next fall.
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By: Leigh Jones
Ex-partner and associate employment suits also hit several Am Law 200 firms last month.
As a coalition of law schools prepares to battle the Department of Defense in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court next term involving a law requiring the accommodation of military recruiters on campuses, a group of nearly 100 law professors and students have filed a brief siding with the government. The amicus brief represents a growing schism among faculties divided about the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" sexual orientation policy and its role in recruiting law school students.
Remembering and reckoning with a national tragedy
Although the United States has nearly 200 law schools, there are those who believe the world needs more lawyers and are stepping up to meet the challenge by opening new law schools. For these new schools, obtaining American Bar Association accreditation is the grail, and a school�s bar passage rate is key to capturing it. In order to lure students likely to pass the bar, many schools are offering interesting work-experience arrangements or tuition subsidies.
