Michigan Innocence Clinic staff attorney Caitlin Plummer and then-law student A.J. Dixon talk with TV reporters about the Jamie Peterson case. Photo courtesy of University of Michigan Law School.
Almost two decades ago, a 21-year-old high school dropout named Jamie Peterson confessed to the brutal rape and murder of a Michigan grandmother whose body had been discovered in the trunk of her car. He got most of the details wrong. Continue reading
The lobby of the new Sumner Redstone building at Boston University School of Law wraps around the exterior of the old law tower, above. The school will begin teaching classes, including the Lawyering Lab, in the new building this fall.
The scenes are pure fiction: A Navy lawyer played by Tom Cruise provoking Jack Nicholson’s ruthless Marine colonel into self-incrimination in “A Few Good Men.”
Julianna Margulies as Chicago attorney Alice Florrek, “The Good Wife,” discrediting witnesses for the opposition with a few well-chosen questions.
Raymond Burr winning virtually every one of his cases in a 1960s black-and-white portrayal of Perry Mason.
But in these cases, art has manipulated life as well as imitated it. Such dramatizations have given thousands of prospective lawyers their first glimpse into the legal profession, enhancing its allure by what the directors show – the drama – and what they leave out – the hours of research and paperwork. Continue reading
That concrete is more than an architectural flourish: It’s the exterior wall of the 17-story tower that has been the law school’s home since the 1960s. This fall, the tower will be closed for renovation as classes shift to the five-story state-of-the-art structure wrapped around a portion of its base, built to complement the design of the original architect, Josep Lluis Sert. Continue reading
At the heart of the University of Toledo College of Law is the faculty – at least as far as one former member of that band of academics is concerned.
“I went to Yale Law – obviously a number of years ago – but I still can say without hesitation that we have better teachers here than I had then,” said Daniel J. Steinbock, a faculty stalwart since 1985 and the school’s dean since 2010. “They are noteworthy scholars. They are remarkable in the classroom. And they care.” Continue reading
Name: Michael Bowen
Law School: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Status: 3L, Part-Time
Undergraduate Institution: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Undergraduate Degree/Major: History (major), Political Science (minor)
Home city, State: Shaker Heights, Ohio
Enrolling at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Michael Bowen had an already established career in Cleveland, Ohio, politics. His mother was a two-term councilwoman and Bowen had worked for two mayors and multiple campaigns since 2009. Continue reading
Rick Bales says he’s in the enviable position of leading a personalized legal education program at a niche institution in a shrunken law student market. Bales is the dean of Ohio Northern University College of Law, where, he said, faculty and staff know every member of the entering class, which this academic year, like the last, won’t exceed 80. Continue reading
Think of America’s legal education system as a law-school building, and the package of changes that the American Bar Association approved at its annual meeting this week are like a renovation that changes the form and function of some rooms but leaves the overall structure intact. Continue reading
STUDENT NAME: Joseph Chung
LAW SCHOOL: New York Law School
STATUS : Rising 2L (2016)
UNDERGRADUATE: University of Texas at Austin. Major: International Relations and Global Studies
HOME CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY: Houston, Texas
Joseph Chung’s sense of himself as an engaged, and engaging, citizen in a global economy developed during his undergraduate years in Austin, Texas. Chung, a 2L at New York Law School, said that’s where he became keenly interested in the complicated legal issues that arise from economic development and the interactions between various foreign and domestic parties. Continue reading
Pro bono attorneys gather at New York Law School for an asylum-law training session conducted by the Safe Passages Project.
Lenni Benson recognizes the parallels between her family’s history and the stories of her Safe Passage Project clients, child immigrants who must navigate a complex legal system to stay in the U.S. after a dangerous journey without their parents.
The youths, many of them from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, are part of a surge in juveniles seeking to cross the U.S. southwestern border that has prompted calls from Congress for tighter patrols and more aggressive deportation. Continue reading
Jane Korn considers responsible innovation both her mission and her challenge at Gonzaga University School of Law.
“I have a talented, energetic faculty who generate very good ideas in an institution known for problem solving,” Korn, the school’s dean, said in an interview. “The question for me is how do we innovate while offering the doctrinal fundamentals of a high-quality law school education? How do we meet the needs of current and incoming students in a responsible way so that we continue to provide the excellent education for which we are known?” Continue reading
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