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Graglia, Lino A. – Academic Questions, 2011
When the author entered Columbia Law School in 1951, first-year tuition was $600--$5082.07 in today's money (according to the U.S. Department of Labor's CPI inflation calculator). Today (with some additional compulsory payments) it is over $50,000. How could this have happened? Law schools were once noted for providing inexpensive education, what…
Descriptors: Law Schools, Costs, Tuition, Educational Change
Harper, Steven J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
The Law School Admission Council recently reported that applications were heading toward a 30-year low, reflecting, as a "New York Times" article put it, "increased concern over soaring tuition, crushing student debt, and diminishing prospects of lucrative employment upon graduation." Since 2004 the number of law-school…
Descriptors: Law Schools, Admission (School), Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Hunt, Jazelle – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
College graduates who do not make it into any law school are given one more chance to prove themselves: an invitation to join the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law's Pipeline to Justice program. Pipeline to Justice is the brainchild of CUNY law school's Associate Dean and Professor Mary Lu Bilek and Dean Michelle Anderson. The…
Descriptors: Law Schools, Minority Groups, College Programs, Transitional Programs
Law School Survey of Student Engagement, 2011
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) focuses on activities that affect learning in law school. This year's results show how law students spend their time, what they think about their experience in law school, and guide schools in their efforts to improve engagement and learning. The selected results are based on responses from more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Legal Education (Professions), Law Students
Weinberger, Harold; Schepard, Andrew – Wests's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Reviews a case that vindicates the principle of judicial noninterference in academic evaluation of students. Describes the strategy of the lawyers who represented the academic institution. Discusses alternative approaches for serving the competing values at stake in grading decisions. (52 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Environment, Court Litigation, Grading
Frederick, Beth, Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
The NEAIR 2010 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Saratoga Springs, New York conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Institutional Research: A Model for the Successful Assessment of Students' College Experience (Michael N. Christakis and Joel D. Bloom); (2) Direct…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Student Personnel Services, Cooperation, College Students
PAULSEN, CONRAD G.
TEACHERS IN ANY SUBJECT AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE POOR, PARTICULARLY IN LAW. FAMILY LAW HAS BECOME HARSH UPON THE POOR. LEADING CASEBOOKS CONTAIN LITTLE ABOUT THE LAW OF NEGLECT, ABOUT FAMILY COURT ORDERS OF PROTECTION, OR ABOUT RULES APPLICABLE TO THE PROGRAM OF AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROPERTY LAW PRESENT…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Educational Improvement, Instructional Improvement, Law Schools
New York State Unified Court System, Albany. – 1996
This report presents conclusions of a special New York State task force, The Professional Education Project, which examined the 1992 MacCrate Report on legal education and professional development in terms of its usefulness to the State. Part 1 of this report presents the results of surveys of 15 New York law schools, 158 law firms, 28 public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Law Schools, Legal Education (Professions), Long Range Planning
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1884
In this thirteenth annual report, the Commissioner of Education discusses the Bureau of Education's work, with a list of its publications from the year. The Commissioner also presents summary data of institutions, instructors, and students; school age, population, enrolment, and attendance; legal school ages in the United States; teachers employed…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Publications, Teachers, Students
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1886
The Commissioner of Education presents facts relating to State reports, recess or no recess, school legislation; statistics of correspondents of the Bureau; growth of education in the United States; school ages, summary of statistics of State systems; summary of the statistics of the last ten years; school population, enrollment, and average…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, State Legislation, Educational Demand, School Statistics