The reduction of the federal funds rate was viewed by many businesses, interest groups, and politicians as a good thing. A way to inject some…

The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released their 67-page report outlining cases of discrimination and…

For those law students who put their fraternity hazing rituals on their Facebook page or those who put revealing spring break to Cancun on your MySpace page, you might want to think long and hard about what exactly you should and should not reveal on your online social networking sites.

Kenneth Zimmerman ’88, former Chief Counsel to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and a current partner with the firm Lowenstein Sandler PC which has…

In times of economic turmoil and great uncertainty in the United States, many are turning to an unlikely source for employment: The Foreign Service. Because…

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, one of the leading progressive legal organizations in the United States, is making ground in the Obama…

In today’s fast-paced, electronic-minded world where thousands of jobs are posted online on sites such as CareerBuilder or Monster, it is easy to think that…

The Associated Press reported that the Justice Department will not station prosecutors at polls on Election Day after civil rights groups complained of potential intimidation…

The Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s daily since 1873, discussed the initial sign-up for the PSI in a recent article. The initial sign-ups for the PSI suggest…

An article from The Nation written this past summer discusses the subprime mortgage crisis and its legal consequences in Atlanta, one of the cities hardest hit by the housing and loan crisis.

This Washington Post article reveals some of the methods being used by big-time employers to save on energy costs and save on expenses. From Chrysler to Utah's state government, employers are now trying to find new strategies to go greener, reduce business costs and appeal to newer workers.

A new student loan repayment program is now awaiting approval from President Bush before it goes into effect. The proposal, which is contained in the…

Dean Elena Kagan was named as a recipient of the 2008 John R. Kramer Outstanding Law Dean Award from Equal Justice Works. The annual award…

A report released last week by the Department of Justice’s inspector general and internal ethics office revealed the widespread politicization of hiring practices within the…

Last year, over 100 attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe contributed 3,617 pro bono hours to building a microfinance network in Latin America. The result…

The World Justice Project recently unveiled the Rule of Law Index, a new initiative that will examine and assess the rule of law in over…

As a second year law student, Abbe Smith took on a particularly tough case her first day at NYU's prison law clinic back in 1980. Patsy Kelly Jarrett was facing a life sentence for a 1973 robbery and murder. She was convicted on the strength of a single shaky eyewitness who placed her in the vicinity of the killing of a 17-year-old gas station attendant.

As a recent College graduate remarked in the New York Times, “We came to Harvard as freshmen to change the world, and we’re leaving to…

While law schools continue to provide rigorous academic and intellectual training, some are starting to supplement this with more practical instruction. Several law schools have started Visiting Assistant Professorship programs in which practicing attorneys join as full-time faculty. By giving these attorneys a chance to concentrate on their scholarship and teaching, law schools hope to mentor promising newcomers with private sector, government and nonprofit experience and introduce them to academia.

In a reversal of past department policies, Attorney General Michael Mukasey allowed the Department of Justice Pride group, which represents gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gendered…

With the provisional accreditation of two new North Carolina institutions last week, the United States became the first country in the world to host 200…