While law school is a professional school meant to train lawyers, a J.D. is also a highly versatile graduate degree. Many law graduates practice for only a short time or never practice law at all.

Law students around the country will be starting classes over the next few weeks. Back in 2018, I wrote a post offering advice to entering students, which I updated in 2019, 2022, 2023, and last year.

A small but growing number of law schools now offer law students the ability to earn a J.D. partly or fully online, which has undoubtedly made legal education more accessible for a range of students.

Thinking about heading to law school next year? Then get a coffee maker. Though the median starting salaries for graduates of Yale Law, Harvard Law, Stanford Law and other T14 schools are close to ...

NYLS’s Housing Justice Leadership Institute’s report is a national survey that indicates “major growth” in housing justice ...

A goal of the clinic is to empower families to take care of themselves when an attorney isn’t there The Stoltenbergs are a military family who are used to picking up and moving all over the world. In ...

One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason. By Jacey Fortin A ...

This essay was adapted from David Lat’s Substack, Original Jurisdiction. Subscribe here. Wednesday brought huge news to the world of legal education: Yale Law School withdrew from the highly ...