California and Arkansas Schools Join New York School Helping Students and Alumni Prepare for Practice NEW HAVEN, CT (January 17, 2012) — Solo Practice University® (SPU), the leading online educational and professional networking community for lawyers and law students, is proud to announce strategic partnerships with two more law schools to help their students and [...]

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This past Friday and Saturday I had the distinct privilege to be invited to attend the Future of Legal Education Conference (Twitter stream #fe3)  hosted by Harvard Law School and New York Law School.  It was actually an amazing experience because a corps group of legal educators came together to share ideas on how to [...]

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We are very pleased to announce our new 'Bridges' program and we thank New York Law School (and all the other law school deans and career counselors who are currently in discussions with SPU) for being the first in this initiative. You can learn more about this partnership in our official press release and learn more [...]

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On January 27th of this year I had the distinct privilege of educating more than (70)seventy (113) one hundred and thirteen career counselors on how they can help their law students and grads who either want to go solo or feel they have no option but to go solo.  I thank Amanda Ellis of Amanda [...]

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When the New York Times ran an article on January 8, 2011 'Is Law School A Losing Game?" it got reprinted in all major newspapers, set listservs and Facebook abuzz because it hit so many chords.  If you haven't read 'Is Law School A Losing Game?' do so. Sadly, in my opinion, they opted to [...]

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Yes!! In this upcoming lawsuit, 43 year old Georgetown law student, Rodger Gordon has a valid point and is taking a leave of absence from school to appeal his recent court loss to the U.S. Supreme Court claiming his third year should be optional – that the first two years is more than adequate to sit [...]

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It is an interesting question Ari Kaplan asks in his latest column. And he brings in a host of great minds to answer the question, 'Should Law School Come With A Warning Label?'.  This includes law school faculty, some deans and some practitioners including our own faculty member, Jay Shepherd. This is such a hot [...]

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If law schools haven't felt the market pressure to diverge from the traditional three-year model, it's likely they will soon as law firms come under greater pressure from clients to stop training young associates on the client's dime….

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“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”
John W. Gardner

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“I think we are at a moment of historical change across the landscape of legal education,” said Washington and Lee Dean Rodney A. Smolla. “When we look back at this period in five to 10 years, we will mark it as the time when the whole mission of law schools made a fundamental turn.”

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