Karen Sloan

The quick-spreading Delta variant is upending return-to-office plans for a growing number of law firms, sparking fresh delays and stricter policies just when many had hoped to be entering a more relaxed phase of the pandemic.

After technical problems marred last week’s remote bar exam for some aspiring lawyers, at least one plaintiffs’ firm is investigating potential litigation against Examsoft, the software company that jurisdictions hired to deliver the test.

Many U.S. lawyers are looking ahead to a future of part-time remote work, as law firms embrace a more hybrid model. But what about the legal assistants and other professional staffers who often out-number attorneys at their firms?

Students at nearly half of the law schools in the nation will need to provide proof that they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 if they want to set foot on campus this fall, including at all the so-called T-14 elite schools, according to a higher education publication’s list of vaccine mandates at…

The size of the U.S. legal profession has increased more than 8% over the past decade with the addition of 100,000 lawyers, new data from the American Bar Association show.

The third time’s not the charm for a seamless remote bar exam.

Thousands of recent law graduates logged on to their computers from home on Tuesday to take what is on track to be the third and final remote bar exam of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Oregon Supreme Court on Wednesday formally accepted a report recommending two new pathways for attorney licensure that bypass the bar exam, but said the proposals need fine-tuning before they are considered for adoption.

The firing of former University of Miami Law Dean Anthony Varona continues to roil the law school community, and faculty members say they still don’t understand why he was ousted.

The law school’s Petrie-Flom Center is launching the nation’s first research initiative on psychedelics and the law.

The American Bar Association is scheduled to consider a slate of changes to its diversity and inclusions standards in August.

The University of Idaho College of Law will move into the Boise building that housed the now-closed Concordia University School of Law.

This week’s Ahead of the Curve legal education newsletter looks at new research on how law student perceptions of online classes have shifted over the past year. Plus, a former judicial clerk calls out legal academia for its role in shielding sexual harassers in the judiciary.

Recent data from the American Bar Association has cast new attention on longstanding racial gaps in bar passage rates. Experts say the problem can be addressed if regulators are willing to adopt new approaches.

This week’s Ahead of the Curve looks at how diverse deans are helping to transform law schools, plus the Law School Admission Council seeks to help schools foster diversity with a new initiative.

AccessLex Institute and Gallup polled more than 1,700 law students to find out how they felt about their pandemic learning experience.

The reality television star has two more chances to pass California’s First-Year Law Students’ Examination.

The existing bar exam does little to ensure that new lawyers understand New York law, a task force assembled by the New York State Bar Association concluded.

A surge in law school applicants has led to confusion and dashed hopes for many aspiring attorneys, says admissions consultant Mike Spivey.

This week’s Ahead of the Curve rounds up pearls of wisdom doled out by this year’s law schools commencement speakers, plus Harvard Law School’s Zero-L program proves popular.