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Seventy percent of law school applicants received admissions offers in 2022 and men continue to be admitted at a higher rate than women, according to a report from the AccessLex Institute.

When learning (and re-learning) so many subjects in such a short time, it is easy to get “stuck” and take hazardous shortcuts. As you study, consider these common mistakes and actively work to avoid these pitfalls.

If you’re a recent law school graduate, you know that taking your last set of law school finals signals the end of a journey. It also signals the start of your next chapter: taking the bar exam. If you’re worried about how to shift gears from focusing on finals to focus on passing the bar exam, these bar prep tips for recent grads will help you get started.

Gen-Z attorneys' desire to work for a BigLaw firm after law school has decreased over the time of the pandemic, according to responses from the survey, Gen-Z: Now Influencing Today's Law Firm Culture.

U.S. News & World Report published its 2023-2024 Best Law Schools ranking, after months of boycotts from almost a third of law schools and its three-week delay due to data issues.

With median entry-level salaries for legal services attorneys, public defenders and lawyers at public interest organizations hovering between $57,500 to $63,200, many public interest lawyers are caught in the balancing act of keeping debt-to-income ratios in a manageable range, servicing student loans and saving for the future.

The council of the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently approved proposed revisions aimed at increasing the number of distance education credits offered by law schools.

The overall median first-year base associate salary as of Jan. 1 saw over a 21% increase from 2021, according to the National Association for Law Placement’s 2023 Associate Salary Survey report.

As you begin your bar prep, contemplate the challenges you might face along the way and proactively make a plan to help you stay on track. As you do so, consider common mistakes made by bar studiers and implement strategies to avoid these pitfalls.

Bobby Wood, a University of Mississippi School of Law alumnus contributed $60,000 to the fund he established in 2016, the Bobby Wood Clinical Programs Student Award Fund.