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How Law Schools Fail Minority Students

Erin L. Thompson / TomDispatch Jun 7, 2018 On average, they end up in lower-ranked law schools and have lower bar exam passage rates, employment rates and income levels. With intense competition for paid social justice positions, few will have careers fighting for ideals that brought them to law school in the first place. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

‘On Contact With Chris Hedges’: Justice in, and for, a Broken System

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2017 "The rule of law has been inverted," says Hedges, who brings in a legal expert to probe the wreckage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Republicans Heart Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2011 The GOP begins to roll back Wall Street reform, college graduates are snubbing law school, and Washington's pro-nuke consensus. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kenneth Starr’s New Gig

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 Remember Kenneth Starr? You can bet anyone associated even peripherally with Bill Clinton's administration does. Starr, former United States solicitor general and the major driving force behind the public exposure and investigation of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, is leaving his position as dean at Pepperdine University Law School in Malibu to be president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Free Tuition for Harvard Law Suspended

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2009 Two years after Harvard Law School announced it would waive a year of tuition for students who pledged to work five years in the nonprofit sector or in government, the school has suspended the program, citing both the recession and a flood of students seeking to get in on the deal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )