Karen Sloan

California

Reporter covering legal education and law firms for @ReutersLegal. Previous stints at @lawdotcom and @OWHNews. Tips, story ideas to [email protected]

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Articles

US News & World Report law school rankings show shakeup at the top

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Karen Sloan

(Reuters) - Yale and Stanford universities' law schools remained tied at No. 1 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings on released Tuesday, but the new list brings a slew of other changes to the law schools that traditionally occupy the top...
Texas high court considers dropping ABA accreditation as requirement to practice law

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Karen Sloan

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Texas has asked the public to weigh in on whether it should end its requirement that lawyers admitted in the state must graduate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school — following a similar move last...
US House probes Northwestern's law clinic over representation of pro-Palestine protestors

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Karen Sloan

(Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee is investigating a Northwestern University's legal clinic over its decision to represent protesters it alleges engaged in "illegal, antisemitic conduct," in what appears to be the first U.S....
US Education Department closure imperils law school finances, deans say

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Karen Sloan

(Reuters) - The Trump administration's recent moves to shutter the U.S. Department of Education and shift management of the $1.6 trillion federal student loan program to the Small Business Administration threaten to disrupt the flow of money vital to...
National bar exam score hit record low in February

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Karen Sloan

(Reuters) - Results for the February bar exam's multiple-choice portion of the national test were the lowest on record and suggest that pass rates for the entire test will be down. The average score on the 200-question Multistate Bar Exam was 130.8,...
Jimma Byrd guest speaker at San Saba Garden Club

4 weeks ago | sansabanews.com | Karen Sloan

Body On March 4, the San Saba Garden Club (SSGC) hosted its monthly meeting at the Mill Pond Clubhouse with 16 members attending. Hostesses Cindy Sloan, Sherie Clarkson, and Tina Gunter provided delicious refreshments, including charcuterie cups, homemade focaccia bread, a cheese tray, and a choice of punch or fruited water.
ABA, other bar groups urge attorneys to 'stand for the rule of law'

4 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Karen Sloan

(Reuters) - The American Bar Association and 55 other lawyer groups on Wednesday called for the legal profession to speak out against what they said was the U.S. government's intimidation of judges, attorneys and law firms.
Law firm Paul Weiss defends deal with Trump as lawyers sound alarm

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Mike Scarcella |Sara Merken |Karen Sloan

By Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and Karen SloanNEW YORK (Reuters) -Powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss faced heavy criticism on Friday over a deal it struck with the White House to escape an executive order imperiling its business, even as some lawyers said the firm faced few other options.
Law firm Paul Weiss defends deal with Trump as it scraps DEI

1 month ago | gazette.com | Mike Scarcella |Sara Merken |Karen Sloan

By Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and Karen SloanNEW YORK (Reuters) -Powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss faced heavy criticism on Friday over a deal it struck with the White House to escape an executive order imperiling its business, even as some lawyers said the firm faced few other options.
Law firm Paul Weiss defends deal with Trump as lawyers sound alarm

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Rosalba O'Brien |Mike Scarcella |Karen Sloan

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss faced heavy criticism on Friday over a deal it struck with the White House to escape an executive order imperiling its business, even as some lawyers said the firm faced few other options....