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It's Mental Health Awareness Month, and we at FindLaw want to emphasize the importance of maintaining mental health. If you’re a high-functioning professional within the legal field or outside of it, you may think you’re not at risk of a mental health crisis. But if you’re familiar with the…

Law school provides a foundation of knowledge and skills legal practitioners can use throughout their careers. However, a practical education on the day-to-day tasks involved with being a lawyer often must occur outside of the classroom. New lawyers learn on the job and direct their own careers by finding…

Some law school deans are pushing back against the American Bar Association's (ABA) latest educational standards proposal. More than a third of U.S. law school deans have voiced their opposition to proposed standards that aim to introduce greater uniformity across law school courses. These deans argue that the ABA's…

The 2024/2025 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings have landed. This year's rankings have a few shifts and surprises that could influence the decision-making of prospective and current students. Unexpected Ties and Top Contenders Significant shifts occurred within the coveted Top 14, or T14, law schools. At…

Almost three years ago, we reported a continued pattern of more and more “lateral hiring” alongside an increased attrition rate at law firms, despite lateral hiring having dipped a bit due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Rather than hiring entry level associates, most firms were hiring more experienced attorneys—which…

The bar exam: most law students’ biggest dread. It’s long been criticized as an imperfect metric of legal knowledge and skills, and experts have been challenging the way it is administered more and more in recent years. These criticisms were answered by the creators of the test, the National…