University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich assisted Senate Democrats as they prepared in July 2005 to advise President George W. Bush on whom he should name to succeed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, journalist Joan ...

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Maryland’s law schools are maintaining their high ranks in clinical and part-time programs, as well as in specialty areas in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings, which were released Tuesday. The overall rankings for the state’s two ...

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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein is to deliver the keynote address at the University of Baltimore School of Law’s commencement ceremony on May 13, the law school announced Tuesday. Rosenstein, former U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, ...

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Students with ambitions of becoming lawyers are often told to apply to law schools in the city or state where they want to live because legal communities are tight-knit and firm partners are loyal to local schools at hiring time. ...

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The Maryland July bar exam hit historic lows both in the number of people who took the exam and the number of passers, according to figures released Monday by the State Board of Law Examiners. Some 782 people sat for ...

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More than a dozen professors from the two Maryland law schools have joined colleagues across the country asking the U.S. Senate not to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

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A University of Baltimore law professor scored a big win against the National Football League on behalf of a Hall of Fame defensive end, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback and other retired players as the NFL was preparing to kick off its season Thursday.

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Both Maryland law schools are welcoming larger classes of students this fall, signaling a renewed interest among prospective lawyers that wavered in recent years.

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Journalist Lyle Denniston, who covered the Supreme Court for more than a half-century, will host the eight-week online course.

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Business at the immigration clinics at Maryland’s two law schools has been brisk.

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