Weekly News Roundup

Penn Law Claims the Internet’s Highest Honor

The Webby Awards are international accolades for excellence on the Internet

Although it technically occurred on May 1, Tipping the Scales couldn’t resist noting that Penn Law School nabbed one of the Internet’s highest honors – the prestigious People’s Voice Webby Award. Penn Law overhauled its school website last July and enhanced the new design with a more seamless social media experience and a cleaner, more navigable display.
The public clearly approved of the changes, and online fans voted the Penn Law website into first place in the Webby’s Law category.  Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Science select only 7% of more than 11,000 entries as award nominees – Penn Law was the only law school to make the cut for the Best Law Website.  It’s a nice victory for law schools, who have taken a hit in recent years for being out of date.
Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian
UK Law School Offers Tuition to Unemployed Grads 
Stories of law students emerging from school with mountains of debt and dim job prospects abound.  But BPP Law School in England has offered a new twist on the stale and all-too-common narrative of unemployed law grads.  For students who don’t land legal jobs within six months of graduation, the school has pledged to foot the bill for another course that will boost their employment prospects.  For grads who meet certain requirements, BPP Law will foot as much as $26,000 in tuition for further qualifications, ranging from courses to become a chartered financial analyst or tax adviser to a master’s degree at the BPP Business School and even a preparatory course for the New York Bar.
The school has said the move reflects their confidence in the employability of their graduates. It seems a safe bet as nearly 90% of BPP LPC graduates found legal employment within three months last year. In the event that next year’s class isn’t as successful, they can now switch to finance without breaking the bank.
Source: GradPlus.com