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Innovative and Outstanding Programs
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Incubator Program Prepares Law Graduates for Successful Solo Practice
The Law Entrepreneurs for Access Program (LEAP) at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is a year-long incubator program that provides advanced legal and business training to JD students who want to run successful solo practices.
Current Issues in Legal Education
The Demand for Legal Education: The Long View
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland, Research Fellow at the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, examines available data on the total number of law school applicants, including long-term economic and demographic trends in the demand for legal education.
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Hofstra Law partners with med school for innovative medical-legal trial competition
HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell are hosting a new national Medical-Legal Trial Competition on Nov. 16-18, 2018.
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A look at the future of JD advantage jobs
ABOVE THE LAW — These big financial wins for the legal entrepreneurs building the companies now set to reshape the legal services industry.
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Law students help voters cast ballots on election day
LAW.COM — Law students across the country are fanning out to poll sites as election monitors, manning phones to answer voter questions, and finding other ways to serve the public on Election Day.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- 2018 Veterans Clinic Symposium - University of Missouri School of Law - November 9, 2018
- Conference on Empirical Legal Studies - University of Michigan Law School - November 9-10, 2018
- Civil Procedure Workshop - Stanford Law School - November 9-10, 2018
- #MeToo and the Legal Profession - Benjamin Cardozo School of Law - November 13, 2018
- Federal Circuit Symposium - American University Washington College of Law - November 16, 2018
- Serving the Needs of Medicaid Populations - Loyola University Chicago School of Law - November 16, 2018
- Shining a Light on Dispute Resolution: Transparency, Metrics and Empirical Research - Texas A&M University School of Law - November 16-17, 2018
- The Opioid Crisis: Paths Forward to Mitigate Regulatory Failure - University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law - November 30, 2018
- Post-Secondary Education Non-Completion and Student Loan Debt Boston College School of Law November 30, 2018
- Puerto Rico in the Wake of Crisis - University of Texas at Austin School of Law - November 30 – December 1, 2018