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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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Video: Trump Administration policies motivate law students to focus on immigration law
TIME — According to the American Bar Association Journal, student interest in immigration law has increased at many schools in recent years, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association says its student membership has doubled in the past 18 months.
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Advice on the legal job market and bar exam for prospective students
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Prospective students preparing for the law school application process should look ahead to the bar exam and legal job market.
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Louisiana’s law schools and state bar association partner on summer program for high school students
THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE — Suit Up for the Future High School Summer Legal Institute and Internship Program is a three-week workshop that immerses forward-thinking teenagers into the legal field, introduces them to the various agencies operating within the justice system and ultimately helps them decide whether they want to become lawyers.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Women’s Leadership in Academic Conference - University of Georgia School of Law - July 19-20, 2018
- International Consortium for Global Legal Education: Engaging, Advising & Assessing Students - Nova Southeastern University College of Law - July 24-27, 2018
- Washburn Junior Legal Writing Scholars Workshop - Washburn University School of Law - July 27-28, 2018
- Intellectual Property Scholars Conference - University of California, Berkeley School of Law - August 9-10, 2018
- Life Science Law Conference - Loyola University Chicago School of Law - September 7, 2018
- Erie at Eighty–Choice of Law Across the Disciplines - University of Akron School of Law - September 13-14, 2018
- Federal Courts Junior Faculty Workshop - University of Oklahoma College of Law - September 14-15, 2018
- The Fourteenth Amendment at 150 - Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University - September 21, 2018
- Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy - American University Washington College of Law - September 21-22, 2018
- Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest - American University Washington College of Law - September 27-29, 2018