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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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A look at Before the JD and the national increase in law school applications
BLOOMBERG LAW — When students began flocking back to law school after enrollment dropped precipitously starting in 2010, no one could explain why it regained its allure. So the Association of American Law Schools asked nearly 25,000 undergraduates and first-year law students about their reasons.
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College students have public-spirited motivations for considering law school
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Undergraduates considering a law degree are motivated by a desire to contribute to the public good, but high costs and work-life balance concerns deter some of them, according to a study from AALS and Gallup.
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ABA legal education section says streamlined accreditation will speed up process for law schools with compliance issues
INDIANA LAWYER — The adoption of three resolutions at the ABA’s annual meeting are characterized as bringing the “most fundamental changes” to the accreditation process in several decades. This transformation is said to streamline the system for accrediting and monitoring law schools.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest - American University Washington College of Law - September 27-29, 2018
- One Year After Charlottesville: Replacing the Resurgence of Racism With Reconciliation - UVA Law - September 27-28, 2018
- Business Law Forum - Lewis & Clark Law School - September 28, 2018
- TechLaw Conference - University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law - September 28, 2018
- Junior Faculty Forum for Law and STEM - Northwestern University Prizker School of Law - September 28-29, 2018
- Western Regional Legal Writing Conference 2018 - UC Irvine School of Law - September 28-29, 2018
- Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement at Trade Shows - UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law - October 4, 2018
- 2018 SALT Teaching Conference: Legal Education for a Changing Soceity - Penn State Law - October 4-6, 2018
- The Gift and Weight of Genomic Knowledge: In Search of the Good Biocitizen - Brooklyn Law School - October 4-5, 2018
- Administering Patent Law - University of Iowa College of Law - October 5, 2018