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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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AccessLex Institute awards grant to evaluate how the California Bar Exam tests job skills
MARKETS INSIDER — AccessLex Institute has awarded a grant of $515,000 to the State Bar of California to build on studies performed last year to address the state’s bar exam passage rate and other matters related to the exam.
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Opinion: Reduced support for higher education from states is hurting public colleges
WASHINGTON POST — The rapid disinvestment by states this century in public higher education is resulting in very few public universities being included in the top 20 of many popular rankings.
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ABA organizing legal resources in response to Hurricane Florence
ABA NEWS — Working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and local legal aid offices, the Disaster Legal Services Program of the ABA Young Lawyers Division (ABA YLD) has a plan in place to provide legal assistance to disaster victims in the path of Hurricane Florence.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- The Fourteenth Amendment at 150 - Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University - September 21, 2018
- 2018 Kansas Law Review - University of Kansas School of Law - September 21, 2018
- 15th Annual Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues - SMU Dedman School of Law - September 21, 2018
- Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy - American University Washington College of Law - September 21-22, 2018
- Seventh Annual Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop - Seattle University School 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
- One Year After Charlottesville: Replacing the Resurgence of Racism With Reconciliation - UVA Law - September 27-28, 2018
- Business Law Forum - Lewis & Clark Law - 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