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Number of LSAT takers last month jumps almost 20 percent from June 2016
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The total number of test takers last month was 27,606, up 19.8 percent from the June 2016 administration.
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ABA committee weighs revisions to broaden law school accreditation diversity rules
ABA JOURNAL – Proposed revisions to add gender identity and ethnicity to existing rules regarding diversity, nondiscrimination and equal opportunity are being considered by the Standards Review Committee of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
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Legal sector sees job gains for third month in a row
ABA JOURNAL – The legal services sector gained 2,000 jobs in June, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted numbers from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- 17th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law - August 10-11, 2017
- Western Regional Legal Writing Conference - Seattle University School of Law - August 25-26, 2017
- Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy - Antonin Scalia Law School George Mason University - September 8-9, 2017
- Central States Area Legal Writing Conference: How to Find Fun in Our Classes, Our Jobs, and Our Lives - Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law - September 15-16, 2017
- Third Business and Human Rights Scholars Conference - Santa Clara University School of Law - September 15-16, 2017
- 14th Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference - Georgetown University Law Center - September 25, 2017
- Presidential Conference on the Integrity of Creation 2017: The Global Water Crisis - Duquesne University School of Law - September 27-28, 2017
- Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations - University of Minnesota Law School - October 6, 2017
- Entrepreneurship 2.0: Legal, Regulatory, and Economic Challenges to the Innovation Economy - Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law - October 6, 2017