Conference on Rebuilding Democracy and the Rule of Law
May 6-7, 2021
This non-partisan conference brought together law professors, lawyers, and others with expertise to consider how to rebuild democracy and strengthen the rule of law. Video recordings of the conference are now available.
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Empirical Research in Clinical Legal Education
Four authors—Colleen Shanahan (Columbia Law), Jeffrey Selbin (UC Berkeley Law), Alyx Mark (Wesleyan University/American Bar Foundation), and Anna Carpenter (University of Utah Law)—report findings from a large dataset of legal cases that shed light on the teaching-service promise of law school clinics.
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Eight law schools co-create National Association of Standalone Graduate Schools
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Eleven independent graduate schools have launched a new organization, the National Association of Standalone Graduate Schools, to advocate for their collective interests. Anthony Crowell said that legislative efforts and funding formulas often are not thought of with these institutions in mind.
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Advice for perspective students as more law schools accept the GRE for admissions
U.S. NEWS — In 2017 a few law schools began an experiment to start accepting the Graduate Record Examinations as an alternative to the Law School Admission Test. Since the GRE is more frequently administered and more widely used than the LSAT, those law schools hoped that accepting the GRE might broaden their applicant pool.
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National Conference of Bar Examiners reverts to in-person only bar exams in 2022
ABA JOURNAL — Law grads taking bar exams developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners next year should expect to take the test in person. The NCBE announced Tuesday that its test materials will be made available to jurisdictions only in an in-person form beginning in February 2022.
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Upcoming Symposia at Law Schools
- 2021 Health Law Professors Conference — Northeastern University School of Law — June 7 & 9-11, 2021
- 21st Annual SIH/SIU Health Policy Institute — Southern Illinois University School of Law — June 8, 2021
- Law & Policy in the Biden-Harris Era: “After Trump: New Horizons for Immigration Law” — University of California, Irvine School of Law — June 8, 2021
- The Charles Stuart Case: White Lies and Black Lives — Northeastern University School of Law — June 9, 2021
- First 100 Days Series: The Covid Vaccine — Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law — June 9, 2021
- The 26th Annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in City Government — New York Law School — June 9, 2021
- Reflecting Back and Moving Forward: Effective Instruction in Online, Hybrid and In-Person Learning Environments — University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law — June 10-11, 2021
- Program In Law and Technology Seminar — University of Dayton School of Law — June 11, 2021
- 2021 GCGC Conference: Yale — Yale Law School — June 11-12, 2021
- 2021 Educating Advocacy Teachers Conference — Stetson University College of Law — June 14-16, 2021