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Nevada July bar exam to replace some test sections
ABA JOURNAL — According to a Nevada Supreme Court opinion published last week, the exam will be limited to eight essay questions on state law, and a performance test. The multistate bar exam, which has 200 multiple choice questions and is developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners will be removed from the test. The Nevada….
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Tennessee schedules fall bar exam to accommodate reduced seating for July exam
ABA JOURNAL — Seating for the July exam is limited to no more than 50% of the customary number to comply with restrictions on gatherings under COVID-19 orders, according to a policy adopted by the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners that was affirmed by the state supreme court May 11. More information is available here.
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Dr. Anthony Faucci discusses health precautions for colleges re-opening in fall
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — On Friday The Chronicle spoke to one of America’s top public-health officials, Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about some of the strategies universities have said they’ll employ. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Legal Issues in Dealing with COVID-19: Jennifer Urban, “COVID-19, App-based Contact Tracing, and Surveillance Policy” — UC Berkeley School of Law — June 1, 2020
- 2020 Stanford | Harvard | Yale Junior Faculty Forum — Stanford Law School — June 1-2, 2020
- Top 5 Tips for Teaching Law Online — AALS Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education — June 3, 2020
- The Wednesday Lunch Series: Conversation with India Johnson — New York Law School — June 3, 2020
- Best Practices in Judicial Administration: What We’ve Learned During COVID — UC Berkeley School of Law — June 3, 2020
- 43rd Annual Health Law Professors Conference — Northeastern University School of Law — June 3-5, 2020
- CALICon2020 — Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology — June 4-5, 2020
- 2020 Human Rights Conference | Women’s Rights as Human Rights — Gonzaga University School of Law — June 7-8, 2020
- Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable — Yale Law School — June 8-9, 2020
- Faculty Focus: Work-Life Balance and the Demands of Scholarship — Association of American Law Schools — June 9, 2020