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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 grant will support AALS research in support of law schools and deans
ACCESSLEX — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has been awarded a grant from AccessLex Institute for up to $375,000 to support research on legal education and professional development for law schools and deans.
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California considers stronger regulation of online higher education offerings
INSIDE HIGHER ED — State lawmakers in California have proposed seven interrelated bills that would tighten regulation of for-profit and private colleges.
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Public service loan forgiveness program not living up to promises
WALL STREET JOURNAL — When Bonnie Svitavsky first heard about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, she thought she had finally found a way out of the large debt she had taken on to become a public librarian
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- Democracy, Religion, and the Marketplace - University of Virginia School of Law - May 2-3, 2019
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable? - University of Colorado Law School - May 3, 2019
- 6th Annual USD Transfer Pricing Symposium - University of San Diego School of Law - May 9-10, 2019
- NSU Law Environmental Symposium - Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law - May 10, 2019
- ASIL-Southeast Journal Scholar Workshop - Washington & Lee University School of Law - May 13, 2019
- 38th Annual Federal Tax Institute - Chicago-Kent College of Law - May 16, 2019
- The Biennial Empire State Legal Writing Conference - New York Law School - May 17, 2019
- Fifth Annual Texas Tax Faculty Workshop - University of Houston Law Center - May 17, 2019
- 29th Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association - New York University School of Law - May 17-18, 2019
- Conference on Elder Abuse - UC Hastings College of Law - May 21, 2019