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Law school deans ask to delay reporting graduate employment data to the ABA due to the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Law school deans have asked the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to push back law graduate employment data deadline from March to June. The data is usually made public in the spring or early summer. The pandemic has pushed back many bar exams and led to economic shutdowns.
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Podcast: Colorado Law professor Peter H. Huang discusses how COVID-19 has changed legal education
ABA JOURNAL — A Colorado law professor recently discussed how he incorporates mindfulness in his life and finding “pandemic positives” with ABA Journal Senior Writer Stephanie Francis Ward. Peter H. Huang focuses on positives from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how COVID-19 has changed legal education.
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Tips for prospective law students on finding the best law school fit
U.S. NEWS — A fundamental question that law school applicants should answer in their applications is why they are applying to law school. Some law schools go even further and offer applicants the chance to explain why they want to attend their school specifically. Schools may do this through their personal statement, an interview, or an essay.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- The 36th Annual Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture Series — University of San Diego School of Law — February 25, 2021
- Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America: Rocio Rosales, Fruteros — University of California, Irvine School of Law — February 25, 2021
- Indiana International and Comparative Law Review Symposium: International Law and Human Rights Under a New Administration — Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law — February 25, 2021
- Emerging Environmental Law Curriculum Workshops: New Techniques in the Classroom and Beyond — Vermont Law School — February 25, 2021
- Rural Law and Policy Virtual Seminar Series: Rural Public Defenders — University of Nebraska College of Law — February 25, 2021
- Privacy Praxis Conference: “The Bridge: How Does Your Scholarship/Work Live in This World?” — University of Kansas School of Law — February 25, 2021
- Lost and Found: Intellectual Property, Race and Restorative Justice — Northeastern University School of Law — February 25, 2021
- The Future of Police Reform and Civil Rights in the Biden Administration — Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University — February 25, 2021
- WVU Law Review Virtual Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and the Law — West Virginia University College of Law — February 25-26, 2021
- 26th Annual Law, Ethics and National Security Conference — 26th Annual Law, Ethics and National Security Conference — February 25-27, 2021