Some law professors criticize ABA proposal to make law school courses more uniform
REUTERS — Legal academics are pushing back against an American Bar Association proposal that would specify what law students should learn and how they should be assessed, saying it would squelch the freedom professors have to take different approaches within their classrooms.
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REUTERS — A decade ago, six for-profit law schools accredited by the American Bar Association enrolled more than 5,000 aspiring attorneys across the U.S. That number has since dwindled to about 900 and may soon plummet further as the shine has worn off the for-profit model.
Read More about The number of ABA-accredited for-profit law schools could soon drop to oneABA Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section honors Yale Law professors Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan
YALE JOURNAL ON REGULATION — Please join me in congratulating Professors Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan for winning the ABA Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section’s 2023 Annual Scholarship Award, which recognizes the best scholarly work published in the field of administrative law during 2022.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Todd Berger, director of advocacy programs at Syracuse University College of Law, has joined the American Bar Association’s Law Student Podcast, part of the Legal Talk network of podcasts, as the faculty host.
Read More about Syracuse Law professor Todd Berger joins ABA student podcast as faculty hostSyracuse Law student Michael Ortizo named law student ambassador to ABA Antitrust Law Section
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — 3L Michael Ortizo is one of two Law Student Ambassadors to the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s Intellectual Property Committee.
Read More about Syracuse Law student Michael Ortizo named law student ambassador to ABA Antitrust Law SectionABA legal education section receives comments on proposed law school free speech standard
REUTERS — An American Bar Association proposal that would require law schools to adopt free speech policies has drawn a largely positive response from the legal academy.
Read More about ABA legal education section receives comments on proposed law school free speech standardABA legal education section grants variances to 32 law schools to use JD-Next for admissions
LAW.COM — Now 32 law schools, plus the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law—whose team has been developing the test for past five years—have been granted variances from Standard 503 to use JD-Next.
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KOTV –The President of the American Bar Association is traveling to several law schools to speak with students about why their profession is important, and she made the University of Tulsa the first stop on the list.
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REUTERS — With law school free speech controversies plaguing administrators and increasingly spilling into public view, the American Bar Association is considering a new requirement for schools to adopt policies protecting “freedom of expression.”
Read More about ABA seeks comments on proposed law school standard on free speechABA Strategic Review Committee seeks comments on how much of a law school library may be digital
ABA JOURNAL — Proposed revisions to law school library accreditation standards, including language stating that physical books might not be necessary, were approved for notice and comment Friday by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
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