Minnesota inmate believed to be first to take LSAT while in prison
ABA JOURNAL — Maureen Onyelobi has taken the LSAT three times, including twice while in prison, report CBS Minnesota and SW News Media. She studied with the help of the Prison-to-Law Pipeline program, which aims to help Minnesota prisoners obtain ABA-accredited paralegal and law degrees through remote education.
Read More about Minnesota inmate believed to be first to take LSAT while in prisonFormer University of Cincinnati law dean: ABA’s proposed diversity training mandate violates academic freedom
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The ABA has proposed mandating diversity training and affirmative action in all of its accredited law schools — and this move is poised to insert the organization’s subjective public policy views on controversial issues directly into the curriculum of accredited law schools.
Read More about Former University of Cincinnati law dean: ABA’s proposed diversity training mandate violates academic freedomLaw schools see increase in applicants with top LSAT scores
ABA JOURNAL — The number of law school applicants jumped by 13% this year, the biggest hike since 2002.
Read More about Law schools see increase in applicants with top LSAT scoresABA legal education section to publish student loan data as part of required law school disclosures
ABA JOURNAL — Starting with the 2023-2024 school year, law schools’ Standard 509 Information Reports will include information about the number of students who receive student loans, and the data will be categorized by race, ethnicity and gender.
Read More about ABA legal education section to publish student loan data as part of required law school disclosuresA look at law school acceptance rates
ABA JOURNAL — If you applied to your favorite law school last year only to face rejection, you are in good company. According to the U.S. News & Report Short List, the average acceptance rate last fall, among 193 ranked law schools, was 44%. The average acceptance rate for students who began in the fall of 2020…
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ABA JOURNAL — A law student in Tennessee is the winner of the 2021 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction. The author is Brandon Dragan, who is entering his third year at the Belmont University College of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. He will receive a $3,000 prize for his short story, “Advokat,” about a lawyer…
Read More about Belmont Law student Brandon Dragan wins ABA Journal writing contestUMass Law student Emily Dillan named to ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
UMASS DARTMOUTH NEWS — Second-year UMass Law student was recently chosen as the Law Student Division Liaison to the national American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence. For more than two decades, the Commission has worked to increase access to justice for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking by connecting them…
Read More about UMass Law student Emily Dillan named to ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual ViolenceUniversity of Missouri Law professor Robert Jerry publishes article on insurance and the pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW — Mizzou Law Professor-Emeritus Robert Jerry published an article, “Insurance in a Post-Pandemic World,” in the ABA tort trial and insurance practice section publication The Brief‘s summer issue.
Read More about University of Missouri Law professor Robert Jerry publishes article on insurance and the pandemicABA advocates for change in bankruptcy code to allow for easier discharge of student loans
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The American Bar Association House of Delegates concluded its two-day meeting today after approving new policy that asks Congress to enact legislation to amend the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to permit student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy without needing to prove undue hardship.
Read More about ABA advocates for change in bankruptcy code to allow for easier discharge of student loansLegal education experts discuss ABA report on diversity in the legal profession
REUTERS — A recent American Bar Association study found that the legal profession in America has remained overwhelmingly white and male over the last decade and that racial diversity among lawyers has actually regressed in some respects.
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