Northwestern Law professors Juliet S. Sorensen and J. Samuel Tenenbaum receive Walter J. Cummings Award from Federal Bar Association
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Two Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professors and a former fellow with the Bluhm Legal Clinic have been awarded the prestigious Walter J. Cummings Award for pro bono service from the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. The Clinic team took on the case in the spring of 2018, pledging…
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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Deborah Jones Merritt has accumulated just about every teaching award The Ohio State University can offer. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is also working on an important study concerning the bar exam.
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ABA JOURNAL — Regardless of where one stands on its effectiveness, in recent years, there has been a significant amount of ongoing research looking at whether the bar exam as we know it is a good tool to assess if someone is ready to practice law. Between 2018 and 2019 three legal organizations funded separate studies…
Read More about Experts discuss bar exam reformPodcast: Northwestern Law professor Dan Rodriguez discusses the future of legal innovation and legal education
LEGAL TALK NETWORK — They discuss Dan Rodriguez’s work within the legal education sphere, including his drive towards innovation and his efforts to facilitate connections between legal education and the broader legal community before turning the conversation more broadly to the future of legal innovation, the need for regulatory changes, improving access to justice, the…
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ABA — Information about fall 2019 admissions and other matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now publicly available.
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ABA JOURNAL — The total number of students at ABA-accredited law schools rose slightly this year. However, the number of first-year students decreased from 2018 to 2019, according to ABA data released Thursday. Total JD enrollment for 2019 is 112,882, which is a 1.2% increase from 2018, according to an overview posted on the ABA’s Section…
Read More about Law schools enroll slightly smaller first-year class in 2019Brooklyn Law professor Kate Mogulescu co-authors report on prosecution guidelines for post-conviction cases involving human trafficking survivors
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Kate Mogulescu, a national expert on human trafficking issues, has co-authored a new report “Workable Solutions for Criminal Record Relief: Recommendations for Prosecutors Serving Victims of Human Trafficking” on behalf of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence’s Survivor Reentry Project (SRP), a national training and technical assistance initiative on…
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor Kate Mogulescu co-authors report on prosecution guidelines for post-conviction cases involving human trafficking survivorsSanta Clara Law to host ABA National Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The National Institute is a two day CLE event on artificial intelligence and robotics. Day One covers key industries and sectors including transportation, healthcare, financial services, retail, civil engineering, insurance, and labor. Day Two focuses on cross-cutting issues including data privacy and security, human rights and constitutional law, corporate…
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER LAW — The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy and Resources recently awarded the Villanova Environmental Law Journal with the 2019 Environment, Energy and Resources Law Student Program of the Year Award for the Journal’s Annual Blank Rome LLP Symposium. The ABA presented the award to Todd Aagaard, Professor of Law…
Read More about Villanova Environmental Law Journal honored by American Bar Association section of Environment, Energy and ResourcesWest Virginia University Law signs ABA well-being pledge
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The West Virginia University College of Law has joined a national campaign focused on well-being in the legal profession. The college is one of the first 26 law schools in the country to sign the American Bar Association’s Well-Being Pledge. The program brings attention to ways to improve the health…
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