Northern Kentucky University Law fund reduces financial impediments for students preparing for the bar exam
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — Chase College of Law is seeing spectacular results in an initiative that helps graduating students overcome the financial obstacles to passing a bar exam, such as not being able to afford a review course or not having concentrated study time. Students assisted by the alumni-supported Finish Line Fund since its inception in late…
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — The Oregon State Bar (OSB) recently released July 2021 bar passage rates. University of Oregon School of Law alumni who took the exam for the first time outperformed the state average with a passage rate of 90%. The OSB reported that 84% of all first-time bar takers passed…
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NATURAL JURIST — St. Mary’s University School of Law will become the first law school accredited by the American Bar Association to offer a J.D. program completely online. The program will kickoff in Fall of 2022, with a limit of 25 students, the school announced recently. None of the schools currently offering such programs are ABA accredited.…
Read More about St. Mary’s to break new ground with fully online J.D. programFIU Law earns highest scores on Florida bar exam for the seventh consecutive year
FIU NEWS — FIU has once again ranked as the top-performing Florida law school on the Florida bar exam. FIU Law graduates earned an 88.8% passing rate on the Florida bar exam in July. This is the highest of any Florida law school, and 17.2 percentage points above the state average. The exam was administered remotely. FIU Law…
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MIAMI HERALD — If you want to become a lawyer in Florida, the best place to do so might be Miami-Dade County. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners released the results Monday for the most recent Bar exam administered in late July among Florida’s law schools. The results show the law schools of Miami-based Florida International University…
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JDJOURNAL — The passage of the bar exam is a requirement for most legal jobs, so legal education experts recommend that law school candidates compare pass rates for recent graduates at various J.D programs. To assess how a law school’s quality compares to that of others and decide if it deserves accreditation, the American Bar Association examines…
Read More about A look at law schools and the bar examDelaware State University receives grant to create mentorship program for students applying to law school
DELAWARE PUBLIC MEDIA — Delaware State University’s Law Studies program receives a donation to help students pay for the Law School Admissions Test. As part of its 90th anniversary, Wilmington’s Morris James law firm donated $10,000 to DSU to help defray costs of students taking and preparing for the LSAT, and establish a mentoring program. The current cost…
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REUTERS — There’s a new entrant in the crowded bar exam preparation scene, aiming to stand out with a lower price point and a longer study program. AccessLex Institute will launch its new Helix Bar Review program next month and has already inked a deal with Syracuse University College of Law to make the course available to…
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ILLINOIS NEWS LIVE — According to the American Bar Association (ABA), a student that wants to learn and practice law should have critical thinking, good communication skills, should be a persuasive debater, and also be a good analytical and problem-solving person. According to Mike Weston, an essay writer at custom writing service, he student should also…
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US NEWS & WORLD REPORT — If you want a license to practice law in the U.S., you typically need to pass the bar exam of whatever jurisdiction you plan to work in. However, there are some exceptions. In rare cases, a jurisdiction may grant diploma privilege to alumni of a particular law school, so…
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