USC Gould Law professor Tom Lyon launches virtual reading group for first-year law students
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USC has made several changes to campus life for the fall 2020 semester, including instituting online classes, which pose challenges to creating and maintaining community.
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Tom Lyon launches virtual reading group for first-year law studentsTest takers in several states express concern about in-person bar exams
ABA JOURNAL — Following an in-person July bar exam, some North Carolina test-takers claim that public health measures were not handled properly during the administration of the test amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, in Colorado, one bar candidate found out that she tested positive for the novel coronavirus shortly after the exam ended.
Read More about Test takers in several states express concern about in-person bar examsSome states create new bar exam reciprocity agreements amid pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the October online bar exam planned by the National Conference of Bar Examiners has been described by the organization as an “emergency remote testing option.” Additionally, it will not offer a portable score because it’s shorter than the Uniform Bar Exam.
Read More about Some states create new bar exam reciprocity agreements amid pandemicArkansas’ law schools prepare for online and hybrid classes this fall
ARKANSAS BUSINESS — In early May, the University of Arkansas School of Law began planning for the fall semester.The administration and faculty realized “that this fall would be unusual, whether that’s from our face-to-face classes being socially distant or whether it’s the fact that we have more distance and remote learning,” said Dean Margaret Sova…
Read More about Arkansas’ law schools prepare for online and hybrid classes this fallHarvard Law librarians discuss shift to online services and support
HARVARD LAW TODAY — What does the Harvard Law School Library evoke for you? Is it the high ceilings, large portraits, and wooden tables of Langdell Hall’s reading room? The new glass paneled collaboration spaces on the second floor? Your favorite study carrel? A helpful librarian pointing you toward the perfect resource?
Read More about Harvard Law librarians discuss shift to online services and supportUIC John Marshall Law to release Law in the Time of Coronavirus video series
UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — On August 13, UIC Law hosted “Inequities in the Time of Coronavirus,” the sixth video discussion in the Law School’s “Law in the Time of Coronavirus” series.
Read More about UIC John Marshall Law to release Law in the Time of Coronavirus video seriesUniversity of New Mexico Law professors request delay to fall semester amid COVID-19 cases among faculty
DAILYLOBO.COM — A group of tenure track School of Law professors at the University of New Mexico have formally requested a delay in the start of the fall semester.
Read More about University of New Mexico Law professors request delay to fall semester amid COVID-19 cases among facultyNorthwestern Law students Jamie Hwang and Connor Cohen share advice for incoming students learning online
ABA JOURNAL — As guinea pigs of Zoom law school classes, we learned—the hard way—what it’s like to be first-year law students in a world battling COVID-19. As 1L section mates, we supported each other through an unprecedented finale to our first spring semester at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago.
Read More about Northwestern Law students Jamie Hwang and Connor Cohen share advice for incoming students learning onlineLaw graduates express concern over in-person Alaska Bar Exam
ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA — With coronavirus on the upswing, a group of recent law school graduates say it’s too risky to sit indoors for the Bar exam. They’re asking the Alaska Supreme Court to allow applicants to practice law without taking the two-day proctored test.
Read More about Law graduates express concern over in-person Alaska Bar ExamCalifornia Supreme Court issues order to permanently lower bar exam score
TIMES OF SAN DIEGO — The California Supreme Court issued an order Monday to permanently lower the passing score for the state’s bar exam by 50 points and administer the test online in October as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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