Law professors react to sample questions from the NextGen Bar Exam
REUTERS — The public got its first glimpse of the new bar exam set to debut in July 2026 when the organization designing it released a selection last week of sample questions—and some legal educators aren’t impressed with what they saw.
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THE DIG — Howard University is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa A. Crooms-Robinson, J.D., as interim dean of the Howard University School of Law. Crooms-Robinson is an internationally respected expert on constitutional law and human rights and has served as a faculty member of the School of Law since 1993.
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE — Over my years as a faculty member and dean of the University of Arkansas Little Rock Bowen School of Law, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has occasionally provided negative press about the school’s internal personnel matters.
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BC LAW — Thomas W. Mitchell, BC Law Drinan Professor and director of the Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights (ILHPR), attended the June 12 premiere of Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land, a new documentary film from Al Roker Entertainment, Inc., and Emmy-nominated director Eternal Polk.
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BC LAW — Professor Kent Greenfield is among the sixty-one newly elected members of the American Law Institute (ALI).
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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — Aaron Twerski, the renowned Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law recently received distinguished recognition for his outstanding contributions to the field of tort law at the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law Annual Symposium.
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BERKELEY LAW — In Homeless Advocacy(opens in a new tab), her recently published book from Carolina Academic Press, Berkeley Law Clinical Program Director Laura Riley delves into how to be a legal advocate for people experiencing homelessness.
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THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN — The widespread use of generative artificial intelligence, or AI, is raising significant copyright concerns that could threaten the future and legality of this new technology, according to a recent study conducted by Berkeley Law professor Pamela Samuelson.
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UCI LAW — UCI Professor of Law Mehrsa Baradaran spoke at the Just Money conference at Harvard Law School on June 15, 2023, appearing on the panel for “Money and Empire: Past, Present, and the Future of the Dollar System.” View a recording of the speaking engagement.
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UCI LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s book, “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap” (Harvard University Press, 2017), was cited 15 times in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, 600…
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