Golden Gate Law Dean Anthony Niedwiecki and UC Hastings Law Dean David Faigman call for lower bar exam pass score in California

August 21, 2017

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE – The bar exam is a poor measure of a lawyer’s competence, law school deans told California State Bar officials at a public comment session.

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Video: Former Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow outlines legacy of Brown v. Board of Education

August 21, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – A leading scholar on the landmark case launches a lecture series celebrating the HLS Bicentennial.

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John Marshall Law professor to teach course in Singapore on U.S. IP law

August 21, 2017

JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL – Professor Daryl Lim will teach a course in Singapore on U.S. patent law and practice to law students at the National University of Singapore.

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George Washington University Law names new business and finance law program director

August 21, 2017

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – Jeremiah Pam will serve as the new Director of the Business and Finance Law Program.

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Hofstra Law Dean A. Gail Prudenti shares her vision for law school

August 14, 2017

LONG ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS – “In my time as dean, I hope to leverage and build upon those relationships, which I believe make our community as well as our law school stronger and more vibrant.”

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Q&A with Columbia Law Dean Gillian Lester on legal education and training ‘lawyers of the future’

August 14, 2017

BLOOMBERG LAW – “[W]e spoke with Columbia Law School dean Gillian Lester about her views on who is taking the LSAT these days and why and how she is seeing the demand for legal skills evolve.”

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Maine Law Dean Danielle Conway named one of Maine’s ‘Women to Watch’

August 14, 2017

MAINEBIZ – Danielle Conway knew she wanted to go into law when at eight years old, she heard Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech for the first time.

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New Wayne State Law Dean Richard Bierschbach shares some ideas for the law school’s strategic plan

August 14, 2017

LEGAL NEWS – Richard Bierschbach, Wayne State University Law School’s new dean, has some sage advice for first year law students.

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Western New England Law Dean Eric Gouvin explains school’s strategies, outlines positive outlook for law school

August 14, 2017

BUSINESS WEST – Just before Gouvin became dean in 2013, the school launched a strategic plan to assess its current situation amid the national enrollment crisis.

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Opinion: Writing instructors need the right experience and background to improve student writing

August 14, 2017

INSIDE HIGHER ED – The system at too many colleges is stuck in a cycle of insisting that some work is lower value than other work, then using the fact that it abuses the people who do that work as proof of its low value, argues Seth Kahn.

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