University of the Pacific McGeorge Law welcomes 100th class of students
PACIFIC NEWSROOM — The University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law welcomed its 100th class of JD students to campus this month as well as a new class of graduate, online, and international program students.
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USD NEWS CENTER — University of San Diego School of Law Dean Robert Schapiro sat down for an interview to share what led him to a career in law, his expertise of study and his plans for the School of Law.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — In a national first, Syracuse University College of Law has partnered with legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer AccessLex’s interactive Helix Bar Review prep course free of charge to all Syracuse Law students.
Read More about Syracuse Law to offer AccessLex Institute Helix Bar Review to students at no chargeJudge John Charles Thomas to speak at William and Mary Law opening convocation
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE — Judge John Charles Thomas HON ’18, the first Black justice appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia and a former longtime member of the William & Mary Board of Visitors, will now serve as the keynote speaker at the event.
Read More about Judge John Charles Thomas to speak at William and Mary Law opening convocationPandemic drives increase in enrollment of Hispanic students in graduate programs
CNBC — The coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for Latinx students in the past year but it has also shaped their future plans. Many chose to go to graduate school to add another degree to their resume before they hit the job market.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — An Alameda County Superior Court judge has ordered the University of California, Berkeley, to freeze student enrollment. The highly unusual order more specifically directs the university to “suspend any further increases in student enrollment at UC Berkeley, in academic years 2022-2023 and later, above the level of student enrollment in academic year 2020-21”…
Read More about UC Berkeley ordered to freeze student enrollment until university meets court requirementsThe Impact of the Coronavirus on Legal Education
U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT — American law schools, typically traditionalist and resistant to change, have adapted with rare urgency to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. In the spring of 2020, most law schools – like other educational institutions – moved classes online, canceled campus activities and events, and restricted libraries and other facilities. Many allowed…
Read More about The Impact of the Coronavirus on Legal EducationUniversity of Cincinnati researchers release report on the factors behind student bar exam success
UNIVERSITY OF CINNINATI –When Joel Chanvisanuruk, JD ’06, was hired as director of Academic Success and Bar Programs at Cincinnati Law in 2009, conventional wisdom pointed to incoming student credentials—notably, LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs—as the best indicators of bar passage. Now, thanks to a collaboration with Amy Farley and Christopher Swoboda, both of who are…
Read More about University of Cincinnati researchers release report on the factors behind student bar exam successTips for international students applying to law school in the US
WTOP NEWS — Because the U.S. is a global hub of legal education and practice, American law schools attract many foreign applicants. Most commonly, applicants come from countries with similar common law legal systems, like Canada, the United Kingdom, India and English-speaking nations in Africa and the Caribbean. But growing numbers of applicants from Asia, Latin America…
Read More about Tips for international students applying to law school in the USStanford Law professor Erik Jensen discusses the future of Legal Education in Afghanistan
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — What is the legacy of the American invasion of Afghanistan, twenty years on? For Erik Jensen, faculty director of Stanford Law School’s Rule of Law Program (ROLP), who helped launch the Afghanistan Legal Education Project(ALEP) in 2007 as a student-driven initiative in ROLP, the answer for him is simple: legal education.
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