New Law Graduates’ Needs, New Client Service Needs and the Bar Exam: Three problems that needn’t have one solution
PrawfsBlawg (By Paul Horowitz) — Professor Horowitz (Alabama Law) analyzes the issues of licensing new law school graduates, how to handle new client needs, and how states will administer the bar exam during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about New Law Graduates’ Needs, New Client Service Needs and the Bar Exam: Three problems that needn’t have one solutionPreparing for a Different Exam
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Steven Foster) — Professor Foster (Oklahoma City Law) provides tips for law students as they prepare for open-book finals.
Read More about Preparing for a Different ExamLWI 2020 Biennial Conference is Canceled
Legal Writing Prof Blog — The 2020 Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference has been cancelled.
Read More about LWI 2020 Biennial Conference is CanceledLSAC cancels April LSAT, but introduces remote testing
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) shares the LSAC announcement that the May LSAT test will be administered remotely. He speculates what this might mean for student enrollment and faculty hiring.
Read More about LSAC cancels April LSAT, but introduces remote testingState bar licensing authorities converge on coronavirus trend: postpone bar, allow grads limited ability to practice in interim
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) summarizes how state bar associations may handle emergency licensing for law students graduating during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about State bar licensing authorities converge on coronavirus trend: postpone bar, allow grads limited ability to practice in interimThe (Emergency) Return of Diploma Privilege
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Briggs) — Professor Marsha Griggs (Washburn Law) summarizes the history of bar associations using emergency diploma privilege to allow law school graduates to practice law, and its return in some jurisdictions on an emergency basis due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about The (Emergency) Return of Diploma PrivilegeDid the California bar enact ‘diploma privilege’ after the 1906 California earthquake and during WWII?
Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) argues that claims ‘diploma privilege’ was used in California during the 1906 earthquake and during World War II are inaccurate.
Read More about Did the California bar enact ‘diploma privilege’ after the 1906 California earthquake and during WWII?ABA seeks Deputy Managing Director for Law School Accreditation
The Faculty Lounge (By Dan Filler) — American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar seeks a new Deputy Managing Director of Law School Accreditation after the promotion of Bill Adams to Managing Director.
Read More about ABA seeks Deputy Managing Director for Law School AccreditationAdvice to law students potentially graduating into a down economy
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports) by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) offers advice to law students graduating during an economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about Advice to law students potentially graduating into a down economySLU Law Journal Call for Papers: Special Issue on Teaching Law Online
The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares call for papers for an upcoming Saint Louis University Law Journal issue dedicated to teaching law online.
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