Award Nominations – AALS Section on Academic Support
Law School Academic Support Blog (by Steven Foster) — Leaders from the AALS Section on Academic Support are seeking nominations for the section’s Legacy in Leadership and Trailblazer awards.
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CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN — The most recent class of aspiring Illinois attorneys may be living in suspense awhile longer. Results for the July bar exam will likely be delayed amid a review of technical glitches during the remote test.The results were originally slated for release Oct. 1.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law School’s Artist-in-Residence Program was created to highlight the vibrancy and diversity of the Law School community and broaden representation among artists, media, and subject matter within the art collection.
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NPR — A troubled student debt relief program for teachers, police officers and other public service workers will soon get the makeover that borrowers have been demanding. Next week, according to a source familiar with the plans but who is not authorized to discuss them publicly, the U.S. Department of Education will unveil a significant overhaul of…
Read More about US Department of Education to overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness programAALS Section on Women in Legal Education to honor Camille deJorna with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Women in Legal Education will honor Camille deJorna, deputy for legal and global higher education at Law School Admission Council (LSAC), as the recipient of the 2022 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be presented at the section’s award…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — About 2% of California bar exam takers lost time or content from online technical glitches in July, according to the state’s overseer of the tests. While about 31% of test takers experienced flaws with software memory utilization, the “vast majority” worked through the temporary difficulties, according to the State Bar of California.“Although the data…
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JDJ JOURNAL — The Connecticut Bar Examining Committee released the results of the July 2021 remote bar exam on September 24, 2021. This time, the overall pass rate for the remote bar exam stood at 59%. Among a total of 365 candidates that took the exam, 214 candidates passed and 151 candidates failed. The pass rate…
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VIRGINIA GOVERNOR — Governor Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his Administration today.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Fights about how to understand America’s racial history are nothing new, and neither are moves by politicians to dictate what schools teach. But the vituperative debate over Critical Race Theory and the rush by some state legislatures and school boards to limit what students can hear are perhaps unprecedented. The politicians leading the…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Law school deans, professors and other leaders from legal academia and the profession will convene for the 2021 Black Lawyers Matter Conference, “Building Inclusive Excellence in Legal Education and Employment” from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Central on Oct. 15. The event is being held by the University of…
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