Jeesoo Nam joins USC Gould Law faculty
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The Internal Revenue code – tedious or interesting? Professor Jeesoo Nam leans toward the latter, and aims to demonstrate to his students the engaging and even amusing aspects of tax law. For example, Nam, who comes to USC Gould this academic year from New York University, where he was a…
Read More about Jeesoo Nam joins USC Gould Law facultyNew York Law School names Erin Felker Bond as associate dean for academic planning and career development
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School (NYLS) Dean Anthony W. Crowell today announced the appointment of Erin Felker Bond ’08 as the Associate Dean for Academic Planning and Career Development. A 2008 graduate of NYLS, she is the first alumna to hold this critical position. She received her B.A. from the University of…
Read More about New York Law School names Erin Felker Bond as associate dean for academic planning and career developmentAALS honors UCLA Law and Columbia Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw with lifetime service award
REUTERS — The Association of American Law Schools will give its highest award to Kimberlé Crenshaw, who established the concept of intersectionality and helped to advance and define critical race theory. Crenshaw, who is on the faculties of both Columbia Law School and the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, will receive the 2021…
Read More about AALS honors UCLA Law and Columbia Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw with lifetime service awardSt. Mary’s to break new ground with fully online J.D. program
NATURAL JURIST — St. Mary’s University School of Law will become the first law school accredited by the American Bar Association to offer a J.D. program completely online. The program will kickoff in Fall of 2022, with a limit of 25 students, the school announced recently. None of the schools currently offering such programs are ABA accredited.…
Read More about St. Mary’s to break new ground with fully online J.D. programFIU Law earns highest scores on Florida bar exam for the seventh consecutive year
FIU NEWS — FIU has once again ranked as the top-performing Florida law school on the Florida bar exam. FIU Law graduates earned an 88.8% passing rate on the Florida bar exam in July. This is the highest of any Florida law school, and 17.2 percentage points above the state average. The exam was administered remotely. FIU Law…
Read More about FIU Law earns highest scores on Florida bar exam for the seventh consecutive yearHow law school graduates fared on the July Florida Bar Exam
MIAMI HERALD — If you want to become a lawyer in Florida, the best place to do so might be Miami-Dade County. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners released the results Monday for the most recent Bar exam administered in late July among Florida’s law schools. The results show the law schools of Miami-based Florida International University…
Read More about How law school graduates fared on the July Florida Bar ExamTips for LSAT-takers on preparing for the test
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Thousands of aspiring lawyers will be gearing up in a few weeks to take the October LSAT, the last date recommended to apply early in the law school admissions cycle. Preparing for the LSAT, or Law School Admission Test, starts months in advance. Ideally, law school applicants fall into…
Read More about Tips for LSAT-takers on preparing for the testIncrease in law school enrollment raises concerns about graduate job prospects
REUTERS — If the law school corridors are feeling a bit crowded this fall, it’s not your imagination. First-year enrollment is up at most campuses following a blockbuster admissions cycle that saw the number of applicants jump by nearly 13%. At least 17 law schools have welcomed 1Ls classes a quarter or more larger than last year.
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JDJOURNAL — The passage of the bar exam is a requirement for most legal jobs, so legal education experts recommend that law school candidates compare pass rates for recent graduates at various J.D programs. To assess how a law school’s quality compares to that of others and decide if it deserves accreditation, the American Bar Association examines…
Read More about A look at law schools and the bar examState Bar of California board considers ‘paraprofessional’ program allowing nonlawyers to give legal advice in some areas
REUTERS — California is on track to become the largest state to let specially trained nonlawyers offer legal advice in limited settings, such as employment and consumer debt. The State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees on Thursday gave its preliminary blessing to a proposed “paraprofessional” program by voting to gather public comment on the plan. The…
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