Advice for law school applicants in a competitive admissions environment
JDJOURNAL — A tumultuous year is a good time to look back before the next law school admissions season begins. Law school applicants, students, and graduates alike were affected by the coronavirus pandemic in many ways, including the greatest number of applications since 2011.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Law school is not a rigid path, but there is less room for experimentation than at the undergraduate level. Thus, it is best for students to come to law school with some sense of their career interests and goals. Expressing clear career goals, even if they are broad or…
Read More about Tips for law school applicants on choosing specializationsABA legal education section finds CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law out of compliance with financial resources standard
ABA JOURNAL — Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has been found to be out of compliance with an ABA accreditation standard focused on program resources. The notice, dated Aug. 31, states that the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar found “significant noncompliance” with Standards 202(a), (c) and (d).
Read More about ABA legal education section finds CSU Cleveland-Marshall Law out of compliance with financial resources standardAlbany Law and University at Albany students create online tool to help community aid organizations
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — It often starts with a willingness to help. As community members come together to help one another out in times of need through a mutual aid group, an idea can grow beyond its original vision of lending a quick helping hand. That’s where students in Professor Ray Brescia’s The Law of Social Entrepreneurship and…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The Honorable Leslie E. Stein ‘81, who retired as an Associate Judge on the New York Court of Appeals in June, will be the new Director of the Government Law Center (GLC) at Albany Law School starting full-time in January 2022. She currently serves on the law school’s Board of Trustees.
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WILLIAM H. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law now offers a new graduate degree. The Master of Studies in Law (“M.S.L.”) will provide legal training for non-lawyers who wish to develop legal expertise in a specific area of the law that will aid them in…
Read More about University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law offers graduate studies in law programBoston University Law joins national effort to prevent evictions
BU TODAY — When it became clear in late August that President Biden’s efforts to extend a nationwide moratorium on residential evictions would fail and hundreds of thousands of tenants would stand at risk of eviction, US Attorney General Merrick Garland asked the legal community for help. Angela Onwuachi-Willig, dean of the BU School of Law,…
Read More about Boston University Law joins national effort to prevent evictionsCapital Law temporarily returns to remote classes due to rise in covid cases
ABOVE THE LAW — After sending students to remote learning environments for the better part of the past year and a half due to the coronavirus crisis, law schools across the country have finally opened up their doors to welcome their students back to real-life learning. But with COVID cases climbing due to the Delta variant,…
Read More about Capital Law temporarily returns to remote classes due to rise in covid casesDrexel Law creates Center for Law and Transformational Technology to focus on legal issues in tech
TECHNICALLY MEDIA — Drexel University’s Kline School of Law today announced its new Center for Law and Transformational Technology (CLTT), a group of researchers and resources focused on the legal issues emerging from the tech industry.
Read More about Drexel Law creates Center for Law and Transformational Technology to focus on legal issues in techGeorgetown Law admissions dean Andrew Cornblatt reflects on school’s fall enrollment
REUTERS — Georgetown University Law Center’s admissions dean Andrew Cornblatt knew something unusual was happening last October, when his office had received far more applications than normal for that time of year. The surge never died down.
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