Podcast: Willamette Law dean Brian Gallini discusses alternative licensing for law school graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — Several states opted to temporarily suspend their bar exams when the pandemic broke out last year. This led many in the legal community to question why the exam exists in the first place.Now at least one state is seriously considering alternative ways to certify new law school grads. The Oregon Supreme Court is…
Read More about Podcast: Willamette Law dean Brian Gallini discusses alternative licensing for law school graduatesABA honors Northwestern Law professor Joyce Hughes and Stanford Law professor Pamela Karlan with Margaret Brent Awards
ABA JOURNAL — The commission established the annual awards in 1991 to recognize and celebrate female lawyers who have achieved professional excellence within their specialty and helped pave the way for other women. It is named for Margaret Brent, who arrived in the colonies in 1638 and is recognized as the first female lawyer in North…
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NATIONAL JURIST — It’s true that law schools are OK with any major. They have no expectation that you will have majored in pre-law or be an expert in legal research. But for you, how do you prepare in college so that by the time you start law school you have some knowledge of law and…
Read More about Advice on preparing for the first year of law schoolTips for success for incoming students
NATIONAL JURIST — If you’re beginning your first year with the goal of being a top law student, you’re not alone. Many of your classmates will have that same ambition. To set yourself apart, you’ll need to have a strategy for success from the start.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Current statistics from the Law School Admission Council, known as LSAC, show that nearly 71,000 people applied to law school for the 2021 enrollment year, roughly a 13% increase from the prior year. Those applicants submitted nearly 481,000 law school applications in total, about a 27% increase from last year.
Read More about Advice for law school applicants amid competitive admissions environmentABA survey shows little gain in the number of women and lawyers of color over the last 10 years
BLOOMBERG LAW — Women and minorities made only minimal gains in joining law firm ranks over the past decade, American Bar Association data released Thursday shows. The percentage of women lawyers increased to 37% in 2021 from 33% in 2011, according to the ABA’s 2021 Profile of the Legal Profession.
Read More about ABA survey shows little gain in the number of women and lawyers of color over the last 10 yearsArizona State University Law Post-Conviction Clinic receives state funding to assist with the expungement of marijuana offenses
ASU NEWS — When Arizona voters approved Proposition 207 last fall legalizing recreational marijuana, a provision in the law allowed expungement of marijuana offenses from criminal records. This fall, Arizona State University’s Post-Conviction Clinic in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will begin assisting eligible people to expunge those convictions. The clinic will partner with the Arizona Justice Project…
Read More about Arizona State University Law Post-Conviction Clinic receives state funding to assist with the expungement of marijuana offensesArizona State University Law dean Douglas Sylvester steps down after 10 years
NATIONAL JURIST — Sylvester joined ASU in 2002 as an associate professor, then quickly rose through the ranks to become a full professor, then associate dean for faculty research and development in 2008 before being appointed dean. He ended up being one the longest-tenured deans in the history of the school and helped transform it in…
Read More about Arizona State University Law dean Douglas Sylvester steps down after 10 yearsUniversity of Arkansas Law professor Cynthia Nance named chair of the American Bar Foundation Fellows
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Cynthia Nance, dean emerita and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the U of A School of Law, has been named chair of the American Bar Foundation Fellows. She, along with ABF board president and executive director, will also accept a $3.49 million grant presented by American Bar Endowment…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Cynthia Nance named chair of the American Bar Foundation FellowsA look at University at Buffalo Law’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program for underrepresented students
UBNOW — Johnniel Morales has a clear, powerful statement about how UB’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program, an immersive summer program for promising underrepresented students, changed his life. It’s about “admiring the value of my potential and the diversity that surrounds me as an opportunity to reflect and rebuild over the things that were seen as…
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