Florida Coastal Law sues Department of Education over student loans in effort to avoid closure
JACKSONVILLE.COM — Florida Coastal School of Law is suing the federal government to reverse a decision ending its students’ access to financial aid, saying the college “will imminently close” without it.
Read More about Florida Coastal Law sues Department of Education over student loans in effort to avoid closureHarvard Law summer contribution policy affects need-based financial aid for students during the pandemic
WBUR NEWS — Surviving the pandemic was stressful for Harvard Law School student Stacey Menjivar and her family. Her parents took a huge financial hit when everything shut down last year.
Read More about Harvard Law summer contribution policy affects need-based financial aid for students during the pandemicUniversity of North Carolina faculty concerned about political retaliation after law professor Eric Muller not reappointed to UNC Press board
THE NEWS & OBSERVER — UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members say they are wary of political retaliation by the UNC System Board of Governors in light of law professor Eric Muller not being reappointed to the UNC Press board.
Read More about University of North Carolina faculty concerned about political retaliation after law professor Eric Muller not reappointed to UNC Press boardNorthwestern Law professor Michael A. Zuckerman argues against automating legal writing
ABA JOURNAL — Give a dozen brilliant mathematicians the same problem, and they will give you the same answer. Math has an objective truth to it; however, legal writing is different.
Read More about Northwestern Law professor Michael A. Zuckerman argues against automating legal writingUniversity of Arizona Law launches online JD-Next program to improve access to legal education
PR NEWSWIRE — ETS announced its sponsorship of the 2021 JD-Next Program, an online, eight-week course designed by the University of Arizona to help aspiring lawyers preview and prepare for the rigor of law school as well as to provide law programs with an additional window on participants’ potential to succeed.
Read More about University of Arizona Law launches online JD-Next program to improve access to legal educationPodcast: UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris provides a background on Critical Race Theory
MARKETPLACE — On today’s show, we’ll talk to a critical race theorist about what CRT is and isn’t — and what the recent controversy has to do with voting restrictions.
Read More about Podcast: UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris provides a background on Critical Race TheoryCase Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy role
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — As reported on WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s NPR Station, on Monday, July 19, Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Law Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoined the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team as deputy monitor five weeks after her forced resignation and 11 days after the police monitor, Hassan Aden,…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy roleUniversity of Colorado Law launches Civil Rights and Racial Justice Certificate program
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — As part of the University of Colorado Law School’s Anti-Racism and Representation Initiative, the law school recently announced the launch of a certificate program focused on civil rights and racial justice.
Read More about University of Colorado Law launches Civil Rights and Racial Justice Certificate programRoger Williams Law to require a course focused on the impact of race on the development of American law
REUTERS — Roger Williams University School of Law recently joined a handful of law schools across the country that now require a course focused on the impact of race in the development of American law.
Read More about Roger Williams Law to require a course focused on the impact of race on the development of American lawOpinion: William & Mary Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer says law schools and law firms must share the responsibility of improving access to the legal profession
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law schools and law firms must partner to ensure that a pipeline of underrepresented students apply to law school and receive the professional development support they need to remain and advance at firms, William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer says.
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