ABA releases bar exam pass data for 2020 law graduates
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The Managing Director’s Office of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released today a new set of bar passage data outcomes for ABA-approved law schools that provides national “ultimate” and first-time pass rates based on race, ethnicity and gender.
Read More about ABA releases bar exam pass data for 2020 law graduatesABA data shows racial disparities in bar passage
BLOOMBERG LAW — Paving a path for minority lawyer candidates needs to start well before law school to tackle long-standing racial disparities, attorneys said. “The pipeline begins with the legal profession playing a role in addressing inequality in the education system—K through 12,” said Dayna Bowen Matthew.
Read More about ABA data shows racial disparities in bar passageSurvey explores law student opinions of remote classes during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — First-year law students are more satisfied with online learning than those who started law school before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey released Wednesday by the AccessLex Institute and Gallup.
Read More about Survey explores law student opinions of remote classes during the pandemicLSAC launches center to support student-facing law school staff
THE BRADFORD ERA — LSAC has launched a national center designed to support student-facing law school staff. Jay Austin, one of the country’s most respected admission deans and a leading voice in intersectional community building, has been named the executive director of the new Reaffirming Individuals Supporting Education Alliance.
Read More about LSAC launches center to support student-facing law school staffVirginia Law deans recommend adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination in the state
VIRGINIA LAWYERS WEEKLY — The eight deans of Virginia’s law schools unanimously have recommended that Virginia adopt the Uniform Bar Examination, according to a letter sent to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners earlier this year.
Read More about Virginia Law deans recommend adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination in the stateNew York State Bar Association task force asks state to drop Uniform Bar Examination and create new test
ABA JOURNAL — A task force of the New York State Bar Association has recommended that the jurisdiction adopt its own bar exam and stop using the uniform bar exam, which is developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The recommendations were approved by the bar association’s house of delegates June 12.
Read More about New York State Bar Association task force asks state to drop Uniform Bar Examination and create new testABA announces LGBTQ Public Interest scholarship recipients
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity has awarded three law students LGBTQ Public Interest scholarships. The scholarship program is aimed at law students or graduates who are either LGBTQ or who will be doing public interest work in the LGBTQ space.
Read More about ABA announces LGBTQ Public Interest scholarship recipientsTips on staying focused while studying for the bar exam
THE NATIONAL JURIST — The bar exam is rough. In this short piece, we’ll focus on just a few motivation tools. A quick caveat, serious mental health and wellness challenges are real and rising in law student and attorney populations.
Read More about Tips on staying focused while studying for the bar examUCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris examines the movement to ban critical race theory in schools
PEW TRUSTS — In April, Cheryl Harris, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, noticed an uptick in citations of her work. Sort of. Harris’ name was appearing in op-eds purporting to explain critical race theory (CRT), a decades-old vein of scholarship that she has contributed to and taught.
Read More about UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris examines the movement to ban critical race theory in schoolsCommunity raises concerns after reports that Case Western Law professor Ayesha Bell-Hardaway was forced to resign from the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team
19 NEWS — Community members took to the steps of City Hall voicing their concerns over the resignation of Case Western Law Professor Ayesha Bell-Hardaway from the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team. “We will not stand idly by and watch Hassan Aden attack one of the most competent members of our community.”
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