Nevada releases February bar exam results
NEVADA BUSINESS — The results of the February 2021 Nevada bar examination were released have been released. The Nevada State Bar received 253 applications to sit for the February 2021 exam, with 152 applicants receiving a passing score. The pass rate for this bar examination was 60%.
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THE DETROIT NEWS — A nationally recognized expert in sentencing law and procedure has been named as the first African American dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
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JAX DAILY RECORD — Florida Coastal School of Law says a “procedural matter” resulted in its termination from the federal student loan program, triggering the process for closing the school.
Read More about Florida Coastal Law suspended from federal student loan programPenn State Law dean Hari M. Osofsky named dean of Northwestern Law
NORTHWESTERN NOW — Hari M. Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Law, professor of international affairs and professor of geography, has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Aug. 1. She is also appointed the Myra and James Bradwell Professor.
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ABA JOURNAL — Of the 10 law schools that in 2020 received noncompliance notices for having two-year bar passage rates below 75%, half appear to again have pass rates that do not meet that threshold, according to ABA data released in April.
Read More about Five law schools below ABA’s new bar pass standardUC Irvine Law launches Newmeyer Dillion Diversity Scholarship
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce the creation of the Newmeyer Dillion Diversity Scholarship.
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LIMAOHIO.COM — About 40 law students and others gathered for the sit-in on the second floor of Drinko Hall in front of the door to the office of the law school’s dean.
Read More about Ohio State University Law students want university to end agreements with Columbus PoliceOpinion: Suffolk Law professor Sarah J. Schendel discusses the impact of the pandemic and racial justice protests on Black law graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — A survey of Black graduating law students focusing on how their career plans were affected by the pandemic and calls for racial justice last year showed many of their lives were seriously disrupted. Suffolk University Law School assistant professor Sarah J. Schendel summarizes the survey findings about the hardships some faced in preparing…
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Our commitment to fostering a campus community that is free from discrimination and that embraces the diversity of its community members is rooted in the belief that multiple points of view and different life experiences, ethnicities, cultures, and belief systems are essential to academic excellence and to your successful navigation of…
Read More about Syracuse Law to launch required course on race and implicit biasBlack law students report stress and anxiety amid pandemic and police violence
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Graduates hoping to swiftly start careers as attorneys instead faced cancelled interviews and delayed first paychecks. And for Black law school graduates, there were additional, devastating stressors as the country faced a swell of anti-Black police brutality, and protestors took to the streets.
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