Kentucky Supreme Court to review University of Kentucky Student Bar Association’s request to remove mental health question from bar application
WTVQ ABC 36 — The Kentucky Supreme Court has responded to a request from Kentucky Student Bar Association Presidents to get rid of a question regarding mental health on the bar exam. The letter also says it’s committed to addressing the high rates of depression, anxiety, addiction and suicide within the profession.
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PR NEWSWIRE — When it comes to the question of where to go to law school AccessLex Institute knows a scholarship can make all the difference. That’s why they’ve created the AccessLex Law School Scholarship Databank, a searchable database housing 800 scholarships and writing competitions that total nearly $3 million in aid.
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THINKING LSAT — This week, LSAC announced that the LSAT Flex is here to stay. And with a few small changes, the online test will be known simply as “LSAT” after August of this year. The guys cover this major announcement from LSAC and share some other news, like the release of the testing schedule.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Last week’s mass shooting in Atlanta was just the latest in a recent series of despicable acts of violence claiming Asian victims. According to Stop AAPI Hate more than 2,800 incidents of anti-Asian hate were reported between March 19 and Dec. 31.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Members of the King Hall community have weighed in on the alarming rise in anti-Asian violence in the United States. On March 19, the Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye ’84, condemned recent acts of violence against Asian Americans, calling the attacks “reprehensible.”
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — In “Better Than Our Biases: Using Psychological Research to Inform Our Approach to Inclusive, Effective Feedback,” I describe how clinical law faculty can examine their biases, consider how those biases shape the experiences of underrepresented students in law schools, and take active steps to mitigate those biases in classrooms.
Read More about Duke Law professor Anne Gordon advises law faculty on addressing implicit bias in the classroomHarvard Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde publish report on non-police public safety solutions in Boston
HARVARD MAGAZINE — Last fall, Harvard Law School’s Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program volunteered to help city administrators think through concrete possibilities for how to change public-safety procedures. Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde spent several months as part of the program’s Dispute Systems Design Clinic.
Read More about Harvard Law students William Roberts and Anna Vande Velde publish report on non-police public safety solutions in BostonMitchell Hamline Law releases statement in support of school’s Asian and Asian-American community
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — “In light of the horrific events in Atlanta yesterday, we want to reaffirm our commitment to our Asian and Asian-American students, staff, and faculty, who are likely shocked, frightened, and angry because the majority of the victims were Asian.”
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — We write in the wake of the horrific tragedy in Atlanta, Georgia to express our outrage and heartfelt sympathy. This act of hatred and violence comes at a time when anti-Asian violence has been escalating nationally and has further sharpened the fear and anxiety.
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School today released an anti-racism statement that recognizes that “the law has too often neglected Black, Brown and Indigenous peoples, as well as members of the LGBTQ community, and has been used to legitimize the inhumane treatment of marginalized groups within these communities.”
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