California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu to address American Bar Foundation on diversity in legal education and the legal profession
THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation will host California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu for a discussion exploring the changing diversity of J.D. students. He will discuss how law school demographics by gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality have changed since the financial crisis a decade ago.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The Alaska Supreme Court denied requests by seven law graduates to be licensed without taking the bar exam due to coronavirus safety concerns, ruling that enough protections were in place for them to take the test.
Read More about Alaska court denies request for alternative bar licensing for law graduatesColorado’s February bar exam to be administered online
WESTERNSLOPENOW.COM — The Colorado Supreme Court has announced that the February 2021 bar examination will be administered remotely rather than in-person in response to increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Colorado, which may continue to rise this winter.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As the coronavirus outbreak spread throughout the globe, and New York City went into an unprecedented lockdown, we were forced to upend everything we knew about delivering a legal education. I could not be more proud of the dedication and the resilience of our academic community.
Read More about Fordham Law reflects on teaching during the pandemicSeveral private New York colleges announce shift to online classes amid COVID-19 outbreaks
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The number of coronavirus cases is rising in just about every U.S. state, but colleges in some states are responding more aggressively than are their peers elsewhere. New York was the prime example as this week progressed. Several private colleges in the state announced that they would shift to entirely virtual instruction.
Read More about Several private New York colleges announce shift to online classes amid COVID-19 outbreaksProfessors and students express concern over planned in-person classes for spring semester
INSIDE HIGHER ED — With coronavirus case counts rising in many parts of the country and no vaccine yet widely available, academe is still far from normal. Yet a number of campuses are pushing for more normalcy, in the form of more face-to-face courses for spring.
Read More about Professors and students express concern over planned in-person classes for spring semesterPrivate colleges announce tuition cuts and freezes amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Amid the pandemic, dozens of colleges have announced tuition resets, freezes or expanded scholarship programs for the upcoming academic year. The trend follows similar announcements over the spring and summer, made as colleges face increased pressure to lower prices to keep and attract students.
Read More about Private colleges announce tuition cuts and freezes amid pandemicReport: Community colleges experience significant drop in enrollment amid pandemic
THE HECHINGER REPORT — When the coronavirus hit in the spring of 2020, student surveys indicated that four-year colleges would be hit the hardest this fall. Those surveys didn’t get it exactly right. The actual drop in the number of undergraduate college students is large but community colleges are experiencing the biggest student exodus.
Read More about Report: Community colleges experience significant drop in enrollment amid pandemicCollege students report modest improvements in online classes during spring semester
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Undergraduates who are studying online this fall rate their learning experience as modestly better than what they encountered last spring — with greater levels of satisfaction among students who see their instructors taking steps to understand and engage them, according to a new survey of 3,400 undergraduates.
Read More about College students report modest improvements in online classes during spring semesterStudents raise privacy concerns over online exam software using facial recognition
REUTERS — As COVID-19 restrictions force students to take remote exams, universities around the world are relying on proctoring software like Examplify. But many students are wary of the technology, including mass data collection and bias in facial recognition.
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