Survey: Undocumented college students report anxiety due to financial and legal status
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Undocumented immigrant college students, or Dreamers, are experiencing higher levels of anxiety about their legal status and increased financial and personal stresses due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey conducted by the scholarship-granting organization TheDream.US.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Three years ago, University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett was plucked from relative obscurity by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal appellate judge on the Chicago-based 7th Circuit.
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NPR — In less than a week, law school graduates across America will be taking the bar exam. Bar officials have spent months scrambling to figure out how to administer the mass test during the coronavirus pandemic.
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ABA JOURNAL — For every 20 associates hired by law firms, 15 left, according to a study that collected information from more than 800 law firms.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — U.S. Army judge advocate Thomas N. Wheatley discusses why the bar exam should remain as the legal industry’s standard for professional competence. He says it may be imperfect, but it hones “practice-ready” skills, including rapid information synthesis, methodical application of the law, and clear articulation of a soundly reasoned answer.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — President and Dean Alicia Ouellette delivers Albany Law School’s State of the School Address on September 25, 2020.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Cynthia Nance, dean emeritus and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law, has been named chair-elect of the American Bar Foundation Fellows.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Three judges of Asian Pacific descent offered advice to law students in a candid “fireside chat” hosted by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland and UB School of Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) .
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — How can academic legal research best inform contemporary “real world” legal debates? How can technology improve the process of legal research? Such questions animate the recent work of UB Law Prof. Colin Starger and showcase the innovation happening at UB Law.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — With a triple-threat array of information initiatives, the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy is expanding its reach, inviting new scholars into the discussion, and building upon the interdisciplinary relationships that make it unique.
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