Law graduates concerned over Florida Bar Exam delays
ORLANDO SENTINEL — After Ivonne Antonian graduated from Florida A&M University’s law school in Orlando, she lined up a job at the Orange-Osceola Public Defender’s Office and was eager to begin her career as an attorney.
Read More about Law graduates concerned over Florida Bar Exam delaysNew York and California bar examinees report software issues before October online exams
ABA JOURNAL — State board of law examiners are requiring that people who wish to sit for the October online bar exam take and submit mock exams. However, these mock exams are causing computer problems for some, and software provider ExamSoft is providing little if any assistance, according to people planning to take the exam.
Read More about New York and California bar examinees report software issues before October online examsDistrict of Columbia adopts diploma privilege for new law graduates with some requirements
BLOOMBERG LAW — The District of Columbia has become the fifth jurisdiction to grant certain U.S. law school graduates to be licensed to practice law without taking the bar exam.
Read More about District of Columbia adopts diploma privilege for new law graduates with some requirementsCalifornia State University system continue online instruction into spring semester
LOS ANGELES TIMES — The nation’s largest public university system will continue with primarily online instruction for the remainder of the academic year amid the state’s ongoing coronavirus crisis, California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White announced Thursday in a letter to students, faculty and staff.
Read More about California State University system continue online instruction into spring semesterUniversity of Wyoming Law pauses in-person classes due to rise in COVID-19 cases on campus
LARAMIE BOOMERANG — A COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Wyoming College of Law has led to a brief isolation, UW President Ed Seidel told Laramie City Council Tuesday night.
Read More about University of Wyoming Law pauses in-person classes due to rise in COVID-19 cases on campusTexas hosts in-person September bar exam at hotels around the state
ABA JOURNAL — Among the many worries for people taking recent in-person bar exams during the COVID-19 pandemic, some were logistical: How could they maintain social distancing during the test? Would public restrooms be germ magnets? Could they safely eat with others?
Read More about Texas hosts in-person September bar exam at hotels around the stateUniversity officials concerned about political interference with CDC COVID-19 recommendations
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges rely on guidance from a federal health agency that is operating, as one public health expert put it, “with two hands tied behind its back.”
Read More about University officials concerned about political interference with CDC COVID-19 recommendationsTesting centers closures prevent thousands of students from taking SAT
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Hundreds of thousands of students who registered to take the exam in September or October will be unable to take it.
Read More about Testing centers closures prevent thousands of students from taking SATColleges struggled to balance political and public health pressures with re-openings
CNN — Going into the new school year, colleges and universities knew the risks. After all, in March, most had pivoted to virtual learning — either temporarily or permanently — in hopes of curbing the spread of the virus.
Read More about Colleges struggled to balance political and public health pressures with re-openingsUniversity-run K-12 online programs report increased enrollment amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Dissatisfied with the way local schools are responding to the pandemic, families increasingly turn to online K-12 options to educate their children — including schools run by universities.
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