Podcast: A look at rules of hearsay questions on the bar exam
JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of our “Listen and Learn” series, where we review legal concepts and apply them to fact patterns. Today, we’re covering a commonly tested topic from Evidence, and that is hearsay.
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CNN — The University of California system can no longer use ACT and SAT tests as a determinant for admissions, a superior court judge has ruled, handing a victory to students with disabilities.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — The United States is becoming more diverse, but its most selective public colleges and universities are not. In a new report from The Education Trust, 101 of the most selective public colleges and universities were graded on how they’re doing at having Black and Latino student enrollment match the percent of…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School recently recognized three outstanding members of the faculty for excellence in the categories of scholarship, service, and teaching.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Aaron Johnson ’22, a student at UCI Law, has been awarded the Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles’ (BPLA) 9th Annual Alfred Jenkins Scholarship.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Immigrant Rights Clinic filed suit on behalf of Kelvin Hernandez Román over his detention by Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) deputies in July 2019 in order to facilitate his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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