A look at law school admissions and multiple LSAT scores from applicants
U.S. NEWS — There are plenty of reasons to stress out about your law school applications. Retaking the LSAT is not one of them.
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JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This is another episode in our “Listen and Learn” series, where we review legal concepts and apply them to fact patterns. Today, we’re talking about the “reasonable person” standard in Negligence.
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FORBES — As a female law student, finding a mentor can be a daunting task. Where to look? Law Schools (National Legal Mentoring Consortium) have various programs that match volunteer mentors, former law school graduates, with law students at a sort of mentor/mentee round table “meet up.”
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NBC NEWS — Dozens of colleges and universities nationwide started 2020 already under financial stress. They’d spent the past decade grappling with declining enrollments and weakening support from state governments.
Read More about Report: Financial crisis looming for many US colleges and universitiesTrump administration considers executive order for student loan relief
INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Trump said in a tweet Thursday that he is looking into using his executive powers to continue providing help for those with student loans during the pandemic. It’s unclear if he has the authority or if it was simply a move to try to break the logjam in congressional negotiations…
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — Yvonne Mendez was only six months away from graduating with a registered nursing degree from Anamarc College in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, when her plans for the future fell apart.
Read More about Report: College accreditation and financial oversight falls short at many institutionsFinancial aid administrators recommend improvements to federal student aid process
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid should be further simplified by automatically including more data from IRS filings, including exploring whether wage information from W-2s could be used, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators said Wednesday.
Read More about Financial aid administrators recommend improvements to federal student aid processAmerican University Washington College of Law details fall teaching plan
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — We are writing to follow the message you received from American University about the fall semester and to explain how that decision will apply to WCL. As you know, President Burwell announced earlier today that all AU instruction will be remote this fall.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law details fall teaching planAmerican University Washington College of Law professor Susan Bennett honored with community engagement award
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law congratulates Professor Susan Bennett, co-director and founder of the Community and Economic Development Law Clinic, for being awarded American University’s Outstanding Community Engagement Award.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law professor Susan Bennett honored with community engagement awardUniversity at Buffalo Law professor Samantha Barbas recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — The National Endowment for the Humanities recognizes public scholars – authors writing about important aspects of culture for a wide spectrum of readers.
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