Penn Law hosts online panel discussion on implementing structural change in policing
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School held the second virtual event in its summer series, A Path for Change: Policing in America, hosted by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, in partnership with the Office of Inclusion & Engagement and the Toll Public Interest Center’s…
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VTDIGGER — Vermont Law School plans to paint over a mural in its student center that highlights Vermont’s role in the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement after members of the law school community objected to its depictions of African Americans and said it made some people uncomfortable.
Read More about Vermont Law plans to paint over mural viewed as racist over protestsWestern Michigan University Law faculty adopt resolution on racial justice
LEGALNEWS.COM — On Tuesday, July 7, the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School faculty unanimously adopted a resolution during its faculty conference meeting repudiating racism.
Read More about Western Michigan University Law faculty adopt resolution on racial justiceAALS and other higher education associations join brief challenging ICE directive on international students in online classes
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — ACE and 70 other higher education associations filed a brief this morning supporting the first of several legal challenges to the Trump administration’s new directive which, among other things, prohibits international students from remaining in the United States if their colleges hold courses online-only this fall as the country continues dealing with the…
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TECH CRUNCH — The Trump administration has backed down from plans to revoke visas of international students studying in the U.S. whose schools planned to provide their classes exclusively online in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More about DHS and ICE rescind policy barring international students from online classesAfter pending litigation, Trump administration stops plan to revoke visas of foreign students in online-only classes
ABA JOURNAL — The Trump administration has dropped plans to revoke visas of foreign college students who are taking all online courses this fall, a federal judge announced on Tuesday.
Read More about After pending litigation, Trump administration stops plan to revoke visas of foreign students in online-only classesEven after reversal, government regulations for international students remain unclear
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The unexpected reversal earlier this week by the Trump administration of a policy that would have prohibited international students from taking an exclusively online course load was good news for current students, but it leaves unresolved questions about new international students seeking to attend colleges operating in online or hybrid formats.
Read More about Even after reversal, government regulations for international students remain unclearCOVID-19 disrupts job prospects for law class of 2020
BLOOMBERG LAW — A significant number of 2020 law school graduates are having job offers withdrawn or delayed due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.
Read More about COVID-19 disrupts job prospects for law class of 2020Opinion: Pandemic provides opportunity to reflect on necessity of bar exam
THE WASHINGTON POST — Here’s something else that the covid-19 pandemic has upended: bar exams that law school graduates take to be able to practice law.
Read More about Opinion: Pandemic provides opportunity to reflect on necessity of bar examLaw graduates wary of security and technical issues with online bar exams
THE HILL — Thousands of law school graduates are gearing up to take the bar exam online this year as the COVID-19 pandemic hinders plans to hold the test in person. But with states allowing recent graduates to take the exam remotely in large numbers for the first time, test-takers are increasingly worried that security and…
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