A profile on University of Baltimore Law dean LaVonda N. Reed
AFRO NEWS — LaVonda N. Reed became the first woman dean of University of Baltimore’s (UB) School of Law on July 1 after serving at Georgia State University’s law school for three years. A military brat, Reed grew up moving from state to state, and some of that time was spent in Prince George’s County,…
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares that Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern Law) has shared free resources for law professors teaching tax courses.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The legal professoriate is becoming more racially, ethnically and gender diverse, but new data shows that first-generation college graduates remain underrepresented among law faculty ranks.
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WIA REPORT — The Association of American Law Schools and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago have recently released the American Law School Faculty Study, providing a snapshot of the demographics and characteristics of law teaching and law faculty today.
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ABA JOURNAL — It’s shaping up to be very competitive year for aspiring law students, with the number of applicants to law school jumping 25% and applications
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BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL — Baylor Law School’s Professor Chris Jaeger has been recognized as a co-winner of the prestigious American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Scholarly Papers Competition for his research paper, The Hand Formula’s Unequal Inputs.
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REUTERS — Bar admission authorities in California will consider applicants’ participation in campus protests on an “individual basis” during the moral character process, following an internal review.
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ABA JOURNAL — Compared to 20 years ago, law students today are a more diverse group and more face student debt despite their career goals staying about the same, according to new research from Indiana University’s Center for Postsecondary Research.
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THE HILL — Oliver Wendell Holmes, the great Supreme Court justice and legal scholar, sagely observed that “the life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” Unfortunately, the California Committee of Bar Examiners does not seem to have gotten the message.
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