Wayne Law student team wins best brief at National Appellate Advocacy Competition
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — For the first time ever, two Wayne State University Law School teams advanced to the final rounds of the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, with one team receiving the award for Fourth Best Brief in the country.
Read More about Wayne Law student team wins best brief at National Appellate Advocacy CompetitionHarvard Law delays law firm on-campus recruitment until January 2021
REUTERS — Harvard Law School is delaying its on-campus law firm recruiting week until next January due to the coronavirus pandemic, following a similar decision from Columbia Law School and other top schools.
Read More about Harvard Law delays law firm on-campus recruitment until January 2021AccessLex establishes $5 million emergency law student relief fund
ABA JOURNAL — A $5 million law student emergency relief fund has been established by the AccessLex Institute, which plans to distribute $25,000 each to ABA-accredited, nonprofit schools.The directive is that the funds will be used to pay students directly who have emergency needs, Chapman adds, and he expects that schools will receive the funds in…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Those are among the key findings of a survey of 172 campus leaders Inside Higher Ed conducted with Hanover Research last week (March 17-19), as the sweeping scope of the COVID-19 situation began to come into clearer focus in the United States.
Read More about Inside Higher Ed publishes survey of college presidents’ response to coronavirus pandemicNew York law school deans urge state to allow graduates to practice law amid bar exam delays
BLOOMBERG — The heads of Columbia, NYU and other New York law schools are proposing that members of this year’s class should be allowed to skip the bar exam because of the coronavirus outbreak. New York’s highest court on Tuesday delayed the July 2020 exam. A new date is to be set in September.
Read More about New York law school deans urge state to allow graduates to practice law amid bar exam delaysHawaii reschedules July bar exam to fall
ABA JOURNAL — The New York Court of Appeals announced Tuesday that the bar exam will take place shortly before or after the Labor Day holiday. Also on Tuesday, the Hawaii Supreme Court in an order announced that its July bar exam will be rescheduled for some time in the fall.
Read More about Hawaii reschedules July bar exam to fallMassachusetts reschedules July bar exam to fall
THE BOSTON GLOBE — The Massachusetts bar exam for newly minted law school graduates will be postponed from July to the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state Supreme Judicial Court and Board of Bar Examiners.
Read More about Massachusetts reschedules July bar exam to fallNew York reschedules July bar exam to early September
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION — Just one day after the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Task Force on the New York Bar Examination recommended that the postponed July bar exam be rescheduled for a date close to Labor Day, the Court of Appeals met and decided it agreed. In an announcement late Tuesday, the…
Read More about New York reschedules July bar exam to early SeptemberOpinion: How the pandemic will affect law school admissions
ABOVE THE LAW — The March LSAT was recently canceled, and the April administration is looking precarious (for context, combined those tests had/have about 20,000 registrants). This is actually good news if you are on a wait list at a law school and you did not plan to retake the LSAT.
Read More about Opinion: How the pandemic will affect law school admissionsAdvice for law students on tackling take-home exams
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Whether you are excited by the idea of take-home essay exams or frightened by it, you may have some questions about the best way to prepare. I have compiled a list of tips and suggestions that apply generally to take-home exams. These tips should not take the place of any specific instructions your…
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