Penn Law announces global fellowship initiatives
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The International Programs Office and the Career Planning and Professionalism (CP&P) Office jointly support two Global Fellowship programs, open to Penn Law students. These programs assist Penn Law students in obtaining valuable international experience by facilitating summer internships, either in private firms based in other countries or in an agency…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — A recent ACLU report relies heavily on the research and scholarship of Penn Law Professor Paul H. Robinson to support its position that the “ever-expanding” Pennsylvania Crimes Code both contributes to the problem of over-incarceration and runs counter to fundamental concepts of fairness. Robinson, Director of the Law School’s Criminal Law…
Read More about Penn Law professor Paul H. Robinson contributes to ACLU report on criminal codes and offense gradingSyracuse Law announces launch of online joint J.D./MBA degree program
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The College of Law announces the launch of the nation’s first online joint J.D./MBA degree program, in partnership with the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The new joint degree combines the College of Law’s ground-breaking, ABA-accredited JDinteractive program with the Whitman School’s highly ranked MBA@Syracuse program.
Read More about Syracuse Law announces launch of online joint J.D./MBA degree programAmerican Bar Association releases fall 2019 enrollment data for law schools
ABA — Information about fall 2019 admissions and other matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now publicly available.
Read More about American Bar Association releases fall 2019 enrollment data for law schoolsLaw schools enroll slightly smaller first-year class in 2019
ABA JOURNAL — The total number of students at ABA-accredited law schools rose slightly this year. However, the number of first-year students decreased from 2018 to 2019, according to ABA data released Thursday. Total JD enrollment for 2019 is 112,882, which is a 1.2% increase from 2018, according to an overview posted on the ABA’s Section…
Read More about Law schools enroll slightly smaller first-year class in 2019Federal appeals court ruling narrows Title IX standard for how colleges handle student sexual assault cases
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that Michigan State University and one of its senior administrators cannot be held liable for student victims’ emotional distress after seeing their alleged perpetrators on campus because the interactions did not lead to further sexual harassment or assault,…
Read More about Federal appeals court ruling narrows Title IX standard for how colleges handle student sexual assault casesUniversity of Tennessee Law professor Benjamin H. Barton discusses new book on legal education reform
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The decade after 2008 was not a good one for law schools. Applications and enrollment fell. Some closed. This is the subject of Fixing Law Schools: From Collapse to the Trump Bump and Beyond (NYU Press). But the author — Benjamin H. Barton is professor of law at the University of…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law professor Benjamin H. Barton discusses new book on legal education reformPodcast: Technology advancements help law schools prepare students for legal profession
LEGAL TALK NETWORK — The “practice-ready” law school model is oft-discussed and rarely implemented, but maybe technology will finally force law schools to focus on teaching practical skills
Read More about Podcast: Technology advancements help law schools prepare students for legal professionReport: Women now make up the majority of U.S. medical school students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — For the first time ever, women are now the majority of U.S. medical school students, according to 2019 data released Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges. This new milestone follows another one reached in 2017, when women comprised the majority of first-year medical students.
Read More about Report: Women now make up the majority of U.S. medical school studentsU.S. Department of Justice settles antitrust case with National Association for College Admission Counseling
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Justice Department sued the National Association for College Admission Counseling on Thursday for allegedly violating antitrust rules, but it simultaneously settled the suit with a proposed consent decree based on changes NACAC has already made to its rules.
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