WMU-Cooley Law to cut tuition and close Auburn Hills campus
WMU-COOLEY LAW — Western Michigan Cooley Law School’s Board of Directors passed the motion to reduce tuition rates by 21%, effective Fall of 2020. Their Auburn Hills campus will also be due to closed to reduce expenses.
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ABOVE THE LAW — A tribute given to the closing Whittier Law School.
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KGUN 9 NEWS — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is partnering with Univeristy of San Diego, Duke University, and Harvard to research and develop community resources to support human trafficking survivors. Each university involved is located in a state with high rates of human trafficking.
Read More about Four law schools partner to support human trafficking survivorsHow Supreme Court clinics at law schools prepare students for legal careers
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law School Supreme Court clinics allow students to work on real-life Supreme Court cases while still in law school. These clinics provide quality representation to groups who can least afford it and act as a pipeline to elite appellate work, including at the US Supreme Court.
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U.S. WORLD & NEWS REPORT — Last fall, 56% of surveyed law school admissions officers said that they’ve looked at applicants’ social media page when evaluating them, and 66% said that they’ve found things that hurt applicants’ chances of getting in, according to Kaplan Test Prep. Here are some tips on how law school applicants…
Read More about Social media advice for law school applicantsAccessLex Institute debuts new financial tools for pre-law students
CISION PR NEWSWIRE — MAX Pre-Law by AccessLex offers interactive lessons, webinars, worksheets and checklists, as well as one-on-one financial strategy coaching from accredited financial counselors to answer student’s most pressing questions about law school – all free to anyone interested in pursuing a legal education.
Read More about AccessLex Institute debuts new financial tools for pre-law studentsPodcast: Advice for recent law graduates on “out of town” job hunting
JDSUPRA — Law School Toolbox Podcast episode interviews ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones on the ins and outs of job searches involving moving to another city from where you attend (or attended) law school.
Read More about Podcast: Advice for recent law graduates on “out of town” job huntingMexican-American Bar Association of Texas awards scholarships to Houston-area law schools
STATE BAR OF TEXAS — The Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas Foundation will host it 14th annual Scholarship Luncheon benefitting Hispanic law students on August 21. Scholarships will be awarded to law students from each of Houston’s three law schools (South Texas College of Law Houston, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and…
Read More about Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas awards scholarships to Houston-area law schoolsStudy: Authors exaggerate their findings in journal articles
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Study says authors exaggerate their findings in paper abstracts, and that’s a problem when readers take them at face value.
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PLAYER FM — Nesheba Kittling (Senior Loss Prevention Counsel, ALAS) interviewed by Terri Garland (VP and Senior Counsel, ALAS) on lawyer well-being programs.
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