Louisiana House approves measure to explore law school campus in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT TIMES — Shreveport moved one step closer to securing a long-sought law school late Monday when the Louisiana House approved a bill by Rep. Cedric Glover to explore its feasibility with Southern University’s backing.
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LAW.COM — University of Pennsylvania Law graduate Christopher Iacono’s paper is titled: Legally Unhappy: How US News and Law Schools have failed and How This Can Be Fixed, which he hopes to publish in a law review.
Read More about Law school graduate proposes fix for U.S. News rankings in new articleCritics and supporters discuss new ABA bar passage standard for law schools
LAW.COM — The American Bar Association’s new standard could increase pressure on jurisdictions like California with high cut scores to lower that threshold. It could also add momentum to the burgeoning movement to overhaul the bar exam itself.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW — When Adanna Smith started college, she wanted to be a doctor. As an undergraduate at the University of Dayton majoring in biology, she took a class with a professor from Cameroon.
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ASU NOW — The Phoenix metro area provides a home field advantage to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and its innovative Master of Sports Law and Business program.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — On Friday, May 17, at Kaufman and Canoles in Norfolk, Virginia, Professors Heather Ridenour and David Spratt were the primary presenters at the Fourth Annual Legal Writing Workshop for practicing attorneys.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University (AU) is pleased to announce the launch of The Program on Legislative Negotiation (PLN), a new program that addresses the gridlock in Congress and in state legislatures, so that legislative bodies can better respond to today’s challenges and improve public trust in these institutions.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is pleased to announce the accreditation of its Health Care Compliance Certificate (HCCC) by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB)®.
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US NEWS & WORLD REPORT — For many first-generation college students, being an academic trailblazer is a dream come true. But despite the excitement, this dream is often beset with challenges. First-generation students tend to graduate at lower rates than their peers with parents who earned a four-year college degree.
Read More about What first-generation students need to know about higher educationABA legal education section passes tougher bar pass standard for law schools
ABA JOURNAL — Following multiple years of discussion, and two rejections from the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar adopted a proposed revision to tighten an accreditation standard regarding bar passage
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