Number of international students in U.S. decreases
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The total number of international students studying in the U.S. at all levels declined by 2.7 percent from March 2018 to this March, according to quarterly data on student visa holders recently published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Weil, Gotshal & Manges is introducing an initiative that will give students entering prestigious law schools the chance to work with U.S.-based nonprofits for a year. The firm is investing $1 million per year and providing mentorship to 10 students to work in the public interest.
Read More about Law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges pledges funds for pre-law students interested in public interest workNew survey measures how law schools support LGBTQ students
LAW.COM — Law schools are generally supportive of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and employees—at least on paper. That’s the takeaway from the National LGBT Bar Association’s inaugural Law School Climate Survey-2019.
Read More about New survey measures how law schools support LGBTQ studentsA look at how law schools prepare students for a tech-focused economy
LEGAL TECH NEWS — At a certain age the question of “what do you want to be when you grow up?” becomes less important than “how are you going to get there?” For law students, the answer is more than likely going to involve technology in some shape or form
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ABA JOURNAL — Charlotte School of Law filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss, with prejudice, its lawsuit against the American Bar Association. The school is one of three law schools owned by the for-profit InfiLaw Corp., an entity of the private equity firm Sterling Capital Partners.
Read More about For-profit law school suits against ABA set to be droppedPepperdine Law and Case Western Reserve Law expand offerings through large gifts
LAW.COM — Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Pepperdine University School of Law are celebrating sizable donations that will expand their offerings.
Read More about Pepperdine Law and Case Western Reserve Law expand offerings through large giftsStetson Law offers course on the Mueller investigation
LAW.COM — Stetson law professor Ellen Podgor discusses her upcoming course focused on the Mueller investigation, and what students can learn from the two-year inquiry.
Read More about Stetson Law offers course on the Mueller investigationA look at law school efforts to improve bar pass rates
LAW.COM — How to reverse sliding bar exam pass rates is a puzzle that law deans across the country are trying to solve. The national average score on the Multistate Bar Exam—the multiple choice portion of the exam—hit a 34-year low last July
Read More about A look at law school efforts to improve bar pass ratesData snapshot of bar pass rates for law graduates
LAW.COM — The fact that bar exam pass rates have been in decline is not news to the legal industry. But the scale and reach of the trend—as well as its impact on graduating law students and the profession overall—is more challenging to measure.
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ABA JOURNAL — The data is for graduates of ABA-accredited law schools, according to a press release. The percentage is substantially the same as for 2015 law grads, who had an 88.49% bar pass rate within two years.
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