AALS sections honor Harvard Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles with the Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy
THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS — Guy-Uriel Charles, Faculty Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice and Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, is the recipient of the Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy, a joint recognition…
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS — Camille Nelson, Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law and Jessica Steinberg, John Marshall Harlan Dean’s Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School have been awarded the Deborah L. Rhode Award, a joint recognition by…
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THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOL LAW — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has announced the winners of the 2025 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for law school faculty members in the field for five years or fewer.
Read More about Baylor Law professor Christopher Brett Jaeger and University of Florida Law professor Christopher D. Hampson selected as AALS Scholarly Papers Competition winersAmerican Bar Association publishes fall 2024 data on law school admissions, tuition, and more
ABA — Information about Fall 2024 admissions and other matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now publicly available. The information is required to be made public under Standard 509 of the Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.
Read More about American Bar Association publishes fall 2024 data on law school admissions, tuition, and moreJason J. Czarnezki appointed dean of IIT Chicago-Kent Law
ILLINOIS TECH CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Jason J. Czarnezki has been appointed as the next dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), effective June 1, 2025.
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GEORGETOWN LAW — William M. Treanor, Dean of Georgetown Law and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University, announced today that he will step down from his position on June 30, 2025, when his current five-year term concludes at the end of this academic year, and that he will become a full-time member of the faculty.
Read More about Georgetown Law dean William M. Treanor to step down in 2025Law professors and attorneys migrate from social media platform ‘X’ to ‘Bluesky’
LAW.COM — Lawyers say they’re excited to see more colleagues making their way to Bluesky and recreating #AppellateTwitter, the hashtag used by a community of lawyers, professors and judges on X to share noteworthy court opinions and appellate news.
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ABA JOURNAL — The first NextGen bar exam is scheduled to debut in July 2026. Also, the NCBE posted its family law subject matter outline for the new test.
Read More about A look at the biggest changes made to the bar exam in 2024Podcast: New England Law professor Chance Meyer and Touro Law professor Patty Baia discuss their course on finding a learning style
ASPEN LEADING EDGE — Chance Meyer, New England Law, and Patty Baia, Touro Law School, discuss the upcoming Aspen course Mind for Law. This mini course helps students either entering or already in law school discover their learning style and how to use it properly.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — I get a lot of emails like this one around this time of year, from stressed out potential law school applicants: “Should I apply to law school in this application cycle? Or is it better to wait until next year and work first? What are the pros and cons of taking…
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