Free online LSAT prep from Khan Academy garners thousands of users
LAW.COM — More than 40,000 people each month are using Khan Academy’s new free, online Law School Admission Test prep program, according to figures released Wednesday by the Law School Admission Council and Khan Academy. That’s a healthy chunk of the roughly 100,000 people who sit for the entrance exam annually.
Read More about Free online LSAT prep from Khan Academy garners thousands of usersFlorida Coastal Law and ABA ask court to dismiss accreditation lawsuit
ABA JOURNAL — Some federal loan borrowers who were denied access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could get a second chance to see their educational debt erased thanks to a closely watched lawsuit brought by the American Bar Association and several of its employees.
Read More about Florida Coastal Law and ABA ask court to dismiss accreditation lawsuitABA legal education section delays decision on stronger bar pass standard for law schools
LAW.COM — It seems the years-long debate over a controversial proposal to toughen the ABA’s bar pass standard for law schools will drag on for several more months. The ABA’s council of the section of legal education and admission to the Bar failed to reach a decision on the proposal.
Read More about ABA legal education section delays decision on stronger bar pass standard for law schoolsFIU Law Professor Scott Norberg discusses Journal of Legal Education article on law graduate employment and ABA standards
LAW.COM — The American Bar Association has long maintained accreditation rules governing law school admission and bar passage rates, but none of those regulations directly addresses law graduate employment.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Lawmakers on the House Education and Labor Committee said Thursday that they are planning a series of bipartisan hearings as part of an effort to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
Read More about House Committee plans hearings on Higher Education Act reauthorizationLarge-gift donors increasingly turn to law schools to help address societal problems
INSIDE PHILANTHROPY — A recent survey from the Council for Advancement and Support Education found that American colleges and universities raised a record $46.7 billion in fiscal 2018—a 7.2 percent increase over 2017. The rise is driven in part by donors who made their fortunes across all corners of the global economy
Read More about Large-gift donors increasingly turn to law schools to help address societal problemsOpinion: Law schools should focus more on originalism and textualism to better understand Supreme Court decisions
NATIONAL REVIEW — Originalism and textualism dominate the Supreme Court but are foreign to the legal academy.
Read More about Opinion: Law schools should focus more on originalism and textualism to better understand Supreme Court decisionsAmerican Law Institute announces Early Career Scholars Medal winners
AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — The American Law Institute will award its Early Career Scholars Medal to Professors Michelle Wilde Anderson of Stanford Law School and David Pozen of Columbia Law School. The award recognizes outstanding law professors whose work is relevant to public policy
Read More about American Law Institute announces Early Career Scholars Medal winnersAnother look at the impact of the 2008 recession on lawyers and legal education
MARKETPLACE — For nearly a century and a half, Valparaiso University in northwestern Indiana has been training Midwestern lawyers. As recently as five years ago, the law school was aggressively recruiting incoming students with a promotional video on its website.
Read More about Another look at the impact of the 2008 recession on lawyers and legal educationGraduation gaps persist for students from low income backgrounds
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — Elite colleges have increased the number of low-income students enrolled in recent years, but getting those students to graduate has been more challenging. The average difference in six-year graduation rates between students who received Pell grants—federal awards for low-income families—and those who didn’t was 8.9 percentage points
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