Virginia State Bar removes mental health disclosure requirement after pressure from law students
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH — The state agency that oversees qualifications for the Virginia State Bar will no longer ask students to disclose mental health treatment. In the spring, law students from across the state organized and sent letters to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners asking to eliminate a portion of the application
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MIAMI LAW — Without a right to an attorney on many post-conviction relief matters, individuals who are incarcerated are left to advocate for themselves without any legal training. In order to equip them with tools to present their strongest case, Miami Law brought a legal writing course to Dade Correctional Institution
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MIAMI LAW — After two weeks of final exams and late-night studying, Miami Law students were eager to take a hiatus from classes and schoolwork during winter break. Many students used this time to reset: relaxing on the beaches, returning home to catch up with family, and celebrating the new year.
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CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The key data points in the American Council on Education’s new report on race and ethnicity in higher education come as no surprise: College-student populations are growing more diverse, yet achievement gaps persist among different racial groups.
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NEWS AT THE U — Renowned equal justice lawyer Bryan Stevenson is awarded an honorary degree for his work as “a true champion of human rights.”
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LAW.COM — Georgia Court of Appeals Judge M. Yvette Miller has established an endowed scholarship at Mercer University School of Law to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, the court and the law school have announced.
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FORBES — The necessity for legal education reforms at the state level is confirmed by such factors as outdated training programmes and lack of access to education.
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ABOVE THE LAW — Law school protests are going all retro — it’s like 90s all over again because of President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.
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PRESS HERALD — The University of Maine system has selected the associate dean of its law school to serve as interim dean. Dmitry Bam, the University of Maine School of Law’s associate dean, will begin his new position on July 1.
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DREXEL LAW — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and Chief Defender Keir Bradford-Grey of the Defender Association of Philadelphia are co-teaching a new course through an innovative partnership between the Kline School of Law, Penn Law and Temple’s Beasley School of Law.
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