A look at test security for the bar exam and LSAT
ABA JOURNAL — Attorney licensing exams are not immune from cheating, says James Wollack, an educational psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison whose research includes test security.
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ASU NOW — Land conservation may seem like a simple enough formula: Set aside land, then protect it. But climate change is complicating land conservation practices because of how it alters land over time. Among other things, climate change is raising new questions about perpetual conservation easements
Read More about Team of law and environmental science professors win ASU Morrison Prize for climate change researchUniversity of California system touts success of its Community Colleges Pathway to Law School program
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Launched in 2014, the initiative aims to diversify the legal profession by targeting members of historically underrepresented populations, which make up sizeable segments of community college enrollment.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Hannah Clements ’20 is the second Wyss Scholar to be selected from the law school. As a Wyss Scholar, Hannah will receive a stipend for a summer position after 2L year with a nonprofit or public sector conservation organization
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HOWARD NEWSROOM — Microsoft will partner with Howard University School of Law to host the Microsoft AI For Education: Howard Tech Law Summit Friday, February 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Howard University’s West Campus.
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BIG ISLAND NOW — Hearings on several cases, including an appeal by William Turner of his conviction for interfering with a flight attendant, are scheduled to be argued Tuesday morning, February 12, 2019, at the William S. Richardson School of Law on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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LOYOLA LAW — The Juvenile Innocence & Fair Sentencing (JIFS) Clinic at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles has secured the commutation of Kiera Newsome and three other clients in orders granted in the final days of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s term.
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS HUB — Lisa Radtke Bliss, clinical professor and associate dean of experiential education and clinical programs in Georgia State University’s College of Law, has been named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Renewable energy projects provided Oregon counties more than $120 million in direct tax revenue over the past four years and nearly $32 million in tax year 2017-2018 alone, according to a new study released by the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School (GEI).
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CONNECTICUT LAW TRIBUNE — Students at Yale Law School recently celebrated the addition of two new bathrooms to the law campus. They’re the school’s first multi-stall, gender neutral bathrooms and the fruits of years of advocacy by student groups and legal action challenging Connecticut’s building codes.
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