University of Georgia Law wins moot court competition hosted by University of Houston Law Center
UH LAW CENTER — he team from the University of Georgia School of Law out-argued the nation’s best student advocates to claim the winner’s trophy in the 11th annual Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship hosted recently by the Blakely Advocacy Institute of the University of Houston Law Center.
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UGA TODAY — The University of Georgia School of Law announces the Butler Commitment, a new initiative that will guarantee financial aid to 100 percent of veterans who matriculate in the fall 2019 entering class.
Read More about New initiative supports veterans attending University of Georgia LawGeorge Washington Law overhauls legal research and writing curriculum
GW HATCHET — Law students will take on a more rigorous writing curriculum this fall. Law school officials announced a series of major adjustments to the law school’s Legal Research and Writing Program late last month – the first changes to the school’s core curriculum “in more than a generation,” administrators said.
Read More about George Washington Law overhauls legal research and writing curriculumBlake Morant to step down as Dean of George Washington Law at the end of the academic year
GW HATCHET — The dean of the law school will step down at the end of the academic year, according to a University release Monday. Blake Morant, who began his tenure at the head of the law school in 2014, will return to the University as a faculty member after he goes on sabbatical
Read More about Blake Morant to step down as Dean of George Washington Law at the end of the academic yearExperts offer tips for organizing successful online law school courses
ABA JOURNAL — The skills for teaching online law school courses are not unlike those needed for the practice of law. Both require concise writing, well-organized outlines and the ability to speak without appearing that you’re reading from a script.
Read More about Experts offer tips for organizing successful online law school coursesInspired by Before the JD, Georgetown Law visits underserved high schools to encourage students to consider law school
LAW.COM — Andy Cornblatt, the dean of admissions at Georgetown University Law Center, was speaking on a panel for college pre-law advisers last spring when another presenter’s statistic caught his eye. More than half of law students started thinking about pursuing a legal career back in high school or earlier.
Read More about Inspired by Before the JD, Georgetown Law visits underserved high schools to encourage students to consider law schoolLaw school deans and professors discuss why they selected the law schools they attended
NATIONAL JURIST — Today, prospective law school students have all sorts of methods to help them decide which law school would fit them best. They can reach out to pre-law advisers, alumni, current students or a bevy of social media sites. But how did some of today’s leading legal educators decide?
Read More about Law school deans and professors discuss why they selected the law schools they attendedCanadian lawyer punished for law student’s social media use under his supervision
LAW TIMES — Ontario’s Law Society Tribunal Hearing Division said a lawyer’s “unfamiliarity with social media appears” to have been a significant contributing factor in his failure to adequately supervise his articling student.
Read More about Canadian lawyer punished for law student’s social media use under his supervisionNumber of legal sector jobs stays flat in January 2019
ABA JOURNAL — The number of legal jobs in January neither grew nor diminished from the prior month. In both December and January, the legal services sector had 1,140,100 jobs
Read More about Number of legal sector jobs stays flat in January 2019Older Americans increasingly face student loan debt
WALL STREET JOURNAL — One generation of Americans owed $86 billion in student loan debt at last count. Its members are all 60 years old or more. Many of these seniors took out loans to help pay for their children’s college tuition and are still paying them off.
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