University of Missouri Law clinic to offer free estate planning
MISSOURIAN — The MU School of Law is partnering with the MU Family Impact Center to provide free estate planning services this winter to Boone County residents, according to a news release from the MU School of Law.
Read More about University of Missouri Law clinic to offer free estate planningFew graduates benefit from federal student loan forgiveness
USA TODAY — More than 41,000 public service workers sought federal student loan forgiveness. The government approved just 206.
Read More about Few graduates benefit from federal student loan forgivenessOpinion: Does higher education prepare graduates for jobs?
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW — We often hear employers and business leaders lament the unfortunate gap between what students learn in college and what they are actually expected to know in order to be job-ready. This is particularly alarming in light of the large — and still growing — number of people graduating from university.
Read More about Opinion: Does higher education prepare graduates for jobs?Government shutdown leaves law student externs scrambling
LAW.COM — Hundreds of law students across the country who expected to extern this semester at federal agencies now find themselves in limbo amid the nearly three-week-old partial government shutdown.
Read More about Government shutdown leaves law student externs scramblingOpinion: Increase in law school enrollment is good for access to justice
IDAHO PRESS — For the first time in nearly a decade, more people are showing interest in enrolling in law school and pursuing careers in the legal world or fields in which a fundamental understanding of the law is beneficial.
Read More about Opinion: Increase in law school enrollment is good for access to justiceMore minority women ascend to deanships
NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL — Women occupy the deans office at 35 percent of law schools, and minority women are more visible than ever in leadership positions. Those numbers are partially the result of concerted efforts by women and minority faculty to encourage diverse candidates to enter the legal academy.
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LAW.COM — Collectively, law schools are enrolling more non-J.D. students than ever before. The number of law school students who are pursuing LL.M. and masters in law degrees has doubled over the past decade. Today, 14 percent of enrolled students nationwide aren’t in J.D. programs.
Read More about Law schools with highest non-JD enrollmentPodcast: Revamping legal education to develop leadership skills
LEGAL TALK NETWORK — Law schools should be a training ground for leaders, but are the concepts of leadership actually being taught? This episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast is about how law schools need to revamp their programs to include leadership training for students.
Read More about Podcast: Revamping legal education to develop leadership skillsAALS Annual Meeting panel discusses the law of “the internet of bodies”
LEGAL TECH NEWS — A January 5 program at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in New Orleans entitled, The Internet of Bodies: Cyborgs and the Law, discussed the legal, regulatory, and societal impact of this new living and breathing platform for data discovery.
Read More about AALS Annual Meeting panel discusses the law of “the internet of bodies”Some law schools enroll smaller class taking a strategic approach amid national increase in applications
ABA JOURNAL — While 117 law schools this year increased their first-year class sizes, following a growth of more than 8 percent in applications, a few others purposely had fewer 1L students in 2018.
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