New York law schools fear government shutdown is discouraging public service
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL — Most New York law students who miss out on the opportunity to work for the federal government because of the shutdown will likely graduate on time but their advisers fear they will be turned off to public service altogether.
Read More about New York law schools fear government shutdown is discouraging public serviceOpinion: The role of state law in legal education and lawyer licensing
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL — Since July 2016, New York law has not been tested on the bar exam. As of that test administration, New York switched to the Uniform Bar Exam, which consists of multiple choice, essay, and performance questions developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Read More about Opinion: The role of state law in legal education and lawyer licensingAnalysis of July 2018 California Bar Exam results
THE RECORDER — A state bar-commissioned study concludes that California law school students’ undergraduate credentials and law school performance accounted for up to 50 percent of the decline in bar exam scores and passing rates between 2013 and 2017.
Read More about Analysis of July 2018 California Bar Exam resultsNotre Dame Law appoints Stanford Law Professor Marcus Cole to dean
NOTRE DAME — G. Marcus Cole, the William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law at Stanford University, has been appointed Joseph A. Matson Dean of the Law School and professor of law at the University of Notre Dame by University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
Read More about Notre Dame Law appoints Stanford Law Professor Marcus Cole to deanNell Jessup Newton reflects on her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law
NOTRE DAME LAW — Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law Nell Jessup Newton will conclude her tenure as dean of Notre Dame Law School on June 30, 2019, after 10 years of service. Newton assumed the deanship at the beginning of a recession that resulted in diminishing job prospects for law graduates.
Read More about Nell Jessup Newton reflects on her tenure as dean of Notre Dame LawNotre Dame Law students attend professor’s testimony before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
NOTRE DAME LAW — A group of five Notre Dame Law students had the opportunity to attend a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights last month in Washington, D.C.
Read More about Notre Dame Law students attend professor’s testimony before Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPenn State Law signs accelerated ‘3+3’ Bachelor’s/JD agreement with Shepherd University
HERALD MAIL MEDIA — Shepherd University students interested in attending law school now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree and gain early admission into The Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Law through a new 3+3 accelerated bachelor/juris doctor agreement signed by both schools.
Read More about Penn State Law signs accelerated ‘3+3’ Bachelor’s/JD agreement with Shepherd UniversityPepperdine Law highlights participation at the AALS Annual Meeting
SURF REPORT — To kick off a new year in legal education, thousands of law faculty, deans, and administrators gathered in the Big Easy for the 2019 AALS Annual Meeting. Dean Paul Caron and members of Pepperdine Law faculty were among those who attended this year’s event in New Orleans.
Read More about Pepperdine Law highlights participation at the AALS Annual MeetingPepperdine Law professor Victoria Schwartz named to executive board of AALS Section on Intellectual Property
PEPPERDINE LAW — Professor Victoria L. Schwartz was named to the 2019 Executive Board of the Intellectual Property Section of the Association of American Law Schools.
Read More about Pepperdine Law professor Victoria Schwartz named to executive board of AALS Section on Intellectual PropertyKimberly Mutcherson named co-dean of Rutgers Law
RUTGERS — Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon announces the appointment of Kimberly Mutcherson, a noted bioethics and health law scholar and higher education leader, as co-dean of the Rutgers Law School in Camden.
Read More about Kimberly Mutcherson named co-dean of Rutgers Law