Brooklyn Law’s ‘Dean’s Law and Policy Forum’ connects the classroom with issues facing society

November 5, 2018

BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — Brooklyn Law School is always looking for ways to connect ideas and lessons from the classroom to the larger legal and political community. This semester, it has found a way to do so through a series called the Dean’s Law and Policy Series: Bring the World into the Law School.

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University at Buffalo Law to host lecture on power and varying forms of capitalism in society

November 5, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO LAW — The challenge of tempering power in a world of “variegated capitalisms” is the topic of the Fall 2018 Mitchell Lecture beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 9 in the Charles B. Sears Law Library in O’Brian Hall on UB’s North Campus

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University at Buffalo Law wins Queens District Attorney’s annual mock trial competition

November 5, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO LAW — Buffalo School of Law has once again taken first place at the Queens District Attorney’s Annual Mock Trial Competition.

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Arizona State University Law’s study abroad program opens opportunities for students

November 5, 2018

ASU NOW — A highly acclaimed study program in Prato, Italy, has helped expand the profile and prestige of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University

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Albany Law School receives grant to aid veterans and service members

November 5, 2018

ALBANY LAW — Albany Law School announced today that it is receiving a three-year grant from the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs to enhance its pro bono services to veterans and service members.

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A look at Albany Law’s Community Development Clinic and Pro Bono program

November 5, 2018

NORTHEAST PUBLIC RADIO — This week we feature the Albany Law School’s Community Development Clinic and Pro Bono Program welcoming Albany Law School’s President and Dean Alicia Ouellette and Professor and Director of the Community Development Clinic Ted De Barbieri.

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Pass rate for 2018 Texas Bar Exam down

November 5, 2018

TEXAS LAWYER — A total of 77.87 percent of first-time takers of the Texas Bar Examination who are Texas law school graduates or students passed the July 2018 exam — a decline of more than 3 percent from a year earlier, when 80.95 percent passed the exam.

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Georgia Bar Exam pass rate falls

November 5, 2018

DAILY REPORT — After an upward climb last year, the pass rate for the Georgia Bar Exam has dropped, according to results for the July 2018 exam released Friday by the state Office of Bar Admissions.

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Advice for new lawyers on bridging the generation gap

November 5, 2018

ABA — Three women, who received their law degrees in 2000, 2008 and 2012, respectively, came together to share their takes on bridging the generational divide at the office and finding work-life balance at home in the Summer 2018 issue of TYL. Here is some of what they shared.

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Poll: How Americans feel about affirmative action in higher education

November 5, 2018

NPR — The Harvard trial wraps up on Friday. And for the past three weeks, the group Students for Fair Admissions has argued that the Ivy League school discriminates against Asian-American applicants.

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