Graduate students push for $15 minimum wage for campus workers
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Graduate student assistants at campuses across the U.S. are pushing for $15 per hour, what they call a minimum living wage. Many labor for far less, but Emory recently upped stipends to effectively meet that target.
Read More about Graduate students push for $15 minimum wage for campus workersArizona Summit Law details plans to close
AZ CENTRAL — An Arizona Summit Law School official outlined a plan to state regulators on Thursday that would involve eventually closing the state’s only private law school.
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THE NEWS-GAZETTE — Challenged by a student leader, the dean of the University of Illinois College of Law apologized to law students Wednesday for the sexual-harassment case involving Professor Jay Kesan and its aftermath.
Read More about University of Illinois Law dean apologizes to students over professor’s conductStudy tracks how studying for the LSAT improves brain function
SCIENCE DAILY — Neuroscientists are tracking eye movements to understand how practicing tough reasoning tests like the LSAT makes students smarter.
Read More about Study tracks how studying for the LSAT improves brain functionThomas Jefferson Law receives California accreditation
ABA JOURNAL — The State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners voted Friday to approve state accreditation for Thomas Jefferson School of Law, an ABA-accredited institution that has been on probation since November 2017.
Read More about Thomas Jefferson Law receives California accreditationIn Memoriam: Ronald Smith
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Ronald C. Smith, a retired professor from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, died Oct. 19, 2018. He was 84.
Read More about In Memoriam: Ronald SmithIn Memoriam: Robert Gilbert “Gil” Johnston
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Robert Gilbert “Gil” Johnston, a former dean at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, died on June 21, 2018. He was 86.
Read More about In Memoriam: Robert Gilbert “Gil” JohnstonA look at the legal job market, increase in law school applications and Before the JD
NATIONAL JURIST — After nearly a decade of declining applications to law school, the nation saw its first significant increase this year — a jump of 8 percent.
Read More about A look at the legal job market, increase in law school applications and Before the JDFormer federal student loan watchdog discusses issues with public service loan forgiveness program
NPR — Congress created Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) in 2007. The pitch to borrowers was simple–Spend 10 years teaching, nursing, policing or otherwise working for a qualified nonprofit while also making 120 monthly payments against your student loans, and the government would forgive the rest.
Read More about Former federal student loan watchdog discusses issues with public service loan forgiveness programTwo-year JD programs for foreign students are on the rise
NATIONAL JURIST — The number of law schools offering a two-year J.D. program for international lawyers has grown steadily over the past eight years, with more than 23 such programs, and observers expect the trend to continue.
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