AccessLex Institute awards grant to evaluate how the California Bar Exam tests job skills
MARKETS INSIDER — AccessLex Institute has awarded a grant of $515,000 to the State Bar of California to build on studies performed last year to address the state’s bar exam passage rate and other matters related to the exam.
Read More about AccessLex Institute awards grant to evaluate how the California Bar Exam tests job skillsOpinion: Reduced support for higher education from states is hurting public colleges
WASHINGTON POST — The rapid disinvestment by states this century in public higher education is resulting in very few public universities being included in the top 20 of many popular rankings.
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ABA NEWS — Working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and local legal aid offices, the Disaster Legal Services Program of the ABA Young Lawyers Division (ABA YLD) has a plan in place to provide legal assistance to disaster victims in the path of Hurricane Florence.
Read More about ABA organizing legal resources in response to Hurricane FlorenceABA approves WMU Cooley Law’s application for campus in Kalamazoo
ABA JOURNAL — Following months of litigation, the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has approved Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s application to establish a branch in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Read More about ABA approves WMU Cooley Law’s application for campus in KalamazooWashington University Law establishes institute for medicine and law policy
THE SOURCE — Washington University in St. Louis Law School has established a new institute that will take on issues of ethics, policy in data-driven health care and beyond.
Read More about Washington University Law establishes institute for medicine and law policyVanderbilt Law launches online legal education program for business professionals
PR NEWSWIRE — Vanderbilt Law School has launched an online legal education program to help business professionals become fluent in the legal principles and processes business leaders need to understand.
Read More about Vanderbilt Law launches online legal education program for business professionalsNYU Law establishes Family Defense Clinic fellowship through gift
NYU — NYU School of Law’s Family Defense Clinic (FDC), which seeks to protect and expand due process rights of families involved with the child welfare system, has received a generous gift that will help establish a fellowship for the clinic.
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MERCER NEWS — Mercer University Law School recently established The Tommy Malone Endowed Scholarship fund to honor the distinguished legal career of renowned trial lawyer and Mercer Law alumnus Tommy Malone.
Read More about Mercer Law trial advocacy scholarship established in honor of alumnusMitchell Hamline Law honored for diversity efforts
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Mitchell Hamline is being honored with two awards for its efforts around diversifying the pool of law students.
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law honored for diversity effortsUniversity of Mississippi Law hosts debate on originalism on Constitution Day
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI LAW — The University of Mississippi School of Law celebrated a Constitution Day commemoration, which featured a debate on how the Constitution should be interpreted today.
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