University of Arkansas Law and University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law to split settlement fund
ARKANSAS ONLINE – Two Arkansas scholarship funds will split more than $2 million left over in a cigarette settlement fund.
Read More about University of Arkansas Law and University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law to split settlement fundFlorida Coastal Law Dean Scott DeVito says sale assertions for law school are false
JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD – He said the law school is not for sale and there are no plans for it to leave Jacksonville.
Read More about Florida Coastal Law Dean Scott DeVito says sale assertions for law school are falseBYU Law to accept GRE scores for applicants starting fall 2018
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY – BYU Law School announced that it will begin accepting GRE scores for applicants to its class entering in the fall of 2018.
Read More about BYU Law to accept GRE scores for applicants starting fall 2018Supreme Court of Canada hears arguments over proposed Christian law school
CTVNEWS – The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing arguments in a lengthy court battle over a British Columbia Christian university’s proposed law school, which would ban students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of heterosexual marriage.
Read More about Supreme Court of Canada hears arguments over proposed Christian law schoolThomas Jefferson Law placed on probation by ABA
PRELAW – The American Bar Association placed Thomas Jefferson School of Law on probation on Nov. 13, six months after it issued the school a warning.
Read More about Thomas Jefferson Law placed on probation by ABAABA responds to WMU Cooley Law’s temporary restraining order motion to prevent release of compliance letter
ABA JOURNAL – The American Bar Association decision that Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School was “significantly out of compliance” with an accreditation standard regarding admissions was final and not subject to further appeal, the association argued.
Read More about ABA responds to WMU Cooley Law’s temporary restraining order motion to prevent release of compliance letterEducation experts call for tougher oversight of all Infilaw-owned for-profit law schools
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Legal education observers say accreditation issues at Florida Coastal School of Law should lead to tougher look at its parent company, InfiLaw.
Read More about Education experts call for tougher oversight of all Infilaw-owned for-profit law schoolsSurvey finds decline in new international students starting fall 2016 after years of growth at American universities
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Open Doors survey shows declines in new international students starting in fall 2016, after years of growth.
Read More about Survey finds decline in new international students starting fall 2016 after years of growth at American universitiesA look at how University of Arizona Law students who entered with GRE scores are faring in law school
DAILY WILDCAT – UA’s decision to accept GRE scores was implemented in part to increase the spectrum of students able to apply to the program.
Read More about A look at how University of Arizona Law students who entered with GRE scores are faring in law schoolWisconsin lawmakers consider bill that would encourage lawyers to represent rural clients in return for loan repayment assistance
ABA JOURNAL – Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a bill that would pay up to $20,000 annually toward attorneys’ school loans, providing they practice in remotely populated areas of the state and take court-appointed cases.
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