Number of LSAT takers last month jumps almost 20 percent from June 2016
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The total number of test takers last month was 27,606, up 19.8 percent from the June 2016 administration.
Read More about Number of LSAT takers last month jumps almost 20 percent from June 2016ABA committee weighs revisions to broaden law school accreditation diversity rules
ABA JOURNAL – Proposed revisions to add gender identity and ethnicity to existing rules regarding diversity, nondiscrimination and equal opportunity are being considered by the Standards Review Committee of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
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ABA JOURNAL – The legal services sector gained 2,000 jobs in June, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted numbers from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read More about Legal sector sees job gains for third month in a rowCalifornia Supreme Court may determine passing state bar exam grade to apply retroactively
ABA JOURNAL – The California Supreme Court, not a board of the State Bar of California, will determine what constitutes a passing score on the state’s bar exam.
Read More about California Supreme Court may determine passing state bar exam grade to apply retroactivelySix law school deans submit statement on ABA process to validate non-LSAT entrance exams
ABA JOURNAL – According to a group of law school deans, the requirement that ABA-accredited law schools use some sort of entrance exam in the admissions process hampers innovation and does little to guide schools toward the admission of students capable of mastering legal education and passing a bar exam.
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ABA JOURNAL – Law firm leaders surveyed by Citi Private Bank expressed an optimistic outlook for the second half of the year, and that could be good news for associates.
Read More about Report: Law firm leaders share confidence in business outlook, industry demandSurvey finds increase in average salary for summer associates, decline in number of positions
ABA JOURNAL – Average pay for summer associates working at the nation’s top 200 law firms has jumped more than 11 percent to $3,285 a week.
Read More about Survey finds increase in average salary for summer associates, decline in number of positionsReports finds some law schools use more legal tech than many law firms
ACQ5 – While comparing the studies may be like comparing seeds to apples, together they say something about the future of legal tech in the profession.
Read More about Reports finds some law schools use more legal tech than many law firmsEighteen states sue U.S. Department of Education over student loan protections rollback
NPR – Attorneys general from Massachusetts, New York and 16 other states filed suit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her department.
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CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION – Senior officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are reportedly considering a controversial plan to require more than one million international students to reapply annually to stay in the United States.
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