GW Law student lands summer associate job after helping partner who was attacked
ABA JOURNAL – A George Washington University law student who intervened to help a Baker McKenzie partner being attacked by a group of youths has landed a summer associate job with the law firm.
Read More about GW Law student lands summer associate job after helping partner who was attackedGhana law school to scrap entry exams per Supreme Court order
STARR FM – Ghana’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the General Legal Council to make it mandatory for LLB holders to write entry examinations as well as pass an interview before they are admitted to pursue their professional careers in law.
Read More about Ghana law school to scrap entry exams per Supreme Court orderReport finds Australian and New Zealand in-house lawyers find time-based billing models to be outdated
AUSTRALIA FINANCIAL REVIEW – Company lawyers are increasingly innovating and want law firms to kill outdated time-based billing models, according to an extensive biennial survey.
Read More about Report finds Australian and New Zealand in-house lawyers find time-based billing models to be outdatedProfiles of recent Illinois Law graduates serving in judicial clerkships
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW – “[T]he following profiles detail their reasons for pursuing a clerkship, how the College assisted them in the process, and advice they would offer to students considering a clerkship.”
Read More about Profiles of recent Illinois Law graduates serving in judicial clerkshipsState cuts UNC Law budget by less than initially proposed
NEWS & OBSERVER – North Carolina’s budget leaves UNC’s law school with a cut of $500,000 – smaller than an earlier $4 million proposed reduction.
Read More about State cuts UNC Law budget by less than initially proposedSt. Mary’s Law receives donation to support legal skills curriculum
ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY – Two St. Mary’s University School of Law alumni have donated $1 million to endow the second year of the School of Law’s innovative legal skills curriculum.
Read More about St. Mary’s Law receives donation to support legal skills curriculumVillanova Law appoints new Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY – Dr. Moreland will also serve as the Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy in the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law.
Read More about Villanova Law appoints new Director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public PolicySouthwestern Law adds Concentration in Technology Law and Entrepreneurship to JD degree offerings
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL – Southwestern Law School has created an optional curricular Concentration in Technology Law and Entrepreneurship as part of the JD degree.
Read More about Southwestern Law adds Concentration in Technology Law and Entrepreneurship to JD degree offeringsWestern New England Law launches new Master of Science in Law program
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY – Western New England University School of Law has announced a new Master of Science in Law program.
Read More about Western New England Law launches new Master of Science in Law programSeton Hall Law embarks on “3+3” accelerated JD/Bachelor’s program with Connecticut university
SETONIAN – Seton Hall University and Sacred Heart University have decided to develop a partnership offering a 3+3 Bachelor’s and Juris Doctorate program.
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