Student loan debt affecting career choices for new lawyers
INDIANA LAWYER – Some new lawyers may let the size of their loans dictate what line of work they choose.
Read More about Student loan debt affecting career choices for new lawyersChicago law schools look at accepting GRE as admission test
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Law schools around the country are starting to consider accepting an admission test other than the LSAT. And Chicago-area schools are watching closely.
Read More about Chicago law schools look at accepting GRE as admission testLSAC releases additional LSAT dates
ABA JOURNAL – The first testing date is June 12, with other dates scheduled in September and December of 2017. In 2018, the LSAT will be offered in February, June, September and November.
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U.S. NEWS – LSAC has changed its retake policy, and current law students can renegotiate law school funding.
Read More about Strategies for negotiating scholarships mid-law school career, adjusting to LSAT changesExamination of how “value pricing” could replace the billable hour in the legal profession
BLOOMBERG LAW – How might a legal market run on value pricing actually work?
Read More about Examination of how “value pricing” could replace the billable hour in the legal professionAnalysis finds at least half of lawyers in nine states and jurisdictions sought careers outside of legal profession
ABA JOURNAL – They may be “judges, politicians, businesspeople whose careers advanced due to their law degrees; or, they may be people who were unable to find careers as lawyers, are working in fields that don’t require law degrees, are choosing not to work at all, or are unemployed yet still maintaining active licenses.
Read More about Analysis finds at least half of lawyers in nine states and jurisdictions sought careers outside of legal professionAALS President Paul Marcus receives award for exceptional teaching from William & Mary Law
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL – Professor Paul Marcus was honored with the McGlothlin Award for Exceptional Teaching at William & Mary Law School’s May 14 Diploma Ceremony.
Read More about AALS President Paul Marcus receives award for exceptional teaching from William & Mary LawStudy finds percentage of African-American lawyers in large law firms stayed flat despite small gains in overall diversity
ABA JOURNAL – Large law firms made small gains in diversity in 2016 but African-American lawyers were not among those who benefited.
Read More about Study finds percentage of African-American lawyers in large law firms stayed flat despite small gains in overall diversityHarvard Law names professor John Manning as new Dean
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – John Manning ’85 will become the School’s next dean on July 1.
Read More about Harvard Law names professor John Manning as new DeanWayne State Law names Cardozo Law’s Richard Bierschbach as Dean
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY – Richard Bierschbach has been selected to serve as the next dean of the Wayne State University Law School.
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