UVA Law selects professor Leslie Kendrick as vice dean
DAILY PROGRESS – Leslie Kendrick, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, will be the school’s new vice dean, starting July 1.
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BLUE & GRAY PRESS – Starting in the fall semester of 2017, UMW has created an accelerated pathway into the Antonin Scalia Law School called “The 3+3 Accelerated Program” for UMW students.
Read More about GMU Antonin Scalia Law forges partnership with nearby college on accelerated bachelors/JD degree programNKU Law adds new college to partner schools list for accelerated law degree program
CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER – NKU’s Chase College of Law will offer its 3+3 Accelerated Law Program to Thomas More students along with NKU undergraduates.
Read More about NKU Law adds new college to partner schools list for accelerated law degree programUMass Law student receives Massachusetts Bar Association scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW – Shayla Mombeleur, a third-year law student at the University of Massachusetts School of Law, will receive the 2017 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Scholarship, a $10,000 award from the Massachusetts Bar Association.
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VIRGINIAN-PILOT – “Fortunately, law schools across the country and in Virginia have recognized the importance of training law students to work for equal justice.”
Read More about AALS highlights efforts at Virginia law schools to serve public goodIncrease in LSAT takers not translating to rise in law school applications yet
ABA JOURNAL – The number of people who take the LSAT has increased for the last three tests. But the surge is not yet benefiting law schools.
Read More about Increase in LSAT takers not translating to rise in law school applications yetKaplan Bar Review survey finds law graduates want higher school standards, describe debt as unmanageable
KAPLAN TEST PREP – A new Kaplan Bar Review survey of nearly 350 recent law school graduates shows that almost two-thirds think law schools should raise their academic standards.
Read More about Kaplan Bar Review survey finds law graduates want higher school standards, describe debt as unmanageableCreating a compelling recommendation letter for law school
U.S. NEWS – U.S. News asked law school admissions experts to describe compelling recommendation letters.
Read More about Creating a compelling recommendation letter for law schoolPresident of the National Conference of Bar Examiners comments on February 2017 bar pass rates
ABA JOURNAL – Moeser attributed the February drop in MBE scores partly to differences in law school admission patterns.
Read More about President of the National Conference of Bar Examiners comments on February 2017 bar pass ratesHarvard Law alumnus Neil Gorsuch sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court judge
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Neil M. Gorsuch, a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, was sworn in as the 113th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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