Opinion: Accepting GRE for law school admissions will not increase the number of people who want to be lawyers
NEW YORK TIMES – “The move might succeed in expanding the pool of applicants. But here’s what it won’t do: increase the number of people in law school who actually want to be lawyers.”
Read More about Opinion: Accepting GRE for law school admissions will not increase the number of people who want to be lawyersOpinion: Student financial aid system far too complex
NEW YORK TIMES – “Suffice it to say that this is generally not how paying for college works in the rest of the world.”
Read More about Opinion: Student financial aid system far too complexABA president reaffirms ABA’s commitment to Legal Services Corporation
ABA JOURNAL – During the evening plenary session at ABA Techshow, Klein did not hold back as she cast the fight to restore funding for the LSC as a defining moment for the legal profession.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI – After a national search, Susan Duncan has been chosen as the new dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES – “Given the stakes for the individual law graduate … one would think the state bar, which administers the test, would have sound reasons for how it sets the line [between] passing and failing.”
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BLOOMBERG LAW – As the newly appointed dean of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, Carpenter is one of a handful of people around the country in a position to make this happen.
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL – Stanford Law School hosted Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor where she spent the first part of the day meeting in small groups with students and faculty, before speaking to a packed audience of students, faculty, and staff.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH – U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, presided over “The Case of Tom Sawyer” in Washington.
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U.S. NEWS – Andrews is among scores of students who have had the opportunity to argue at the 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco, under an unusual program that offers law schools the opportunity to take on appeals.
Read More about Law students argue cases pro bono in front of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals through programUVA Law launches project to collect information related to Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch
WVTF (NPR CHARLOTTESVILLE) – UVA’s law school decided to create a website called the Neil Gorsuch Project.
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