John Marshall Law School partners with university on accelerated joint bachelor’s/JD degree program
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – The 3 + 3 agreement allows WIU students studying English, history or political science to enter JMLS after their junior year and after taking the Law School Admission Test.
Read More about John Marshall Law School partners with university on accelerated joint bachelor’s/JD degree programTexas A&M hosts ‘know your rights’ workshop for various minority groups
BATTALION – The College of Liberal Arts, in collaboration with the School of Law, hosted the Know Your Rights Workshop, a workshop aimed to inform students and residents on their legal and civil liberties.
Read More about Texas A&M hosts ‘know your rights’ workshop for various minority groupsProposed rule revision would establish process for ABA section of legal education to validate alternate admissions tests
ABA JOURNAL – A recently proposed standards revision suggests how a validation process for LSAT alternatives should be developed.
Read More about Proposed rule revision would establish process for ABA section of legal education to validate alternate admissions testsUniversities launch legal challenge to immigration ban in joint effort
INDEPENDENT – Seventeen elite universities have launched a legal challenge to Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations entering the U.S.
Read More about Universities launch legal challenge to immigration ban in joint effortAALS Past President and University of Washington Law Dean Kellye Testy discusses renewed interest in law
MYNORTHWEST – The wave of pro-lawyer sentiment in the wake President Donald Trump’s election and subsequent executive orders and cabinet appointments has caught even the most thick-skinned, skeptical attorneys a little off-guard.
Read More about AALS Past President and University of Washington Law Dean Kellye Testy discusses renewed interest in lawSurvey finds university endowment returns sink to lowest level since 2008
WASHINGTON POST – University endowments posted the lowest investment returns since the 2008 financial crisis, yet schools upped their spending in fiscal 2016.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – A gender pay gap at the top levels of higher education leadership has persisted over the last 15 years, according to new research.
Read More about Study discovers gender pay gap for higher education administratorsAdvice for waitlisted law school applicants on adding recommendation letters to file
U.S. NEWS – Another way to supplement your application is to submit an additional recommendation letter. Consider these tips when adding a letter of recommendation to your waitlisted file.
Read More about Advice for waitlisted law school applicants on adding recommendation letters to fileOpinion: Trump presidency has reignited interest in law school
QUARTZ – “For the first time in what feels like the better part of a decade, the legal profession is being talked about as something other than a soul-and-money sucking dead-end.”
Read More about Opinion: Trump presidency has reignited interest in law schoolA look at gender composition in Ohio law schools
COURT NEWS OHIO – In Ohio, only one law school can say that women comprise more than half of its J.D. students.
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