NCBE reports overall uptick in bar pass scores, some states report decline
ABA JOURNAL – As the July 2016 bar results are released, it appears that nationally, there’s a slight uptick with scores, says Erica Moeser, president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – A new report documents unequal patterns involving gender in law school enrollments.
Read More about Report on the gender gaps found in law schoolsU.S. Education Department underestimates cost of loan programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The Education Department drastically underestimated the cost of the government’s income-driven repayment plans for student loans in its original estimates, the Government Accountability Office said.
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MARKETWIRED – The Board of Directors of the Legal Writing Institute is delighted to announce that Dahlia Lithwick is the recipient of the 2017 Golden Pen Award.
Read More about Legal Writing Institute to present award to Slate writer during 2017 AALS Annual MeetingWells Fargo Private Bank’s Specialty Group report finds trends in law firm performance in first nine months of 2016
BLOOMBERG LAW – Wells Fargo Private Bank’s Specialty Group released a report on how law firms performed in the first nine months of 2016.
Read More about Wells Fargo Private Bank’s Specialty Group report finds trends in law firm performance in first nine months of 2016Some struggling law firms turn to partner demotion to boost earnings
NEW YORK TIMES – Wrestling with a difficult market, some big law firms are demoting partners.
Read More about Some struggling law firms turn to partner demotion to boost earningsSLU Law names William P Johnson as new dean
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO – Saint Louis University has named William P. Johnson, a member of its faculty since 2012, as the new dean of its law school.
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ABA JOURNAL – If the law student market contracts further, it’s possible that between 10 and 15 schools will close, says Zemsky, a founding director of Penn’s Institute for Research on Higher Education.
Read More about Study: Enrollment trends could lead to consolidation of some law schoolsAdvice for prospective law students who want to expand trial advocacy skills during law school
U.S. NEWS – Those who think they might want to be trial lawyers should attend a law school that will give them abundant opportunities to test their courtroom aptitude and gauge whether trial law is their calling, experts say.
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MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES – Professor Mark A. Levin, a Japanese law specialist on the William S. Richardson Law School faculty since 1997, has been named director of the Law School’s Pacific-Asian Legal Studies.
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