Data shows how voters viewed college affordability
INSIDE HIGHER ED – A poll by Pew asked voters to rank a number of issues on whether they were “a very big problem” in the country today.
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U.S. NEWS – Knowing what traits military recruiters seek in JAGs may help prospective law students decide which law schools provide the best preparation for a JAG job, experts say.
Read More about Experts share five essential traits for aspiring military lawyersIndiana Maurer Law Dean Austen Parrish voices concern on increased focus by ABA on bar passage rates
INDIANA LAWYER – “[A] renewed over-emphasis on the exam is troubling. If sounder minds prevail, the ABA House of Delegates will vote down the council’s recommendation.”
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WTXL (ABC TALLAHASSEE) – Florida State University College of Law Professor Paolo Annino has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Father Robert Drinan Award.
Read More about FSU Law professor receives award from AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service OpportunitiesValparaiso Law Dean Andrea Lyon responds to ABA decision to censure law school
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Remedial action requested by the ABA, and already underway, Lyon said, includes coming up with and submitting a compliance plan; submit admissions data and methodology; provide students with bar exam passage rates for the school; and notify students of the censure, as well as putting a notice on the school’s website.
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University today released a set of legal and ethical recommendations to address a series of structural factors that affect NFL player health.
Read More about Harvard Law contributes to report addressing legal and ethical factors affecting football players’ healthDuke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic wins contract and housing benefits cases for clients
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Students in the Civil Justice Clinic achieved two significant wins for their clients in October and November hearings.
Read More about Duke Law’s Civil Justice Clinic wins contract and housing benefits cases for clientsLewis & Clark Law School professor and student contribute to new study on the costs associated with death penalty in Oregon
OREGON LIVE – Researchers at the law school gathered county jail costs per inmate during a death penalty trial, public defender cost per case, and costs from the state Department of Corrections to house an inmate after conviction.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law School professor and student contribute to new study on the costs associated with death penalty in OregonUniversity of Mississippi Law Criminal Appeals Clinic argues case in front of Mississippi Court of Appeals
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY – Law students from the University of Mississippi School of Law Criminal Appeals Clinic represent the appellant in one of the cases set for oral arguments.
Read More about University of Mississippi Law Criminal Appeals Clinic argues case in front of Mississippi Court of AppealsYale Law School’s international human rights clinic releases report on the criminalization of homelessness in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN REGISTER – The city also has ordinances against loitering, camping and public consumption of alcohol and has park curfews, all of which target the homeless unfairly, according to a new report.
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