Nebraska Law to work with undergraduate institutions to recruit students from rural areas with legal aspirations
ABA JOURNAL – The law school will work with three undergraduate institutions to recruit college freshmen from rural areas who are interested in becoming lawyers.
Read More about Nebraska Law to work with undergraduate institutions to recruit students from rural areas with legal aspirationsMaine Law partners with university on accelerated JD/Masters in Public Health degree
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW – The University of Maine School of Law and the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service are proud to announce that they offer an accelerated Juris Doctor degree and a Masters in Public Health degree.
Read More about Maine Law partners with university on accelerated JD/Masters in Public Health degreeABA council approves stronger bar-passage standard for law schools
ABA JOURNAL – A proposal to tighten bar passage rate standards for ABA-approved law schools was passed by the council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Read More about ABA council approves stronger bar-passage standard for law schoolsAALS Executive Director Judy Areen addresses challenges facing law schools during talk at Indiana McKinney Law
INDIANA LAWYER – Judith Areen talked about the future of law schools as the guest speaker for the annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
Read More about AALS Executive Director Judy Areen addresses challenges facing law schools during talk at Indiana McKinney LawReport: Student loan debt increases slightly for 2015 college graduates
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION – College students who graduated with student loan debt in 2015 left with an average of $30,100 in debt, according to an annual report.
Read More about Report: Student loan debt increases slightly for 2015 college graduatesMore law schools covering bar review costs
ABA JOURNAL – Mike Sims, president of the test prep group BARBRI Bar Review, told that ABA Journal that more than 30 law schools now pay for their students’ bar review.
Read More about More law schools covering bar review costsOpinion: U.S. legal sector can use U.K. as example of how to enact successful legal delivery regulatory reform
FORBES – “[M]aybe the ABA and State Bars might consider that ABS in the UK and other advanced nations seems to be a rising tide that lifts … clients and lawyers.”
Read More about Opinion: U.S. legal sector can use U.K. as example of how to enact successful legal delivery regulatory reformSurvey shows major gains in partner compensation at U.S. law firms
BLOOMBERG LAW – Generally both equity and non-equity partners across the United States have seen significant gains in compensation since 2014, according to Major, Lindsey & Africa’s 2016 Partner Compensation Survey.
Read More about Survey shows major gains in partner compensation at U.S. law firmsJohn Marshall Law School announces Darby Dickerson as new dean
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL – The John Marshall Law School in Chicago announced today that Darby Dickerson will be the new dean. The appointment is effective January 1, 2017.
Read More about John Marshall Law School announces Darby Dickerson as new deanValparaiso Law Dean Andrea D. Lyon makes the case for why the U.S. needs a defender general
INDIANA LAWYER – “[A] defender general would ensure that all of those interested in criminal justice have a seat at the table.”
Read More about Valparaiso Law Dean Andrea D. Lyon makes the case for why the U.S. needs a defender general