Wisconsin bar adds 41 new attorneys
STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN – Surrounded by smiling and happy family and friends, 41 recent law school graduates were sworn in as Wisconsin’s newest lawyers Tuesday in the Supreme Court Hearing Room.
Read More about Wisconsin bar adds 41 new attorneysABA committee approves proposal to tighten bar pass standards for law schools
ABA JOURNAL – The requirements for bar passage rates for ABA-accredited law schools need tightening, an ABA committee has found, and committee members suggested the passage percentage requirement may be too low.
Read More about ABA committee approves proposal to tighten bar pass standards for law schoolsLaw deans encourage technology-based training at law schools during roundtable at ABA tech conference
LAW PRACTICE TODAY – In early August, six law school deans and professors met in the city by the bay to continue their discussion about including legal technology training in the current law school curriculum.
Read More about Law deans encourage technology-based training at law schools during roundtable at ABA tech conferenceCouncil of Graduate Schools Report shows increase in minority enrollment in graduate programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED – First-time graduate student enrollments were up 3.9 percent last fall from a year earlier, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools.
Read More about Council of Graduate Schools Report shows increase in minority enrollment in graduate programsPresidential Candidate Hillary Clinton mentions LSAT experience when describing how she handles emotions
WALL STREET JOURNAL – Democrat Hillary Clinton offered an unusually personal and reflective take on how and why she controls her emotions, relating a story about being heckled by men while she was waiting to take the law-school entrance exam.
Read More about Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton mentions LSAT experience when describing how she handles emotionsPotential class action lawsuit targets software company in Georgia bar exam error
WALL STREET JOURNAL – A law firm retained by Mr. Murray is pinning the blame not on the bar board but a California software company that Georgia uses to digitally administer the exam.
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TECHNICAL.LY – According to Pablo Molina of Georgetown University, technology developing faster than ethics is no fictional problem.
Read More about AALS Chief Information Officer and founder of tech professional association focuses on ethics in technology managementWayne State Law names associate dean Lance Gable as interim dean
DETROIT NEWS – Wayne State University named Lance Gable, an associate dean of Wayne State University Law School, as the law school’s interim dean.
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DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – A Penn professor was just appointed by the federal government to help tackle the recent economic crisis in Puerto Rico.
Read More about Penn Law professor named to board addressing debt crisis in Puerto RicoNew Villanova Law Dean Mark Alexander discusses leadership style
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE – Alexander, who started work in July, said some parts of the job — connecting with students and inspiring excellence in teaching among colleagues — seem remarkably familiar.
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