Widener Delaware Law partners with local college on dual degree program
DELAWARE BUSINESS TIMES – Goldey-Beacom College and Widener University Delaware Law School have entered an articulation agreement that will give GBC undergraduate students the opportunity to attend Delaware Law School and earn a juris doctor degree.
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CHRISTIAN POST – The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that a Christian University can be denied accreditation because of its opposition to homosexuality.
Read More about Ontario Court rules Christian law school can be denied accreditation for refusing to admit LGBT studentsUnaccredited for-profit law school announces closure
ABA JOURNAL – Owners of the non-accredited Riverside institution say that after fall 2016, they won’t be taking new students.
Read More about Unaccredited for-profit law school announces closureOpinion: Investment in a law degree can have long-term career benefits
NEW YORK TIMES – “The only peer-reviewed study on this topic [found] that most law students earned a premium of hundreds of thousands of dollars over what they would have earned had they not gone to law school, even taking into account the debt they accrue.”
Read More about Opinion: Investment in a law degree can have long-term career benefitsSupreme Court narrowly upholds accounting for race in college admissions
WALL STREET JOURNAL – With Justice Elena Kagan sidelining herself, the Supreme Court upheld a race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Read More about Supreme Court narrowly upholds accounting for race in college admissionsLaw schools expand online offerings
NEW YORK TIMES – Law schools, in the face of marked declines in enrollment, revenue and jobs for graduates, are beginning to adopt innovative new ways of delivering legal education.
Read More about Law schools expand online offeringsDeans at Minnesota law schools discuss the challenges facing legal education
MINNPOST – “For the short term Wippman expects that trend to continue, but says he’s wary of forecasting too far into the future.”
Read More about Deans at Minnesota law schools discuss the challenges facing legal educationStudy finds women and minorities are underrepresented on state courts
WALL STREET JOURNAL – The composition of state courts, which handle 90% of the nation’s legal caseload, bears little resemblance to the makeup of the U.S., according to a new study.
Read More about Study finds women and minorities are underrepresented on state courtsSouth Texas College of Law adopts Houston College of Law as new name
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW – South Texas College of Law administrators and board of directors announced that the Law School is changing its name to Houston College of Law.
Read More about South Texas College of Law adopts Houston College of Law as new namePace Law to create legal resource and information center for victims of domestic or elder abuse
LOHUD – Impact100 Westchester awarded a $100,000 grant to the Pace Women’s Justice Center, which will create a walk-in legal resource and information center for abuse victims.
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