Advice for prospective law students on crafting personal statements
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – Once you have developed a compelling topic for your law school personal statement, the next challenge is writing it. Here are five ways to create an essay with a strong beginning, middle and end.
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ABA JOURNAL – The Law School Admission Council says it is waiting for more information on the reliability of the Graduate Record Exam before deciding whether to oust a law school that is accepting the test from applicants.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – The interest rates on federal student loans will fall by about half a percentage point in the 2016-17 academic year, to the lowest point in history, based on the results of the Treasury Department’s auction on 10-year notes.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – The U.S. legal sector shed 1,500 jobs in the month of April, according to the new monthly employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read More about U.S. legal sector loses 1,500 jobs in April 2016UVA Law students complete nearly 16,000 hours of pro bono work in 2015-16 academic year
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – University of Virginia School of Law students volunteered 15,985 hours in pro bono legal work during the 2015-16 academic year, setting records for participation by first-year and third-year students.
Read More about UVA Law students complete nearly 16,000 hours of pro bono work in 2015-16 academic yearGeorge Mason Law faculty supports name change in honor of Justice Scalia
THE WASHINGTON POST – A key group spoke out strongly in favor of the idea: The faculty of the law school itself, who passed a unanimous (but for one abstention) resolution supporting the name change and the gifts that led to it.
Read More about George Mason Law faculty supports name change in honor of Justice ScaliaPace Law Dean David Yassky discusses the school’s name change and views on legal education
BLOOMBERG BNA – In an interview, the law school’s dean David Yassky fielded questions about the news, his views on the state of legal education, and the recent “kerfuffle” around George Mason University’s law school being named after the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Read More about Pace Law Dean David Yassky discusses the school’s name change and views on legal educationUniversity of Miami Law clinic wins deportation case
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Immigration Clinic students Claire Howe, who recently graduated, and 2L Jessica Brautigam, won the immigration court case of an undocumented bisexual Jamaican woman in her early twenties.
Read More about University of Miami Law clinic wins deportation caseWest Virginia Law student shares her experience helping free an inmate from a mandatory life sentence
WEST VIRGINIA RECORD – Faycurry recently spoke to The West Virginia Record about her experience in helping make Walker a free man again.
Read More about West Virginia Law student shares her experience helping free an inmate from a mandatory life sentenceUniversity of Miami Law clinic student helps wrongly-evicted client stay in her home
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW – Evictions are complicated and confusing for tenants without lawyers. Such was the case of Brenda West and Jason Hepperly, a 3L Certified Legal Intern in Miami Law’s Tenants’ Rights Clinic who recently represented West in an eviction proceeding.
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