Outgoing CUNY Law Dean Michelle Anderson accepts Brooklyn College presidency
HISPANIC OUTLOOK IN HIGHER EDUCATION MAGAZINE – The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York appointed Michelle J. Anderson as the tenth President of Brooklyn College.
Read More about Outgoing CUNY Law Dean Michelle Anderson accepts Brooklyn College presidencyLaw professor: Recent law school graduate employment data shows decline in full-time legal jobs
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – At first blush, the latest numbers released by the American Bar Association on Monday suggest a positive trend [but] that outcome is overshadowed by a more dispiriting national trend, according to legal education numbers guru Jerry Organ of the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Read More about Law professor: Recent law school graduate employment data shows decline in full-time legal jobsA look at law school applications and diversity over the last few years
NPR – NPR’s Kelly McEvers talks to Aaron Taylor, a law professor at St. Louis University who monitors patterns of student enrollment, about the declining number of people applying to law school.
Read More about A look at law school applications and diversity over the last few yearsEntertainment and media law professors discuss teaching challenges in the digital age
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – Law schools are tasked with preparing students for the changing entertainment landscape while not forgoing the legal basics that underpin every specialty.
Read More about Entertainment and media law professors discuss teaching challenges in the digital ageFebruary’s NY Bar exam draws record number of foreign-educated candidates
BUFFALO BUSINESS FIRST – The latest New York Bar examination attracted the largest number of foreign-educated candidates that have ever taken the test in February.
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ABA JOURNAL – Less than 19 percent of the partners practicing at Wall Street law firms are women, according to a study recently published by Law360.
Read More about Study: Few women lawyers at Wall Street firms make partnerIncoming Syracuse Law Dean Craig Boise outlines goals during inaugural address
THE DAILY ORANGE – Boise addressed about 200 people Monday morning in Dineen Hall about his goals for SU’s law school. His speech broadly focused on evolving and adjusting to new technologies and techniques used in the legal field.
Read More about Incoming Syracuse Law Dean Craig Boise outlines goals during inaugural addressIndiana McKinney Law’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic wins freedom for convicted client
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS – The Wrongful Conviction Clinic at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has been involved in the representation of co-defendants Darryl Pinkins and Roosevelt Glenn since receiving the case on a referral from the Innocence Project.
Read More about Indiana McKinney Law’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic wins freedom for convicted clientUniversity of St. Thomas Law appellate clinic students argue prisoner’s rights case before U.S. Court of Appeals in California
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS – Third-year students in the University of St. Thomas School of Law Appellate Clinic argued and won a prisoner personal injury case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California, on April 7.
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law appellate clinic students argue prisoner’s rights case before U.S. Court of Appeals in CaliforniaNorthwestern Pritzker School of Law family justice center to launch juvenile reentry assistance program
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY – The Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will partner with the Chicago Housing Authority in the implementation of a program designed to assist system-involved youth in Chicago to achieve successful transitions to adulthood.
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