Reclaim Harvard Law activists position free tuition as newest platform for protests
ABA JOURNAL – Student activists at Harvard Law School are calling for the elimination of tuition “as a matter of justice.”
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VTDIGGER.ORG – Vermont Law School and the Environmental Conservation Department of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry of Myanmar recently signed an agreement intended to foster cooperation on environmental governance and climate change issues.
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SAVANNAH LAW SCHOOL – The national program came to Savannah for the first time this school year, providing some Savannah High students a better understanding of the law as well as mentoring from Savannah Law School students and practicing lawyers.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Brigham Young University Law School is coming under fire for a potentially discriminatory practice of expelling ex-Mormons. An alumni group first brought concerns to the American Bar Association in January, and, according to the National Law Journal, the inquiry is still in the works.
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INDIANA LAWYER – The February overall passage rate for the Indiana Bar Exam fell to 51 percent, the lowest percentage to pass since February 2002.
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FORBES – Take a look at what inspired these grads to get rid of their loans fast — and how they made it happen.
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THE HARRIS POLL – Infographic with the results from The Harris Poll.
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THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN – The program, called the UC President’s Public Service Law Fellowship, will contribute $4.5 million annually to the university’s four law schools — at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA and UC Irvine — which will distribute the funds to qualified applicants.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – Salaries for full-time, continuing faculty increased by 3.4 percent this year and 2.7 percent adjusted for inflation, according to the American Association of University Professors’ Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER – University of Colorado Boulder announced the appointment of James (Jim) Anaya, a Regents’ Professor and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona, as dean of the law school.
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