Opinion: Law school graduates may find success in tech
OZY – “[E]xperts say a small yet growing group of young lawyers are stepping into tech. But more lawyers may be headed that way as the job market slowly improves and fewer folks enter JD programs.”
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – Determining what constitutes your personal reach, target and safety range can be tricky. Here are some tips to help you objectively assess your chances.
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YALE DAILY NEWS – A year after the Coalition of Concerned Students protested Yale Law School Dean Robert Post’s annual State of the School address in March of 2015, Post has shared a report on the state of diversity at the school.
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ABA JOURNAL – The mean scaled score on the February administration of the Multistate Bar Examination fell to 135, down 1.2 points from the previous year and the lowest average score on a February administration of the test since 1983.
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SETON HALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Center for Social Justice celebrated a victory in February: the Immigrants’ Rights/International Human Rights Clinic obtained asylum for a woman and her two children, survivors of severe domestic violence and child abuse in their native Honduras.
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VT DIGGER – This month a group of Vermont Law School students volunteered with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project in Texas to provide legal assistance to asylum-seeking mothers and children being held at detention centers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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WALL STREET JOURNAL – Law school graduates who file for bankruptcy protection can cancel debt they racked up preparing for the bar exam, a federal judge has ruled.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY – The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) today announced a new collaboration, The Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy.
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INDIANA DAILY STUDENT – The IU IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program helps hundreds of local taxpayers file state and federal tax returns every year.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL – A panel of distinguished diplomats and an audience of Penn Law community members joined UN Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on the evening of February 29.
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