More law schools may seek to accept GRE as entrance exam
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – University of Arizona College of Law’s recent decision to ease up on the LSAT and let prospective students apply with a GRE score has caused some consternation in the tightly regimented world of law school admissions.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – As recently as a decade ago, law schools were happy to hire professors with no more than a J.D. degree. That arrangement is officially history, according to a new study.
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THE INDIANA LAWYER – The economic storm of recent years was particularly perilous for the legal industry and law schools, but despite encouraging signs, former Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard said the dangers have not passed.
Read More about How law schools in Indiana are helping students with tuition and aidMichigan State University College of Law names Lawrence Ponoroff as Dean
LANSING STATE JOURNAL – Lawrence Ponoroff was approved by the college’s board of trustees on Tuesday. He is the college’s 12th dean and replaces Joan Howarth, who led the college since 2008.
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THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN – John Prinzivalli didn’t initially see himself going to law school. The two-year accelerated law degree program at Pritzker School of Law, he said, seemed made just for him.
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW – “Having a prior contact led to new opportunities to form relationships, whereas having good grades did not. This wasn’t the case in the study of law school students.”
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UCLA NEWSROOM – This year the court has chosen to review four cases brought by the UCLA Supreme Court Clinic. For perspective, each year about 10,000 cases are presented to the court, and 60 to 70 are selected to be heard, Banner said.
Read More about UCLA Law’s Supreme Court Clinic helps four cases get heard by the Supreme CourtUtah S.J. Quinney College of Law Dean Robert W. Adler shares his thoughts on the state of legal education and the profession
OKLAHOMA LEGAL GROUP – “Dean Adler was gracious enough to take time to answer our questions about the nature of legal education and how it equips law students to become effective professionals in a continually evolving field.”
Read More about Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Dean Robert W. Adler shares his thoughts on the state of legal education and the professionJustice Samuel Alito discusses his judicial philosophy of “originalism” during an appearance at Georgetown Law Center
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday declined to add his voice to the public debate about replacing fellow conservative Justice Antonin Scalia and said the court was preparing to move forward shorthanded. “It will be a new experience,” Justice Alito said during an appearance at Georgetown University Law Center.
Read More about Justice Samuel Alito discusses his judicial philosophy of “originalism” during an appearance at Georgetown Law CenterSurvey: A falling stock market could extend retirement age for lawyers
ABA JOURNAL – Twenty-nine percent of more than 200 lawyers who responded to the unscientific survey said they would work longer to make up shortfalls in their retirement plans, Law.com reports.
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