New Cornell president uses background to shape role
ITHACA TIMES – While former president David Skorton was trained as a doctor, Garrett is schooled in the law, graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1988 and clerking for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1989 and 1990.
Read More about New Cornell president uses background to shape roleChapman Law Dean Tom Campbell to step down
ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL – Tom Campbell will step down as dean of Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law and return to teaching, the university said.
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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL – A University of New Mexico School of Law professor has been named to the high-ranking post of lead lawyer at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which “regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil.”
Read More about New Mexico Law professor chosen as lead attorney on federal energy panelUtah Law celebrates grand opening of law school building
FOX (SALT LAKE CITY) – Class looks just a little bit different for law students at the University of Utah, after they moved into a brand new building.
Read More about Utah Law celebrates grand opening of law school buildingThe difference between priority track and early decision for law school applicants
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – Priority track is a more recent way in which schools encourage strong applicants to apply. Priority track generally means that the school promises to evaluate your candidacy quickly and give you an admissions decision within a few weeks.
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THE WASHINGTON POST – Scores on the SAT have sunk to the lowest level since the college admission test was overhauled in 2005, adding to worries about student performance in the nation’s high schools.
Read More about Lowest SAT scores in a decade prompts worries at high schoolsInterview with two law professors on the state and future of the legal profession and legal education
OUPBLOG – “Legal ethics scholar Deborah L. Rhode, author of The Trouble with Lawyers, and law professor Benjamin H. Barton, author of Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession, joined us to chat about a few hot topics relating to the practice of law, including education, diversity, happiness, and the future.”
Read More about Interview with two law professors on the state and future of the legal profession and legal educationSurvey: law schools lack e-discovery education
TODAY’S GENERAL COUNSEL – A survey that looked at 193 law schools found that 125 of them offered no e-discovery courses, and of those that did only a small percentage offered courses with practical lawyering exercises.
Read More about Survey: law schools lack e-discovery educationBoston University law students and faculty discuss recent building renovation
THE DAILY FREE PRESS – Boston University School of Law students attended their first school day in the renovated Law Tower Wednesday after a two-and-a-half year construction project on the building.
Read More about Boston University law students and faculty discuss recent building renovationAnalyzing student debt and long-term earning potential of graduates
PAYSCALE – Unsurprisingly, graduate students borrow the most, with doctors and lawyers accruing median debt of $162,000 and $141,000, respectively. In theory, then, some grad students can handle a higher debt load, because they have the potential to earn more.
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