Texas Tech Law partners with brain health center on program for first-year law students
LUBBOCK AVALANCHE–JOURNAL – The Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas-Dallas and the Texas Tech School of Law announced their collaboration in a high-performance brain training program called SMART — Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Training.
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New York Law Journal – Special report on law schools (PDF).
Read More about Law Schools: Arriving at a new normalFederal graduate loan policy at a crossroads
SLATE – Lately budget hawks and education experts have started worrying that graduate schoolers are becoming less of a reliable cash cow. There are two major reasons why.
Read More about Federal graduate loan policy at a crossroadsSouth Korea inches closer to legal market liberalization for European and American law firms
KOREA HERALD – As South Korea is set to enter the third stage of its opening of the local legal industry, the legal circle here remains split over the impact, with some viewing it as a chance to hone local players’ competence, while others cite rigid regulations that would hem in any drastic change.
Read More about South Korea inches closer to legal market liberalization for European and American law firmsFlorida Law Dean Laura Ann Rosenbury uses her experience to shape role
THE GAINESVILLE SUN – “Rosenbury steps into the role at a challenging time for law schools across the country. The changing face of the legal profession is forcing law schools to look at their curriculum to ensure that students find jobs after graduation.”
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LEGAL WEEK – In this video, Legal Week editor-in-chief John Malpas talks to technology consultant Neil Cameron and Legal Week research head James Mayer about key legal technology trends.
Read More about Video: Discussion on technology in the legal industryMaryland Law offers course on unrest in Baltimore
THE BALTIMORE SUN – The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law will offer a fall class studying the unrest in Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray.
Read More about Maryland Law offers course on unrest in BaltimoreDuke Law professor and AALS Executive Committee member Guy-Uriel Charles on 50 years of the Voting Rights Act
NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO – “We’re discussing how and why most states have tightened up their voting requirements, including New Hampshire.”
Read More about Duke Law professor and AALS Executive Committee member Guy-Uriel Charles on 50 years of the Voting Rights ActU.S. legal sector continues slight job gains in July
BLOOMBERG BNA – The U.S. legal services sector added 200 jobs during the month of June, as the overall economy gained 215,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read More about U.S. legal sector continues slight job gains in JulyUDC Law founder and Yale alumnus Edgar Cahn honored for social justice efforts
PHILLY.COM – In some circles, Washington law professor Edgar S. Cahn, 80, is a social justice icon and poverty law pioneer whose many accomplishments changed the legal landscape.
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