Kansas Law student helps Project for Innocence overturn murder conviction
YAHOO! – A murder conviction was overturned and it was in large part because of the work by a University of Kansas law student and Shawnee native.
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Moody’s – This week, the firm predicted that higher education will stabilize, for the first time post-recession, allowing more predictability in operating budgets.
Read More about Moody’s Investors Services upgrades higher education to “stable”Debate over ABA proposal to eliminate the ban on academic credit for paid externships
ABA JOURNAL – The governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has approved six proposed changes to the law school accreditation standards for notice and comment. But only one—a proposal to eliminate the current ban on students receiving academic credit for paid externships—drew any testimony at a public…
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THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW – If you have an interest in student loans, then you may want to check out the website of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina.
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ABA JOURNAL – The legacy model of law firm hiring, which has prevailed over the last several decades, involves screening applicants purely on grades and what schools they attended. For most industries, such hiring processes are truly yesterday’s practices.
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LAWYERIST – A chart released by the American Bar Association shows that the total number of lawyers nation-wide is up nearly 18% nationwide since 2005. The numbers are broken down by state, and a couple of things stand out.
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THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS – A ruling captured the attention of other judges and legal scholars because of a judge’s bluntly worded written opinion that rebuked the widely adopted hardship standard used to determine whether a debtor is worthy of a discharge.
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BLOOMBERG BNA – “Maybe the days of summer associate programs are fading into the sunset, but that does not mean that law schools or young lawyers must sing the blues. Big Law careers, after all, are the path of fewer than 15 percent of US lawyers — most of whom graduated from top-tier law schools.”
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US NEWS & WORLD REPORT – In this week’s [I Am the Law] episode, host Derek Tokaz speaks with Ryan Morrison, who graduated in 2013 from New York Law School, about building a practice focused on video game developers.
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WILLIAM & MARY NEWS – William & Mary Law School’s Revive My Vote is pleased to announce it has received a grant of $230,000 through the Knight News Challenge, a grant program aimed at better informing voters and increasing civic participation before, during, and after elections.
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