U.S. Department of Education drops college ratings/rankings in favor of comparative data for new website
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION – The U.S. Department of Education has retreated from its controversial plan to create a giant college-ratings system, top officials revealed.
Read More about U.S. Department of Education drops college ratings/rankings in favor of comparative data for new websiteFordham Law School partners with the Fashion Law Institute for L.L.M. in fashion law
WWD.COM – As more designers and apparel companies lawyer up to protect their names for myriad reasons, there will be a more knowledgeable pool of talent to draw from thanks to Fordham Law School’s and the Fashion Law Institute’s launch of the first academic degrees in fashion law.
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MINNESOTA LAWYER – Many lawyers started taking a look at their billing practices after the 2008 market crash, and some things have changed.
Read More about Law firms adjust to changing legal climate with alternative billingMSU Law Civil Rights Law Clinic students win case over violation of constitutional rights
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW – A pair of MSU Law students enrolled in the Civil Rights Law Clinic secured a $20,000 settlement for an indigent client in a federal court case.
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THE DAILY LOBO – At a time when applications to law schools are at an all-time national low, the Law School at UNM is on an upswing.
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UCLA NEWSROOM – UCLA Professor Jerry Kang, an influential scholar who has written extensively about implicit bias and the law, hate crimes, affirmative action and other topics, has been named the campus’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion.
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IIT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW NEWS – IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law has received the Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) first Excellence in Legal Education Award for its innovative Praxis program.
Read More about IIT Chicago-Kent Law’s Praxis program wins the Illinois State Bar Association’s first Excellence in Legal Education AwardGeorge Mason Law professor Todd Zywicki to lead the school’s law and economics center
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS – Dean Henry N. Butler announced today that Professor Todd J. Zywicki will succeed him as executive director of the Law & Economics Center (LEC) at George Mason University School of Law.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – As a career adviser for lawyers and law students, Shauna C. Bryce has noticed that many of her clients have a problem that could be avoided if they’d done more due diligence when they were law school applicants: They don’t know what their career paths look like.
Read More about Career planning important when applying for law schoolProfessors Alfred Mathewson and Sergio Pareja chosen as co-deans for New Mexico Law
KRQE NEWS 13 (NEW MEXICO) – University Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced Tuesday that Alfred Mathewson and Sergio Pareja will serve as co-deans. The professors will begin their new duties Aug. 1.
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