ABA committee recommends ban on alternative admission tests
ABA JOURNAL — An ABA committee is recommending the elimination of a rule that allows most law schools to admit up to 10 percent of their entering classes with students who haven’t taken the Law School Admission Test.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — While the nation’s law schools collectively saw a slight uptick in employment success for their grads from 2014 compared to 2013, some schools managed to do much better than average.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — New York State will begin using a standard bar examination given in 15 other states next summer, making it the largest state so far to adopt what amounts to a national credential for lawyers, the state’s chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, announced on Tuesday.
Read More about New York State will adopt standard bar examination in 2016Practicum courses lead to more marketable job applicants
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Practicum classes are one way students can get hands-on learning that will make them more marketable, experts say.
Read More about Practicum courses lead to more marketable job applicantsBoston College Law takes over public policy center
BOSTON GLOBE — Elisabeth Medvedow, executive director of the Boston-based nonprofit Discovering Justice, will take the lead at Boston College Law School’s Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy.
Read More about Boston College Law takes over public policy centerNew York Law School and Rochester Business School partner to share space for joint program
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS — The University of Rochester’s Simon Business School is moving downtown to TriBeCa, where it will take space in an academic building owned and occupied by New York Law School.
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SOLICITORS JOURNAL — The number of students who graduated with a law degree hit an all-time-high last year, while both the number of training contracts registered and admissions to the roll decreased.
Read More about All-time high for students graduating with a law degree in U.K.ABA director discusses future of legal profession
AKRON LEGAL NEWS — In the ongoing debate about the future of the legal system, Art Garwin recently outlined the possibilities in his presentation, “Three Minutes to Midnight: Applying the Doomsday Clock to the Legal Profession,” at The University of Akron School of Law.
Read More about ABA director discusses future of legal professionSMU Law gift creates endowed chair for women and the law
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS — A professor emeritus and alum of Southern Methodist University’s law school is endowing a chair to focus on women and the law.
Read More about SMU Law gift creates endowed chair for women and the lawWest Virginia Law appoints interim dean to position permanently
CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL — West Virginia University law school interim dean Greg Bowman has been appointed to the post permanently.
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