William & Mary receives state grant to expand veterans legal clinic
WILLIAMSBURG YORKTOWN DAILY — A legal clinic at the William & Mary Law School is expanding its efforts with the help of a state grant. The Lewis B. Puller Jr. Veterans Benefit Clinic is slated to receive $245,000 from the commonwealth of Virginia to increase its services to veterans. The grant will fund the addition…
Read More about William & Mary receives state grant to expand veterans legal clinicWake Forest Law launches two-year J.D. program for foreign law students
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wake Forest School of Law is launching a unique program offering lawyers trained abroad a more direct path into practicing law. This fall, the school will introduce a two-year J.D. program for those who have completed their legal education outside the country and are interested in gaining expertise…
Read More about Wake Forest Law launches two-year J.D. program for foreign law studentsUCLA Law to establish chair in legal ethics
DAILY BRUIN — Meyer Luskin, a philanthropist and UCLA alumnus, donated $2 million to the UCLA School of Law to establish a chair in legal ethics.
Read More about UCLA Law to establish chair in legal ethicsDeans, leadership discuss Rutgers law schools merger
NJ.COM — Rutgers University Law’s governing board approved a plan last week to merge the law schools at Rutgers-Camden and Rutgers-Newark into one unified law school.
Read More about Deans, leadership discuss Rutgers law schools mergerNebraska Law to expand facilities for clinics
OMAHA WORLD HERALD — The University of Nebraska College of Law will break ground this week on a 14,000-square-foot addition to house its legal clinics and potential expansions.
Read More about Nebraska Law to expand facilities for clinicsABA membership now free for students
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — Effective immediately, the American Bar Association will offer free membership to all students enrolled at ABA-approved law schools. The membership grants law students access to resources tailored to their interests and needs, opportunities to build their professional skills plus access to the ABA’s job listings, clerkships, internships and career events.
Read More about ABA membership now free for studentsLegal industry loses 1,200 legal jobs in March
BLOOMBERG –The U.S. legal services sector shed 1,200 jobs in March, amidst the lowest monthly national employment gain since 2013, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of people employed in the legal industry fell from 1,120,600 to 1,119,400 last month, as the overall economy added 126,000 jobs.
Read More about Legal industry loses 1,200 legal jobs in MarchBar passage rates drop in North Carolina
WRAL.COM –In a troubling trend across the nation, more and more law school graduates are failing the bar exam. According to figures from the Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina, the combined pass rate for students at the state’s seven law schools has hit a five-year low.
Read More about Bar passage rates drop in North CarolinaWilliam Mitchell partners with St. Cloud State to offer six-year undergrad/J.D. degree
SC Times — St. Cloud State University and William Mitchell College of Law are partnering to cut one year off students’ law students by allowing undergraduates to skip their fourth year.
Read More about William Mitchell partners with St. Cloud State to offer six-year undergrad/J.D. degreeVillanova Law to Launch center for law and entrepreneurship
PALM BEACH NEWS DAILY — Scarpa, former chairman and co-founder of the American Cellular Network Corporation, and his wife Jana are the donors of a $5 million gift to name a center for law and entrepreneurship at Villanova’s law school.
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