Donation establishes environment and energy professorship at Cleveland-Marshall
CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS – Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will establish its fifth endowed professorship with a $500,000 donation from Steven and Polly Percy, longtime supporters of the law school who will become members of the president’s cabinet in recognition of lifetime gifts to Cleveland State University of more than $1 million.
Read More about Donation establishes environment and energy professorship at Cleveland-MarshallUniversity of Montana Law announces new dean
MISSOULIAN – Paul F. Kirgis, a professor at St. John’s University School of Law, has been selected to lead the University of Montana School of Law as dean. Kirgis will begin his new duties July 1, 2015.
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THE JAPAN TIMES – In Japan, the new bar exam has resulted in a steep increase in the overall number of lawyers to some 35,000 this spring.
Read More about Japanese and American legal education facing changeRural lawyers dwindling in numbers
THE DES MOINES REGISTER – James Pedersen has spent the past two decades writing wills, preparing tax returns and serving as Ringgold County’s judicial magistrate. Now he’s ready to retire.
Read More about Rural lawyers dwindling in numbersColumbia Law School develops center related to critical thinking
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL – A new center at the Law School is designed to encourage critical thinking about how legal and scientific knowledge is produced and organized.
Read More about Columbia Law School develops center related to critical thinkingTexas Tech wins National Pretrial Competition at Stetson University
KCBD – The Texas Tech University School of Law won the championship Sunday at Stetson University College of Law’s Seventh Annual National Pretrial Competition in Gulfport, Florida.
Read More about Texas Tech wins National Pretrial Competition at Stetson UniversityHarvard Law tops list of most valuable graduate degrees
UPI – A new survey finds Harvard Law grads are making more at the midpoint in their careers than any other graduate school in the U.S.
Read More about Harvard Law tops list of most valuable graduate degreesSMU Law receives endowment for children’s rights professorship
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS – Business leader Jack D. Knox has given $1.5 million to his alma mater, the SMU Dedman School of Law, to establish the Jack Knox Chair in the Rights and Protection of Children.
Read More about SMU Law receives endowment for children’s rights professorshipGift at South Dakota Law establishes scholars fund
ARGUS LEADER – Minnesota attorney Orrin Estebo has donated another $1 million to the University of South Dakota Foundation to support USD’s law school.
Read More about Gift at South Dakota Law establishes scholars fundCurriculum changes credited for uptick in bar passage rates for Pittsburgh grads
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE – Pittsburgh’s two law schools had high success rates among first-time takers of Pennsylvania’s July bar exam after both made concentrated efforts to improve student scores.
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