Opinion: How the bar exam creates barriers to entry in the legal profession

September 16, 2024

YAHOO!NEWS — As was recently reported by the South Dakota Supreme Court’s Steering Committee, “Nearly all of those who did not pass the bar exam passed the essay portion of the bar, but were unable to pass the multiple-choice portion of the bar exam.” I fall among that category of test-takers.  

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California Bar offers law graduates higher bar exam scores and payment for completing new sample test

September 16, 2024

LAW.COM — Select California bar exam applicants who complete a sample test written by Kaplan could receive financial incentives and see their actual 2025 exam scores boosted under a plan the state bar submitted to the California Supreme Court this week.

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Law schools in Pennsylvania receive additional support for low-income taxpayer clinics

September 11, 2024

MICROSOFT START — Three prominent law schools in Pennsylvania have received a significant financial boost to broaden their support services for low-income taxpayers.

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Podcast: UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Cornell Law professor Michael Dorf, and CNN’s Joan Biskupic discusses teaching constitutional law amid changes

September 11, 2024

MORE JUST — “More Just,” hosted by Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems. In this episode, Chemerinsky — a leading scholar in the field who has been teaching the class for decades and is the author of a popular casebook

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Advice on integrating marketing knowledge into legal writing

September 11, 2024

ABA JOURNAL — Writing plays an expanding role in the evolving legal marketing world, and lawyers have much to learn. We must pivot to produce easily digestible content.

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University of Alabama Law Summer Scholars Program aims to improve access to legal education

September 11, 2024

ALABAMA LAW NEWS — In Fall 2021, University of Alabama School of Law Professor Anil Mujumdar and former Dean Mark Brandon began a discussion about finding a new way to increase awareness of and access to the legal profession for undergraduate students. 

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University of Arkansas Little Rock Law offers guaranteed admissions to qualified Ouachita University students

September 11, 2024

ARKADELPHIAN — Ouachita Baptist University has joined the Pathways Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, creating an opportunity there for qualified Ouachita graduates to prepare for a legal career.

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Boston College Law professor R. Michael Cassidy to publish legal thriller novel

September 11, 2024

BC LAW — Professor R. Michael Cassidy is no stranger to seeing his work in print. The longtime faculty member is a nationally recognized expert in criminal law and legal ethics.

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Brooklyn Law welcomes new students during convocation

September 11, 2024

BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — Brooklyn Law School’s Convocation welcomed more than 400 new students with a ceremony at the Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York on Aug. 19.

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University at Buffalo Law to host US Army Court of Criminal Appeals

September 11, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA), a fixture of the American military legal system, will visit the University at Buffalo School of Law this fall.

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