Minority law school applications increase following US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
REUTERS — Uncertainty surrounding college admissions hasn’t dissuaded minority law school applicants this year.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan announced today that Jessica Berg will be the next dean of the UC Davis School of Law. Berg, who has served as one of two co-deans of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) for nearly 11 years, will start on September…
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MSN — Florida A&M University has received a stern warning from the State University System (SUS) board of governors regarding the performance of its law and nursing programs per a report by the Florida Phoenix.
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LAW.COM — A spokesperson with George Mason University said the institution intends to comply with recent demands from the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, who asked for more information relating to allegations that a former professor used his academic influence to seduce
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LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Today we’re excited to have social impact expert and serial connector Susan McPherson with us to talk about the lost art of connecting and how to build meaningful professional relationships.
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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Today, we’re excited to have Kelsey Lee with us — one of our expert tutors from the Bar Exam Toolbox team.
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LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Today we’re excited to have style expert and founder of Style Space Jenny Eversole with us to talk about what to wear as a law student and lawyer.
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THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — If you are applying to LL.M. programs in the U.S., you may have come across the phrase “legal English.” And for good reason as language is a crucial component of U.S. legal education. I still remember buying Black’s Law Dictionary and looking up words in 2010 during my own 1L, sometimes…
Read More about How legal English courses help foreign educated students in LLM degree programsArizona State University Law students earn judicial clerkships
ASU NEWS — Students who graduate from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University are used to making an impact. Now, they’re breaking records.
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UA LITTLE ROCK — Professor Josh Silverstein’s work was recently cited by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in his dissenting opinion in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case, “Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.”Justice Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Kagan, and Justice Sotamayor, cited Professor Silverstein’s article “Hiding in Plain…
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