Arizona lowers minimum bar exam score to increase pass rate
REUTERS — Law school graduates who fall just short of passing Arizona’s bar exam will soon have the option to become licensed attorneys after spending two years working under the supervision of an experienced lawyer in a rural area or a government or non-profit law setting.
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JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have attorney and podcaster Ingrid Busson-Hall joining us to talk about networking, building community, and navigating legal workplaces.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE), an alternate pathway to Bar licensure in Oregon, is the first of its kind, allowing law school graduates to forgo the Bar Exam in favor of a supervised portfolio and experience-based licensure pathway.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Washington University Journal of Law & Policy article by several authors that examines a new ABA standard aimed at protecting academic freedom and free speech at law schools.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The independent accrediting arm of the American Bar Association is in the process of rewriting its diversity and equity standard.
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DIVERSE EDUCATION — In its latest report regarding higher education’s return on investment (ROI), Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce (CEW) has analyzed 186 law schools and found at nearly one-in-five law schools, graduates’ net take-home pay after student loan payments averages at $55,000.
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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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