Complications in the FAFSA application process could lower college enrollment rates
HIGHER ED DIVE — Increased investment in financial aid support services this summer could help bridge the gap for recent high school graduates, one NCAN expert said.
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USA TODAY — Eight current and former staffers at the U.S. Education Department expressed dismay over a recent Supreme Court decision they fear will blunt major regulations affecting K-12 schools and colleges.
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THE WASHINGTON POST — In the year since the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions, collegeshave walked away from scholarships with racial criteria.
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REUTERS — Not all large U.S. law firms have said good riddance to remote lawyering since the pandemic.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — With a background in music and coding, Erin Ryan never expected to end up in environmental law. But a computer programming job with the Inyo National Forest in California led to a major career shift.
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REUTERS — Florida will switch to the new version of the bar exam in July 2028, officials said on Thursday, making it the largest bar exam jurisdiction so far to unveil its plans for the updated attorney licensing test.
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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.
Read More about Podcast: How to build community in the legal workplaceA look at an alternative pathway to attorney licensure in Oregon
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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