California State Bar releases annual diversity report card
THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA NEWS CENTER — The State Bar’s Annual Diversity Report Card released today highlights the demographic composition of California’s 2023 attorney population and, for the first time, analyzes changing trends in demographic representation since 2019.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Oregon’s new Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE), which will allow ABA-accredited law school graduates to join the state’s bar by completing a legal apprenticeship instead of taking the bar exam, could serve as a model for other states as scrutiny of the current bar exam mounts.
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CATO INSTITUTE — Jokes about the abundance of “ambulance chasers” aside, the fact is that some parts of America face a shortage of lawyers rather than the surplus that those critical of the profession might expect.
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ABOVE THE LAW — It’s almost time for the release of the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. The official publication date is set for April 9, but based on the magazine’s use of publicly available data from the ABA, it’s been easy to predict what the latest iteration of the ranking may…
Read More about How methodology changes could affect the 2024 US News law school rankingsLaw dean announcements and AALS selects New York Law School as co-host of the Journal of Legal Education
NYLS — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is pleased to announce New York Law School (NYLS) as a new co-host law school for the Journal of Legal Education (JLE).
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FINDLAW — A shift in the bar exam and legal education is on the horizon with the introduction of the Next Generation (NextGen) Bar Exam, set to debut in July 2026.
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REUTERS — The Supreme Court of Washington on Friday approved several new ways for attorneys to become licensed that bypass the bar exam — adding momentum to the burgeoning alternative licensure movement.
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LYNNWOOD TIMES — The Washington Supreme Court ordered on Friday, March 15, that attorneys now have “alternative pathways” in lieu the bar exam to become licensed to practice law in Washington State.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — While a number of law schools have been honored repeatedly in our rankings, no school has dominated like The University of Memphis – Cecil C. Humphreys School
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STANFORD REPORT — George Triantis, the Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business and a senior associate vice provost for research at Stanford, has been named dean of Stanford Law School, Provost Jenny Martinez announced today.
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