A look at bar exam pass rates for first-time test-takers from the class of 2023
REUTERS — The University of Michigan Law School scored the highest first-time bar pass rate in 2023, with 97.27% of its latest Juris Doctors crushing the attorney licensing exam on their first try.
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REUTERS — Landing a Big Law summer associate position was tougher in 2023. Offer rates to law students interviewing for those temporary jobs last year were the lowest since 2012 with firms collectively extending 19% fewer offers than the previous year, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement.
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REUTERS — More than 79% of U.S. law school graduates who took the bar exam for the first time in 2023 passed, according to new data released on Monday by the American Bar Association.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Public interest work gives lawyers a way to put their knowledge to use while helping marginalized populations. Law students for generations have felt the pull of this kind of work, but it’s unrealistic for most once they graduate and have up to six figures in student loan debt.
Read More about Bloomberg Law survey looks at the practice expectations of law students upon graduationABA House of Delegates opposes laws that limit the teaching of race and gender
JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD — The ABA House of Delegates convened Feb. 5 in Louisville, Kentucky, and approved a new policy against laws that limit teaching about race or gender. The new policy also opposes bans on books that cover those subjects.
Read More about ABA House of Delegates opposes laws that limit the teaching of race and genderMarcilynn Burke named dean of Tulane Law
THE TULANE HULLABALOO — On Friday, Tulane University named Marcilynn Burke, current dean of law at the University of Oregon, the new dean of the Tulane School of Law.
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MIAMI HERALD — Nearly three years after his official predecessor got abruptly fired, a move that stirred a national wave of criticism at the time, the University of Miami law school dean will step down in April.
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SALEM REPORTER — After four years as dean of Willamette University’s College of Law, Brian Gallini is leaving for a job as the law school dean at Quinnipiac University, a private university in Hamden, Connecticut.
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ABA — The American Bar Association Section of State and Local Government Law will host the forum, “Challenges Facing Democracy in 2024,” at the Howard University School of Law in the Damon J. Keith Moot Courtroom at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19.
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LSAC — Liana Nobile didn’t have legal mentors throughout her undergraduate experience. Now, a decade after graduating from law school and beginning her career in law, she’s paying it forward by volunteering as a LawReady mentor, giving her an opportunity to help guide a student through the journey she once completed without a map.
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