New study finds that wealth students perform better on SAT and ACT
EDWEEK — The number of students taking the SAT college admissions test at least once is growing back to pre-pandemic figures—even as some colleges and universities made the test optional at the onset of the pandemic.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Being accepted to your choice of graduate school and program is usually an exciting moment.
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VIRGINIA LAWYERS WEEKLY — Just under three-quarters of candidates who sat for the Virginia Bar Exam in July passed the test, according to data from the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners.
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LSAC — In this year when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions, declaring that race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies, the legal profession has been on red alert, with both law schools and legal employers working to preserve…
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REUTERS — With 10 eyes and a helmet-like exoskeleton, horseshoe crabs could pass for sci-fi aliens. But Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner Vern Norviel has spent so much time thinking about them in recent years, he told me, that he’s “come to find them very cute.”
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LAW.COM — Third-party providers are stepping in to help law firms get associates up to speed on key tasks without detracting from partners’ billables. Law firms are also hiring training providers to help fill training gaps that opened during the pandemic.
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NALP — New employment findings from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) reveal that despite a record shattering employment market for Class of 2022 law graduates – including the highest employment rate in 35 years – disparities in employment outcomes by race/ethnicity and level of parental education persist, with graduates of color and first-generation…
Read More about NALP reports on employment outcomes for 2022 law school graduatesLSAT to remove logic games section from exam
REUTERS — The Law School Admission Test will ditch the so-called “logic games” section of the exam in 2024, according to the organization that creates the test, marking a major change to the exam’s content.
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LSAC — We are announcing today a change we will be making to the LSAT at the start of the next testing cycle, beginning with the August 2024 exam.
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AXIOS — The prominent law firm Davis Polk is rescinding job offers for three law students at Harvard and Columbia over their potential connection to controversial pro-Palestinian letters criticizing Israel.
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