ABA legal education section grants variances to 32 law schools to use JD-Next for admissions
LAW.COM — Now 32 law schools, plus the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law—whose team has been developing the test for past five years—have been granted variances from Standard 503 to use JD-Next.
Read More about ABA legal education section grants variances to 32 law schools to use JD-Next for admissionsOpinion: How accreditation standards help guide law schools
THE INDIANA LAWYER — The practice of law carries an extraordinary power: a heavy responsibility to do good while avoiding harm. For this reason, law schools must be held to the highest standards in educating future lawyers.
Read More about Opinion: How accreditation standards help guide law schoolsA look at newly established law schools
BLUE TOAD — Nick Allard jumped into legal education in 2012 after a successful career with some of the nation’s largest law firms. Within two years, he was dean and president of Brooklyn Law School, one of the largest in the nation.
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REUTERS — A robust debate over law professors’ use of “cold calls” — randomly calling on students in class instead of waiting for volunteers to answer questions — is unfolding online after a prominent conservative attorney took to social media to decry an opt-in approach used in a Yale Law School course.
Read More about Law professor’s social media posts spark discussion on ‘cold-calling’ on students during classAdvice for future law school applicants on selecting an undergraduate major
U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Deciding on a major may be easier than college undergraduates think, especially if they’re planning to apply to law school in the future.
Read More about Advice for future law school applicants on selecting an undergraduate majorAnimal Legal Defense Fund supports Animal Legal Education Initiative
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND — Today, the Animal Legal Defense Fund announced it has accepted a gift of more than $1 million from Kathryn “Kathy” Casey in support of the Animal Legal Education Initiative (ALEI), a partnership with the George Washington University Law School, launched in 2022 and dedicated to developing animal law as a…
Read More about Animal Legal Defense Fund supports Animal Legal Education InitiativeHow American LLM programs prepare international students for legal careers
STUDY INTERNATIONAL — LLM graduates are well-positioned to tap into a wide array of international career prospects.
Read More about How American LLM programs prepare international students for legal careersAppalachian Law names Colonel David “D.J.” Western as interim president and dean
APPALACHIAN LAW — The Appalachian School of Law (ASL) is proud to announce the appointment of Colonel David “D.J.” Western as the Interim President and Dean.
Read More about Appalachian Law names Colonel David “D.J.” Western as interim president and deanUC Berkeley Law professor Dylan Penningroth publishes book on the history of the civil rights movement
BERKELEY LAW — A seed planted by old family lore led Berkeley Law Professor Dylan Penningrothto hours in the records rooms of county courthouses across the South, teasing out how Black people used the levers of the law to advance their interests from the last decades of slavery through the 1970s.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law professor Dylan Penningroth publishes book on the history of the civil rights movementVideo: UC Davis Law dean Kevin Johnson discusses his vision for the school
UC DAVIS — Since joining the UC Davis Law faculty in 1989, Dean Kevin Johnsonhas centered his work around those ideals of the King Hall’s namesame, Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Being a law school devoted to social justice and social change, and the diversity of our faculty and our student body helps us to pursue those…
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