West Virginia University board cuts 28 degree programs and lays off 140 faculty in controversial cost-saving measures
HIGHER ED DIVE — President E. Gordon Gee has said the public flagship institution’s deficit could skyrocket to $75 million in the coming years. He has been the driving force behind a broad restructuring of the university’s academic programs and finances, an attempt to cut costs.
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REUTERS — The State Bar of California is contemplating a new admissions pathway that would allow law graduates to become licensed without taking the bar exam.
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CONCORD MONITOR — Many commentators have remarked upon the multitude of lawyers intertwined inside the political and business dealings of Donald Trump.
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REUTERS — New Jersey will limit its mental health and substance abuse disclosure requirement for those applying to join the bar as attorneys.
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LAW360 — Verna Williams of Equal Justice Works says she remains committed to diversifying public interest law, even as the legal industry deals with challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — A federal prosecutor’s office in rural Oklahoma is struggling to hire new attorneys needed to handle soaring caseloads prompted by a Supreme Court decision that re-mapped Indian law jurisdiction.
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LAW.COM — Wright, a former professor at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, was accused of sexual misconduct, the university announced policy changes to prohibit any “intimate, sexual, or other type of romantic or amorous encounter or association” between students and faculty, employees or volunteers at the school.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — There is a stark gap between the premium many college leaders place on the U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings and the interests of the prospective students they aim to attract, according to a new report by Art & Science Group, a higher education consulting firm.
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NCBEX — The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced today the planned duration and structure of the NextGen bar exam and the date by which the current bar exam will officially sunset.
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REUTERS — The new bar exam set to debut in July 2026 will be about three hours shorter than the current one.
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