Stanford Law dean Jenny Martinez named provost of Stanford University

September 12, 2023

STANFORD REPORT — Jenny S. Martinez, dean of Stanford Law School and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law, has been named Stanford’s 14th provost, incoming President Richard Saller announced today.

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Quinnipiac Law dean Jennifer Brown to step down in June 2024

September 12, 2023

THE QUINNIPIAC CHRONICLE — Jennifer Brown, dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Law, is slated to step down next June, Provost Debra Liebowitz announced in a university-wide email Wednesday morning.

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Appalachian Law dean Keith Faulkner to serve as president of Charleston Southern University

September 12, 2023

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY — The Charleston Southern University Board of Trustees unanimously approved and announced the appointment of B. Keith Faulkner, JD, LLM, MBA, as CSU’s fourth president. Faulkner, a 1998 Charleston Southern alumnus, will begin in early October 2023. 

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Opinion: Law schools should take a page from med schools in a post-AI landscape

September 12, 2023

BLOOMBERG LAW — Bar exams moved online during the pandemic, fueling attention to issues under discussion, such as widely varying bar pass rates from state to state, and large costs to graduates of prep courses needed even after three years of law school.

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July bar exam multiple choice scores see slight increase

September 12, 2023

ABA JOURNAL — The national mean scaled score for the July 2023 Multistate Bar Examination, which consists of 200 multiple-choice questions, is 140.5, the National Conference of Bar Examiners announced Thursday.

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US Department of Education settles with five law schools over financial aid violations

September 12, 2023

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The U.S. Department of Education has settled with five free-standing law schools after an investigation showed that those institutions “improperly disbursed” federal financial aid to students enrolled in unaccredited master of laws programs. 

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Podcast: How law schools can support lawyer mental health and emotional intelligence

September 12, 2023

THE ASPEN LEADING EDGE PODCAST — The Aspen Leading Edge Podcast features timely interviews with Aspen Authors as well as other legal thought-leaders sharing expert opinions on teaching, learning science, and the current and future state of legal education.

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New law schools open across the US with smaller classes than anticipated

September 12, 2023

REUTERS — The nation’s newest law school kicked off classes on Monday in Delaware with 20 inaugural students — fewer than a third of the 65 students Wilmington University School of Law officials initially planned to enroll.

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Pipeline program focuses on applicants who were denied law school admission 

September 12, 2023

REUTERS — Among the 38,000 or so first-year law students nationwide who are kicking off their studies this month are 51 who didn’t quite make the cut when they applied two years ago.

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Reading recommendations and back-to-school advice for law students

September 12, 2023

ABA JOURNAL — It’s time for The Modern Law Library‘s summer recommendations episode, in which host Lee Rawles shares her pop culture picks with you, plus a re-airing of one of our older episodes with current relevance.

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