Law school deans become target of conservative media ire
Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (by Michael Simkovic) — Professor Simkovic (USC Gould Law) discusses the recent media attention related to law schools’ responses to the US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Jonathan H. Choi and Daniel Schwarcz (University of Minneosta Law) that explores how ChatGPT aids law students while taking exams.
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TAXPROFBLOG — A $108 million lawsuit has been filed against two women who came forward last week accusing now-former George Mason University law professor Joshua D. Wright of sexual misconduct.
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LAW.COM — Last week, trustees agreed in principle to drop two of five standard testing sites—one in Sacramento and one in San Diego—planned for the February 2024 bar exam.
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REUTERS — Law schools should offer academic credit or pay to students heading up law reviews, the American Bar Association said Tuesday.
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REUTERS — Law firms’ heavy emphasis on class rank and grades in hiring is hampering their attorney diversity, the American Bar Association said on Monday, when it urged them to take a more expansive review of prospective associates.
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REUTERS — The American Bar Association may soon require law schools to adopt free speech policies, a change that follows several high-profile campus incidents in which students disrupted controversial speakers.
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LSAC — The option to learn online opens access to students, particularly those who may be balancing other obligations like family and work, who do not have ready access to transportation, or who may live in areas that are far from their desired law school. Importantly, law schools now have new freedom to deliver significantly…
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PENN STATE — Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi has accepted the recommendations of the panel appointed to advise how to best reunite the university’s two separately accredited law schools, Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State Law, into a singularly accredited law school.
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2CIVILITY — The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism is pleased to report that 91 students from all nine Illinois law schools participated in Jumpstart 2023, a pre-law school preparatory program for first-generation law students and those from communities that are historically underrepresented in the legal profession.
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