US law programs attract international students
VOICE OF AMERICA — Each year, thousands of legal professionals from around the world come to the United States for advanced legal training. They often choose to attend a Master of Laws program or LL.M. A 2020 study from The Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University shows that international students make up 79 percent of LL.M. students at…
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ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS — As we face an increasing out-migration, an aging population, and a shortage of highly educated professionals, we need seminal ways to reinvigorate our state. One potential answer? Bringing a law school to Alaska. There would be numerous benefits to establishing a law school in our state.
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ABA JOURNAL — Three law schools have come into compliance with an ABA accreditation standard requiring two-year bar passage rates of at least 75%, the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently announced.
Read More about Four law schools notified by ABA are back in compliance with accreditation standardsHow colleges are responding to the use of ChatGPT by students
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — It’s hard to believe that ChatGPT appeared on the scene just three months ago, promising to transform how we write. The chatbot, easy to use and trained on vast amounts of digital text, is now pervasive. Higher education, rarely quick about anything, is still trying to comprehend the scope…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — New guidelines aim to make peer review more inclusive while also acknowledging the stresses on the peer-review process, Andrew Berzanskis, Jane Bunker and Rebecca Colesworthy write.
Read More about Opinion: How to create a more inclusive peer-review process for academic journalsOpinion: Students in graduate programs need access to career mentors
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Collectively, we must move the needle to make career exploration and development an integrated part of the grad student and postdoc experience.
Read More about Opinion: Students in graduate programs need access to career mentorsMore than half of university provosts support long-term contracts as alternative to tenure
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A small majority of provosts (52 percent) would favor a system of long-term contracts over the current tenure system, according to the 2023 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers, published today by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research.
Read More about More than half of university provosts support long-term contracts as alternative to tenureFormer Virginia Supreme Court Justice John Charles Thomas joins Appalachian Law as Jurist in Residence
APPALACHIAN LAW — Appalachian School of Law was honored to host Retired Justice John Charles Thomas during his visit to the law school last week. Justice Thomas was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of Virginia and the youngest justice ever at the time of his appointment. He is also known for…
Read More about Former Virginia Supreme Court Justice John Charles Thomas joins Appalachian Law as Jurist in ResidenceArizona State University Law hosts US Patent and Trademark Office hearings
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University played host to a historic event on Feb. 23. Representatives from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including USPTO Director and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Kathi Vidal and several Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and…
Read More about Arizona State University Law hosts US Patent and Trademark Office hearingsBaylor Law seeks judges for ABA Client Counseling National Competition on campus
BAYLOR LAW — The ABA Client Counseling Competition addresses fundamental skills necessary for all successful attorneys, namely the ability to interview, counsel, and support a client through their legal issues. Competitors conduct an initial interview with a person playing the role of the client and then address both the client’s legal and non-legal needs. Students…
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