Widener Commonwealth Law provides free legal services for first responders
WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Widener Law Commonwealth, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, hosted the Wills for Heroes event December 10th at their campus. Wills for Heroes is a free service that provides wills, living wills, and financial and healthcare powers of attorney to first responders, veterans and their…
Read More about Widener Commonwealth Law provides free legal services for first respondersResearchers examine impact of law school admissions reform on diversity
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — As part of an effort to address racial inequities in the legal field, law schools in the United States are increasingly accepting the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in place of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as part of their admissions requirements. According to College of Education researchers, however, GRE-accepting admissions…
Read More about Researchers examine impact of law school admissions reform on diversityOpinion: Law school rankings negatively impact socioeconomic gaps in legal education
THE SEATTLE TIMES — For years, the impact of these surveys on rankings has encouraged law schools to engage in an informational arms race, inundating one another with print materials and carefully-designed email campaigns promoting their various programs. Such campaigns compel us to be an insular academy and assume that voting members from law schools…
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NATIONAL JURIST — New data shows that female enrollment in law schools and employment after law school is rising but some believe there is still room for more representation in the law field. Female enrollment has increased while male enrollment has declined, according to AccessLex Institute’s latest Legal Education Data Deck.
Read More about A look at the changing demographics for women in legal education and the legal professionPodcast: Discussing the impact of the US News rankings boycott on the future of law school rankings
BLOOMBERG LAW — News of the demise of law school rankings has been greatly exaggerated, according to the guests on our weekly legal news podcast, On The Merits.
Read More about Podcast: Discussing the impact of the US News rankings boycott on the future of law school rankingsOpinion: How the LSAT affects diversity in the legal profession
LOS ANGELES TIMES — Law schools are the gateways to a legal profession that lacks diversity by race,ethnicity, gender, disability and more. An important step to creating a more diverse legal profession is to change law schools’ admission policies.
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DIVING DAILY — There are well over 40,000 law students studying at almost 200 accredited law schools throughout the country right now. All of them are doing their best to study law and stand out at their specific law school. If you want to get ahead in the legal field, studying will only be half…
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Undergraduates planning to apply to law school often have their hands full with coursework and extracurricular activities. Since undergraduate grades are a major factor in law school admissions, academic performance is of paramount importance while you’re in school. But what about winter break? This respite between classes can be a good time to…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Berkeley Law has received a $5.5 million gift that will create an additional faculty position at the school: The Barry Tarlow Chair in Criminal Justice. Providing endowed support for a Chancellor’s Chair, which will be awarded to a tenured professor, the gift will expand the school’s influential…
Read More about Gift to UC Berkeley Law will establish criminal justice chairUC Hastings Law dean David Faigman shares a message ahead of the school’s name change
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW — Dean Faigman shares a message with the UC Hastings community discussing the upcoming change to the name of the university.
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