Yale Law Veterans Legal Services helps veterans receive benefits
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Working to help veterans like Conley Monk, Jr. who have been denied benefits from the VA, the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School obtained 20 years of disability claims records showing that there was racial inequity in claims paid by the VA.
Read More about Yale Law Veterans Legal Services helps veterans receive benefitsHow law schools exiting US News rankings could affect the future of undergraduate rankings
HIGHER ED DIVE — In 2007, a collective of liberal arts colleges known as the Annapolis Group convened in Maryland’s capital and decided to take a jab at one of the more powerful forces in admissions: U.S. News & World Report’s yearly rankings. An exodus never materialized. But 15 years later, observers see cracks in…
Read More about How law schools exiting US News rankings could affect the future of undergraduate rankingsTop Law Schools Snub ‘US News’ Rankings, Marking Shift in Legal Industry
BLOOMBERG — The exodus marks a significant shift for schools, students and law firms, potentially creating opportunities for small-school graduates to gain a foothold at marquee firms as well as changing the culture of work there. At least 11 of the highest-ranked law schools, including Harvard and No. 1 Yale Law School, have rejected the US News listings.
Read More about Top Law Schools Snub ‘US News’ Rankings, Marking Shift in Legal IndustryOpinion: How law schools’ boycott of US News rankings is an opportunity to focus on the right metrics
BLOOMBERG LAW — As more law schools boycott participation in U.S. News and World Report’s top schools list, it’s an opportune time to reflect on the role that such rankings play in the legal industry.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In a recent Chronicle essay, President Leon Botstein of Bard College asks: “Can We Finally Topple the Tyranny of Rankings?” In posing this question, Botstein echoes Colin Diver, the former college president and law-school dean who recently asked, “Could this be the beginning of the end for college rankings?” in The New…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Critics of standardized tests won a big victory recently, as the American Bar Association came much closer to allowing law schools to go test optional. It’s not over yet: the final decision hasn’t been made, and even if law schools can go test optional, they won’t have to.
Read More about Opinion: Schools may not be better off without admissions testsAALS sections honor UC Davis Law dean Kevin R. Johnson with Olivas Award for mentorship efforts
THE SACRAMENTO BEE — The dean of the UC Davis School of Law has won a new national award that recognizes his efforts to diversify the law program. On Nov. 28, the Association of American Law Schools announced that Dean Kevin R. Johnson would receive the inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in…
Read More about AALS sections honor UC Davis Law dean Kevin R. Johnson with Olivas Award for mentorship effortsHow law school low-income taxpayer clinics improve access to justice
BLOOMBERG TAX — The Center for Taxpayer Rights is collaborating with LITCs and other activists around the country to strengthen procedural tax justice. They plan to propose models of state legislation that would expand the funding of LITCs—funded by Congress only for IRS tax disputes—to enable those LITCs to address state tax disputes as well.
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GOODWIN — Goodwin’s 1L Diversity Fellowship Program for the 2023 Summer Associate class is open for applications. Now in its 17th year, the firm’s Fellowship provides first-year law students from historically excluded groups with the opportunity to be a 1L summer associate in Goodwin’s 10-week summer program in 2023, following their first year of law…
Read More about Law firm launches diversity fellowship program for first year studentsUCLA Law professor Kal Raustiala publishes paper on bribery in China
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — Is the United States using the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) as a tool of foreign policy? Yes, answers UCLA Law Professor Kal Raustiala, with co-author Nicolas Barile, in a recent paper titled: The Fight Against China’s Bribe Machine: The Pitfalls of Conducting U.S. Foreign Policy…
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