Advice for prospective law students filling out application materials
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Many law school applicants find it surprisingly difficult to write application essays. Even applicants who have taken many college classes that involve writing essays may find themselves stumped by the challenge of summarizing their desire to attend law school in two double-spaced pages.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — Between three years of intense study, hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition, and 12 weeks of grueling bar prep, you’d think law students graduate practice-ready. We don’t — not even by a mile. One of the recent shifts in legal education has been the inclusion of more “practical” courses —…
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ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — Richard “Gene“ Hill was arrested and convicted on drug charges for trying to sell cocaine when he was a young father. He served three years. “There is no explanation for what I did. Just poor choices,” he said.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — Six University of Akron School of Law constitutional law experts will speak on panels in a five-part series of weekly webinars on Supreme Court Activism or Restraint in Today’s Culture Wars, sponsored the Pre-Law Program at Kent State University.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Four Albany Law School students appealed for a “racially appropriate history” to be reflected in the city of Troy’s Comprehensive Plan, Realize Troy this summer.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Collegiate athletes in New York State could soon profit from sales of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) as thousands across the country already have, if Governor Kathy Hochul signs the New York Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act into law.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Professor Sarah Rogerson, Director of The Justice Center at Albany Law School, has been selected as one of six 2022-23 Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellows through The Rockefeller Institute of Government.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — The historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health convenes in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28, and two representatives from the U of A School of Law have received in-person invites.
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CNN — A judge on Monday approved a motion by prosecutors to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the popular “Serial” podcast, who has maintained he is innocent in the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend.
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