Law student perception of online education improves
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, one takeaway may be that the crisis marked a positive turning point in which online learning in higher education gained more respect.
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ABA JOURNAL — More law students are reporting a need for help with emotional or mental health problems, and more are reporting a past diagnosis of depression or anxiety, according to a survey of law students in 39 law schools. “What is clear is that our law students need help,” the professors who oversaw the…
Read More about Survey results on law student mental health raises concerns for law schoolsStudy: 69 percent of law students report mental or emotional health challenges
REUTERS — Today’s law students are dealing with mental health challenges including anxiety and depression at a higher rate than their predecessors in 2014, a new study has found. Nearly 69% of respondents from 39 law schools surveyed in 2021 reported that they needed help for emotional or mental health problems in the past year.…
Read More about Study: 69 percent of law students report mental or emotional health challengesUniversity of Cincinnati Law dean Verna Williams named CEO of Equal Justice Works
CINCINNATI.COM — University of Cincinnati College of Law Dean Verna L. Williams is leaving the university after 21 years for Washington, D.C., where she’s been named CEO of the nonprofit Equal Justice Works. Her last day at UC is Sept. 14, and she’ll start work as CEO the following week. The organization hosts a network of law…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law dean Verna Williams named CEO of Equal Justice WorksABA survey: Law students want more distance education classes
ABA JOURNAL — A recent survey of 1,394 students in their third year of law school found that 68.65% wanted the ability to earn more distance education credits than what their schools offered. The survey, which was compiled in February, is from the strategic review committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions…
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REUTERS — When Leah Hebron, who is about start her first year at Georgetown University Law Center, looks ahead, she said she figures “I have my whole life to work as a lawyer.” So when she saw the chance to defer law school for a year, get paid $50,000 to work at Human Rights Watch…
Read More about Weil Legal Innovators Program offers scholarships in exchange for one year of public interest work before law schoolLaw graduates receive warning that remote bar exam will not work on some newer computers
REUTERS — Some law graduates slated to take the bar exam on July 26 and 27 were left scrambling to secure older laptops after learning this week that the exam software will not work on certain newer machines. ExamSoft, the company that supplies the software used on the mandatory attorney licensing exam, told examinees in…
Read More about Law graduates receive warning that remote bar exam will not work on some newer computersLaw student perception of online education improves
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, one takeaway may be that the crisis marked a positive turning point in which online learning in higher education gained more respect. To be sure, in the early days of the pandemic, few were satisfied with emergency remote instruction, even if teachers displayed “heroic…
Read More about Law student perception of online education improvesOpinion: How the bar exam creates barriers to entry in the legal profession
BLOOMBERG — Should law school applicants still have to take the LSAT? A proposal by a committee of the American Bar Association would eliminate the longstanding rule that accredited law schools must require prospective students to take a “valid and reliable test” as part of the application process. If the LSAT is axed, maybe the…
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LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Today, we’re talking about some scenarios that people often ask about if they’re incoming law students. We address concerns related to finding your motivation, fitting into law school, succeeding academically, and more.
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