Opinion: Universities need to provide more support for students who work
HECHINGER REPORT — Juggling school and work can create difficult, sometimes impossible trade-offs for students. Yet it’s a brutal reality for the majority of American college students today, a growing number of whom are financially independent and need to work to support themselves during college. Even more concerning is that the need to work may be…
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Thousands of aspiring lawyers will be gearing up in a few weeks to take the October LSAT, the last date recommended to apply early in the law school admissions cycle. Preparing for the LSAT, or Law School Admission Test, starts months in advance. Ideally, law school applicants fall into…
Read More about Tips for LSAT-takers on preparing for the testABA seminar focuses on law student well-being
ABA FOR LAW SCHOOLS — Each year the ABA Law Student Division and the ABA COLAP Law School Committee partner on the national Mental Health Day Program. This initiative is intended to spotlight the critical importance of our own well-being, and specific strategies to protect our well-being in law school and in the transition to the…
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — After ramming through thousands of pages of homework and hundreds of pages of writing assignments, often at the last minute – perhaps a little too often – college students and graduates may think they are at the top of their game. Law school, however, takes reading and writing to…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students pursuing a college degree generally have a sense of where their institution ranks in comparison to others, but not necessarily how their particular course of study measures up. Now they can find out. Using data from the latest College Scorecard, two new studies look much more granularly at how specific programs…
Read More about Studies look at return on investment for college degree programsLaw professors give advice to students on starting the school year off right
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — The ABA Law Student Division and Themis Bar Review took to Twitter in August for a conversation about best practices for starting the law school year. From studying tips to stress busters, our panel of law school professors has you covered.
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ABA JOURNAL — Can we lawyers step into the eudaimonic turn? What if, instead of thoroughly exhausting ourselves unearthing or stirring up problems around every corner, we also invested (and replenished) energy in fostering good?
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JDJOURNAL — A tumultuous year is a good time to look back before the next law school admissions season begins. Law school applicants, students, and graduates alike were affected by the coronavirus pandemic in many ways, including the greatest number of applications since 2011.
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Law school is not a rigid path, but there is less room for experimentation than at the undergraduate level. Thus, it is best for students to come to law school with some sense of their career interests and goals. Expressing clear career goals, even if they are broad or…
Read More about Tips for law school applicants on choosing specializationsHarvard Law Dean John Manning welcomes incoming students
HARVARD LAW TODAY — In his welcome address to incoming Harvard Law students this year, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 made the case that lawyers and the legal profession will be central to resolving many of the challenges facing the nation and the world today.
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