Yale Law students create Coronavirus Stimulus Pledge to encourage charitable giving
HARTFORD COURANT — Wheeler is one of dozens of people taking part in The Coronavirus Stimulus Pledge, an initiative founded by three of her fellow Yale law students, and a Columbia Business School student, to encourage financially stable people to donate their stimulus checks to charity.
Read More about Yale Law students create Coronavirus Stimulus Pledge to encourage charitable givingLaw students face challenging job market due to coronavirus pandemic
BLOOMBERG LAW — As students graduating from the nation’s medical schools prepare to step into the front lines fighting the novel coronavirus, their law school counterparts confront a far more uncertain future. At the beginning of the year, they were looking forward to entering the strongest legal job market in more than a decade. Now, often with six-figure debt…
Read More about Law students face challenging job market due to coronavirus pandemicLaw deans and law partners weigh-in on law firm summer associate program changes
ABA JOURNAL — However, whether they can get a good sense of the firm’s culture—or whether the firm can determine if the summer associate is a good fit—could be an entirely different matter. And as various practices freeze and some big firms announce salary cuts, furloughs and layoffs, there’s significant concern about what will happen to…
Read More about Law deans and law partners weigh-in on law firm summer associate program changesOpinion: Time to look at the value of the bar exam
LAW 360 — So I ask, why are law students required to take the bar exam? More importantly, what relevance does it have to whether a law student will be a competent lawyer? Law students go through three years of legal education (or not) and have to take exams in all the required courses (and…
Read More about Opinion: Time to look at the value of the bar examLaw schools move moot court competitions online
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Technology is helping law students to continue to battle, argue, match wits, have at it. In a professional manner, mind you. A number of moot court competitions that used to be held in person are being held online in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More about Law schools move moot court competitions onlineOpinion: Students deserve partial refund for transition to online education
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — But there’s no refund coming my way. Though my legal education has been reduced to lectures I could have YouTube’d for free, Berkeley has not signaled any intent to provide even a partial refund for the diminished quality of the educational experience.
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FORBES — Last month, as the coronavirus closed schools, businesses, sporting events, and more, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) announced that the March Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) was cancelled. Now, LSAC has announced that applicants will be able to take the LSAT-Flex — an at-home LSAT.
Read More about LSAC offers LSAT-Flex at-home examUC Irvine Law students conduct pro bono work remotely
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Law schools have made the quite the pivot since the coronavirus outbreak. Many have switched to online learning. A number of moot court competitions are being held virtually. Schools are zooming, so to speak. And now students at the University of California, Irvine School of Law are even managing to do pro…
Read More about UC Irvine Law students conduct pro bono work remotelyUCLA Law fellows program honored by ABA litigation section with diversity award
UCLA LAW SCHOOL — UCLA School of Law’s trailblazing Law Fellows Program has won the 2020 Diversity Leadership Award from the American Bar Association’s litigation section.
Read More about UCLA Law fellows program honored by ABA litigation section with diversity awardFordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic petitions for early release for at-risk prisoners
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s Federal Litigation Clinic was featured in an article for New York Law Journal for its response and quick action to serve its clients due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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