Legal Education Roundup (Apr 10, 2020)

Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.

• "'Nobody Is Recruiting Over the Summer': OCI Season Postponed," Law.com

• "An 'Immodest Proposal': Bar Exam Requires Innovative Accommodations Amid Pandemic," National Law Journal

• "New York Court of Appeals Calls for Bar Exam in 'Early September'," New York Law Journal

• "New York bar exam planned for September; Hawaii postpones exam, too," ABA Journal

• "Fall Bar Exam Gets Pushback From NY Law Deans," New York Law Journal

• "Connecticut Is Third State To Postpone July Bar Exam," TaxProf Blog

• "Amid More Bar Exam Delays, Push for Diploma Privilege Grows," Law.com

• "California Bar Is Pressed to Grant Diploma Privilege to Law Grads Amid Virus Crisis," The Recorder

• "Georgia Weighs Options as Other States Delay Bar Exams," Daily Report

• "Mass. bar exam for law school grads postponed amid coronavirus pandemic," The Boston Globe

• "Timing of the bar exam — a billion dollar issue in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond," National Jurist

• "New York Postpones July Bar Exam Amid COVID-19 Pandemic," New York Law Journal

• "Fall Bar Exam Added, Fate of July Test Uncertain Amid COVID-19 Pandemic," Law.com

• "Here's What Lawyers Need to Know About Student Loan Relief," Law.com

• "Nonprofit AccessLex Institute sets up emergency fund for law students during pandemic," ABA Journal

• "$5M Coming to Law Students Struggling Financially Amid COVID-19," Law.com

• "With Pass/Fail Now the Norm, Outlier Law Schools Face Student Backlash," Law.com

• "University Of Chicago Law School Sticks To 'Status Quo' Grading, Bucking Peers' Move To Mandatory Pass-Fail," TaxProf Blog

• "How Will COVID-19 Impact Law Schools As The Summer Progresses?," Above the Law

• "Report Calls for Changes to Law School Rankings, Accreditation," Inside Higher Ed

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