Legal Education Roundup (Apr 11, 2025)

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

• "Universities Eye Bankruptcy Alternatives as Funding Cuts Loom," Bloomberg Law

• "State Bar Leaders Press Pause on Provisional License Proposal," The Recorder

• "California still considering its options to remedy the flubbed bar exam," ABA Journal

• "363 Law Professors Sign Amicus Brief in Support of Perkins Coie," The National Law Journal

• "Law schools, students need to prep for AI in profession: scholar," Law360 Canada

• "US Education Department closure imperils law school finances, deans say," Reuters

• "Trump EOs And Skadden Face Pushback At Law Schools," Law360

• "35-Year-Old Lawyer Sues After Student Loan Payments Quadruple," Texas Lawyer

• "Education Department Agrees to Reopen Income-Driven Loan Plans," Bloomberg Law

• "National bar exam score hit record low in February," Reuters

• "Trump is targeting law firms and academia. Why don't they speak up?" The Washington Post

• "The Law Firm Disrupted: Silence of the Elites," Law.com

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