Legal Education Roundup (Aug 7, 2020)

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

• "ABA Resolution Calls on States to Pull The Plug on In-Person Bar Exams Amid Pandemic," Law.com

• "New Lawyers Put Off Kids, Home Ownership Due to Crushing Student Debt," Law.com

• "Colorado Bar Exam Taker Tests Positive for COVID-19, Prompting Warnings," Law.com

• "Should We Raze the Bar? No-We Should Make It Better!," New York Law Journal

• "Is It Time to Let Go of the Bar Exam?," The Recorder

• "The Pandemic Is Proving the Bar Exam Is Unjust and Unnecessary," Slate

• "Will Lowering Bar Exam Cut Score Produce More Black And Latino California Lawyers?," TaxProf Blog

• "First Online Bar Exam Marred by Tech Problems," Law.com

• "Michigan Blames Cyberattack for Online Bar Exam Woes, While Indiana Moves to Exam Via Email," Law.com

• "Indiana and Nevada Postpone Bar Exams, Raising Questions About Feasibility of Online Tests," Law.com

• "Indiana, Nevada Delay Online Bar Exam Due To Technology Snafu FOUR DAYS BEFORE EXAM," TaxProf Blog

• "Open Book Essays, Camera Requirement Highlight Georgia Online Bar Exam Details," Daily Report

• "NY Chief Judge Says Online Bar Exam Is 'Sound Alternative'," New York Law Journal

• "Epic Fail: How Bar Examiners Screwed The Law School Class 2020," TaxProf Blog

• "Lower Bar Exam Passing Score Retroactively, Law Deans and Students Urge," The Recorder

• "Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio Shift To Online Bar Exam," TaxProf Blog

• "Ooops! LSAT Scores Lost Amid Tech Failure," Law.com

• "Fellow 2020 Law School Graduates: Now Is the Time to Get Involved," New York Law Journal

• "Law school admissions are more flexible for entering 1Ls, survey says; is a class size change expected?," ABA Journal

• "Law Schools Expect Enrollment to Remain Steady Amid COVID-19," Law.com

• "LSAT Profiles Of Matriculants And Law Schools, 2010-2019," Tax Prof Blog

• "Legal Education's Biggest Annual Event Will Be Virtual in 2021," Law.com

• "Fall LL.M. enrollment expected to plummet, bruising law school finances," Thomson Reuters

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