Legal Education Roundup (Aug 9, 2019)

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

• "2018 Law Grads Enjoyed Strongest Job Market in a Decade: NALP," Law.com

• "Class of 2018 Employment Outcomes Approach Pre-Recession Levels," NALP

• "2 bright spots in law-grad hiring: more BigLaw jobs, higher rate of JD-required employment," ABA Journal

• "Job Market For Law School Grads Is The Best We've Seen In 10 Years," Above the Law

• "Class of 2018 job picture was bright but there's an asterisk," The National Jurist

• "BigLaw Hiring Drives Job Market For Law Grads," Law360

• "Overhaul the Bar Exam? Two Major Studies Focus on the Test's Future," Law.com

• "Masters Programs And The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools," TaxProf Blog

• "Law School Coping Strategies In The Changed Legal Education Market," TaxProf Blog

• "Need Extra Time on Tests? It Helps to Have Cash," The New York Times

• "Should Georgia Bar Licensing Authorities Ask Applicants About Their Mental Health?," Daily Report

• "U.S. News Pulls Rankings Of UC-Berkeley (#22), Scripps (#30), And 3 Other Colleges For Misreporting Data," TaxProf Blog

• "College Financial-Aid Loophole: Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Their Teens to Get Aid," The Wall Street Journal

• "A Fresh Abuse Rattles College Admissions: Parents Give Up Custody of Their Children So They Can Get Student Aid," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "California Bar 'Inadvertently' Reveals Essay Topics Days Before Exam," The Recorder

• "With Anger and Confusion Swirling Over Bar Exam Topic Disclosure, Calif. Officials Vow to Investigate," The Recorder

• "California Bar Accidentally Leaks Exam Subjects," Inside Higher Ed

• "Move Over, California. More Bar Exam Blunders for the Ages," Law.com

• "California Justices Want Answers After Bar Exam Blunder," The Recorder

• "Why the California Bar Director Is Mum on Exam Mayhem," Law.com

• "41 Law Schools Now Accept The GRE For Admissions (The Latest Are Seattle And Yale)," TaxProf Blog

• "Yale Law Will Accept GRE," Inside Higher Ed

• "Mayer Brown, eBay Collaborate to Foster Diversity With Law School Summer Program," Corporate Counsel

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