Legal Education Roundup (Dec 11, 2020)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Amid COVID-19, the Bar Exam Faces a Reckoning and a Revamp," Law.com
"October Online Bar Exam Pass Rates Are Rolling In and Trending Up, Mostly," Law.com
"Florida's First Online Bar Exam Yields Lower Pass Rate," Daily Business Review
"State Bar Committee Endorses Alternative Path to Law License," The Recorder
"Law school debt is delaying plans for recent grads," ABA Journal
"Applications Jump to Law and Medical School," Inside Higher Ed
"By The Numbers: The State of Law School Admissions, Debt and Diversity," Daily Business Review
"Harvard Law Dominates 2021 Skadden Fellow Class, But Kansas Marks a First," Law.com
"Pandemic problems may be defense for law schools not meeting bar passage standard," ABA Journal
"ABA Permits Law Schools To Use Pandemic As Excuse For Failing 75% Within 2 Years Bar Passage Accreditation Standard," TaxProf Blog
"University Calgary law school e-litigation course points to a future of conducting law virtually," The Canadian Lawyer
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