Legal Education Roundup (Dec 17, 2021)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court Not to Take Affirmative Action Case," Inside Higher Ed
"Biden DOJ Urges Justices Not to Hear Challenge to Harvard Admissions Policy," Law.com
"Georgetown students renew push for reparations to descendants of enslaved people," The Washington Post
"'Innovation Averse' Law Schools Risk Missing Out on the Legal Industry's Regulatory Renaissance," Law.com
"More U.S. colleges turn to law schools to find their next president," Reuters
"Law Students Protest Research Database Contracts With ICE," Inside Higher Ed
"Law school as a teen? These aspiring lawyers are on the fast track," Reuters
"A few years after graduating from high school and college concurrently, 19-year-old preps for February bar," ABA Journal
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