Legal Education Roundup (Feb 14, 2020)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Training for nonlawyers to provide legal advice will start in Arizona in the fall," ABA Journal
"Four Ways to Help Your College Student Grow Up," The New York Times
"Law Student Debt And Career Choices," TaxProf Blog
"Simplifying Public Service Loan Forgiveness," Inside Higher Ed
"Oregon Law School Will Waive LSAT For Oregon Undergrads With 3.5 UGPA, 85th Percentile SAT (1290) / ACT (27)," TaxProf Blog
"Limited Practice Experiments: The Educational Piece of the Puzzle," Legal Evolution
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