Legal Education Roundup (Feb 2, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Centering Disability In The Law School Pedagogy: A Way To Include Disabled Law Students," TaxProf Blog
"To all the law students I have loved (or just liked a bit)," Law360 Canada
"5 Universities in Student Aid Antitrust Suit Agree to More Than $100M in Settlements," Law.com
"ABA Seeks Comments On Proposal To Allow Accreditation Of Fully Online Law Schools," TaxProf Blog
"AccessLex Institute 2023 Legal Education Data Deck," TaxProf Blog
"Facing undergraduate debt and law school loans, students wonder whether it's worth it, new AccessLex study says," ABA Journal
"More Law School Graduates Are Shouldering Loan Debt," Law360
"Is It Still Worth Going To Law School? Most Law Students Don't Think So," Above the Law
"Most law schools 'very concerned' about impact of affirmative action ruling - survey," Reuters
"Law School Admissions Officers Report Concerns About Diversity," Law.com
"Plan for Law School During Each Year of College," U.S. News & World Report
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