Legal Education Roundup (Feb 9, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"White male NYU Law student seeks class action status in bias case," Reuters
"NYU says white man's discrimination suit over law review selection is 'half-baked'," Reuters
"Justices Asked to Stop West Point from Using Race in Admissions," Bloomberg Law
"West Point Defends Race-Conscious Admissions Policy To Supreme Court," The National Law Journal
"Career quiz for law students and young lawyers," Law360 Canada
"These Public Service Loan Forgiveness applicants have seen their student debt erased," ABA Journal
"Court Ends Bar Diversity Funding," Florida Bar Association
"Florida Bar Diversity Funding Cut by State Supreme Court," Bloomberg Law
"Does Finding the Bar Difficult Make You Less Competent? Some Lawyers Think So," Law.com
"Harvard Law Review elects second Black woman president in 137 years," Reuters
"New bar exam developers ditch problem-plagued ExamSoft platform," Reuters
"NextGen Exam to Be Administered Via Surpass Assessment Software in All Jurisdictions," Law.com
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