Legal Education Roundup (Jan 17, 2020)

Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.

• "Law Grad's $221K Loan Discharge Has Bankruptcy Bar Buzzing," Law.com

• "Law grad wins discharge of his student debt in opinion criticizing 'punitive standards'," ABA Journal

• "Bankruptcy Judge Discharges Law School Loans — Brief Moment Of Sanity Before Appeal," Above the Law

• "A better bar exam? Law profs weigh in on whether test accurately measures skills required for law practice," ABA Journal

• "Law School Dean's $5 Million Retirement Payout," Inside Higher Ed

• "Class Of 2019 Law Grads Contributed $111 Million Of Pro Bono Legal Services," TaxProf Blog

• "Justice or Rock Star? Law Profs Go Wild for Ginsburg," Law.com

• "Incoming AALS President: Legal Education Is On an Upswing," Law.com

• "Changes to US News Law School Rankings Met With Skepticism," Law.com

• "The Luddite Lawyer 2020: AALS Panel Examines Attorney Technology Competence," Legaltech News

• "I am Harvard Law's first deafblind graduate. Here's what college is like for students with disabilities," CNBC

• "The Law School Crash: What's worse than a decade of financial turmoil? Not learning from it," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "ABA 509 Report Data: 19 Law Schools Increased Their 25th, 50th, And 75th LSAT And GPA," TaxProf Blog

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