Legal Education Roundup (Jan 17, 2025)

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

• "New York will give new bar exam in July 2028," Reuters

• "New York will adopt NextGen bar exam, considers surprising shifts in state-law tests," ABA Journal

• "Law grads with past substance-use disorders suffered disability bias in quest for license, DOJ says," ABA Journal

• "CUNY Dean Sudha Setty Named LSAC President & CEO," TaxProf Blog

• "50% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 24% (Black Applicants Are Up 36%)," TaxProf Blog

• "Republican state AGs oppose American Bar Association's revised diversity rule," Reuters

• "Latest try at rewriting ABA diversity standard for law schools gets pushback from GOP attorneys general," ABA Journal

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