Legal Education Roundup (Jul 26, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Harvard: Building Legal Careers," TaxProf Blog
"AccessLex: Undergraduate GPA Growth Is A Superior Metric In Law School Admissions," TaxProf Blog
"How are things looking for the upcoming law school admissions cycle?" National Jurist
"Law Schools Should Provide More Realistic Career Instruction," Bloomberg Law
"California State Bar Reaches Agreement With Kaplan to Produce New Bar Exam,"The Recorder
"Are Law Schools Now Teaching Students How to Practice Law?" Daily Business Review
"Florida becomes the largest state to adopt overhauled bar exam," Reuters
"A Change Is Coming to the Bar Exam — And Some Lawyers Are Skeptical," Daily Business Review
"Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan Blocked by Eighth Circuit," Bloomberg Law
"To boost lawyer numbers in 'legal deserts,' Arizona adopts apprentice plan for bar exam failers," Reuters
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