Legal Education Roundup (Mar 1, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Improving Executive Functioning Skills as a Law Student," JD Supra
"Supreme Court Signals It's Done With Affirmative Action for Now," Bloomberg Law
"Stanford and Yale Bumped Up OCI in Response to Precruiting, But Big Law Isn't Backing Down From Direct Applications," The American Lawyer
"Passing the batons: Reform and Reckoning in 2024 Legal Education," PrawfsBlawg
"Students, alums sue to stop Golden Gate University from dropping law degree program," Reuters
"Online law graduates get pathway to take Indiana bar exam," Reuters
"Students From Non-ABA-Accredited Law Schools Can Sit for Indiana Bar, State Supreme Court Rules," Law.com
"Universities' Competing Free Speech Obligations Need Untangling," Bloomberg Law
"ABA Weighing Diversity Standard Revisions in Light of SCOTUS Ruling," Law.com
"ABA says law schools still need approval for alternative admissions program," Reuters
"JD-Next Exam Garners Comments Raising Concerns Over Validity, Accessibility," Law.com
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