Legal Education Roundup (Mar 12, 2021)

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

• "COVID Forced Summer Associate Recruiting to Go Remote. Firms May Never Return to Campus.," Law.com

• "'Better Than Expected.' Law Schools and Firms Weigh In On OCI In The Age of COVID," Law.com

• "'A Year Like No Other': Top Law Schools Are Inundated With Strong Applicants," Law.com

• "Two-Thirds Of The Way Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applications Are Up At 97% Of Law Schools, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands," TaxProf Blog

• "The Summer Associate Diversity Program as a Change Agent in Law Firms," The Legal Intelligencer

• "California's Summer Bar Exam Will Be Held Online, Supreme Court Says," The Recorder

• "California Joins Seven Other Jurisdictions (Thus Far) In Holding Online July 2021 Bar Exam," TaxProf Blog

• "Frugal innovation in lawyer formation," Law21 Blog

• "Columbia Reigns Supreme in Big Law Hiring, But Northwestern, Cornell Came on Strong in 2020," Law.com

• "The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools," Law.com

• "Law student using American Sign Language wins 4th Circuit appeal," ABA Journal

• "ABA Seeks Comments On Proposed Changes To Accreditation Standards Relating To Professional Formation, Mental Health And Substance Abuse," TaxProf Blog

• "Difficulties of pandemic should be acknowledged in law school transcript, students say," ABA Journal

• "ABA Clears 4 Law Schools Flagged for Low Bar Pass Rates," Law.com

• "4 more law schools found to be in compliance with ABA's new bar passage standard," ABA Journal

• "Students From 52 Law Schools Boycott Seward & Kissel's Recruitment Over Alleged Conflict in Donziger Prosecution," New York Law Journal

• "Group sues Yale over race-conscious admissions and seeks cert in Harvard suit," ABA Journal

• "Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 11-20," Law.com

• "Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 21-30," Law.com

• "Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 31-40," Law.com

• "Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 41-50," Law.com

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