Legal Education Roundup (Mar 19, 2021)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Georgetown Law Fires Professor for 'Abhorrent' Remarks About Black Students," The New York Times
"Georgetown Law professor terminated after 'reprehensible' comments about Black students," The Washington Post
"New York Will Give Third Online Bar Exam in July," New York Law Journal
"How Law Schools Fared on the October 2020 Bar Exam," The Recorder
"Tech competency needs to be taught in law school, associate dean says," ABA Journal
"Law Professors Flock to New Academic Freedom Group," Law.com
"Howard University Renames Law Library for Civil Rights Champion Vernon Jordan," Law.com
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