Legal Education Roundup (May 17, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Managing the Workload in a Summer Law Job," JD Supra
"Bar exam alternatives, long out of favor with ABA, make inroads," Reuters
"CFPB Accuses Pa. Student Loan Companies of Stalling Thousands of Forbearance Requests During Pandemic," The Legal Intelligencer
"Big Law Recruiting Confronts Rising Student Activism," The American Lawyer
"Judges Say They Won't Hire Clerks From Columbia Over Pro-Palestine Campus Protests," The National Law Journal
"Columbia Law voices confidence in grads in face of conservative judges' boycott," Reuters
"Conservative Judges Plan to Blackball Columbia University Graduates," The Wall Street Journal
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