Legal Education Roundup (Nov 5, 2021)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Addressing the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students," Inside Higher Ed
"New York State Board of Bar Examiners Releases Results of Remotely-Administered July Exam," New York Law Journal
"Pass Rates Drop for July Georgia Bar Exam: Fewer Test-Takers, Fewer Successful Candidates," Daily Report
"Here's Who Passed the Georgia Bar Exam," Daily Report
"43% of law students reported food insecurity worries during pandemic, survey finds," ABA Journal
"LSSSE: The COVID Crisis In Legal Education," TaxProf Blog
"Boston College Law nets $10 million from UnitedHealth lawyer," Reuters
"A California Law School Reckons With the Shame of Native Massacres," The New York Times
"Addressing the Wrongs of Serranus Hastings," UC Hastings
"First-Generation Lawyers Faring So Much Worse In Employment Outcomes Should Be An Outrage," Above the Law
"Law schools report soaring admission test scores in 'unprecedented' year," Reuters
"Admissions Data At 90% Of The U.S. News Top 50: Higher LSATs, UGPAs, And Enrollment," TaxProf Blog
"When most of law school faculty were straight white men, how did those who were not bring change?," ABA Journal
"Ontario law schools and Mitacs partner to provide Intellectual property strategy internships," Canadian Lawyer
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