Legal Education Roundup (Nov 8, 2019)

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

• "A Threat Over Standardized Testing," Inside Higher Ed

• "U. of California Faces Bias Lawsuit Over ACT/SAT Requirement," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "A Civil-Rights Challenge to Testing Joins the College-Admissions Battle," The New Yorker

• "University of La Verne Mulls Closure of Law School," Inside Higher Ed

• "Law school with bar pass rate under 75% threshold considers its future," ABA Journal

• "LA's Turbulent Law School Market Could Take Another Hit," The Recorder

• "NY State Bar Set to Eye Removal of Mental Health Question for Attorney Applicants," New York Law Journal

• "Piles of 'Porn' Prompt Some Law Schools to Get Eco-Friendly," Law.com

• "Another Drop in College Readiness," Inside Higher Ed

• "Bar Pass Rates Are Up. Is the Worst Over?" Law.com

• "Pa. July Bar Pass Rate Ticks Up Slightly. Which Area Law Schools Led the Way?" The Legal Intelligencer

• "Pass Rates Jumped Across the Board for Georgia Bar Exam," Daily Report

• "July 2019 Arizona Bar Exam Results," TaxProf Blog

• "Warning Signs: How Big Law's Greatest Failures Unfolded," The American Lawyer

• "30 Years of Law Firm Collapses: An Annotated Timeline," The American Lawyer

• "Legal Group Questions 'U.S. News'," Inside Higher Ed

• "Not All Law Schools Created Equal: Appellate Court Finds ABA-Accreditation 'Meaningful' Measure of Quality," The Recorder

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