Legal Education Roundup (Oct 18, 2024)

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

• "Want to Rock Your Big Law Summer? Sweat the Small Stuff," Bloomberg Law

• "California Supreme Court clears the way for major changes to State Bar exam," San Francisco Chronicle

• "To Woo Law Firms, Legal Training Platforms Are Combining Hands-On and Online Learning," Legaltech News

• "How Law Schools Are Preparing Students for the New World of Work," Bloomberg Law

• "Connecticut allows fully online law school grads of Purdue Global to take bar exam," ABA Journal

• "Kaplan Survey: Law Schools Lag on Official Policies on How Applicants Can Use AI in Admissions Essays, Potentially Leaving Them in Limbo," Kaplan

• "This law school is among the 1% that allow use of AI to write admissions essays," ABA Journal

• "Law School sees drop in diversity post-affirmative action," Yale Daily News

• "Bar exam pass rates are up in most states as more scores roll in," Reuters

• "SCC judges to visit 5 cities, pick law student contest winner in 2025 as top court marks 150 years," Law360 Canada

• "Anxiety Before Autumn: Considering Why Law Students are Seemingly Stressed Much Earlier in the Semester," The Law School Academic Support Blog

• "Biden student loan forgiveness may proceed, federal judge says," ABA Journal

• "California alternative lawyer licensing plan rejected by state high court," Reuters

• "High LSAT demand points to competitive law school admission cycle, more interest in legal issues," Reuters

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