Legal Education Roundup (Oct 25, 2024)

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

• "Law schools, firms create programs to build pipeline of diverse attorneys," The Indiana Lawyer

• "Law Students Aren't Alright," TaxProf Blog

• "Can attorney licensing reform survive Calif's rebuff of bar exam alternative?" Reuters

• "California Supreme Court shoots down portfolio bar exam proposal but clears path to state-specific exam," ABA Journal

• "California to allow its new bar exam to be taken from anywhere," Reuters

• "No physical law school in Alaska? No problem," Alaska's News Source

• "NALP Marks 50 Years of Law School Employment Reporting as Class of 2023 Achieves Historic Milestones; Yet Equity Gaps Remain," NALP

• "Racial, ethnicity gaps in new lawyer jobs persisted in 2023, amid robust job market," Reuters

• "2023 Minority Law Grads Are Still Finding Jobs At Lower Rates," Law360

• "2023's Booming Hiring Market Had A Clear Demographic Skew," Above the Law

• "NALP: Class Of 2023 Achieved Record Jobs Results, But Racial/Ethnic Disparities Persisted," TaxProf Blog

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