Legal Education Roundup (Oct 29, 2021)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Law firms promise jobs before law school in new diversity push," Reuters
"Professor, Please Help Me Pass The Bar Exam: #NEXTGENBAR2025/26," TaxProf Blog
"Jurisdictions are switching back to in-person bar exam starting in February," ABA Journal
"California's Winter Bar Exam Will Be Held In Person, Supreme Court Says," The Recorder
"Michigan Justices Debate, But Ultimately Adopt, the Uniform Bar Exam," Law.com
"Michigan opts for universal bar exam as states shun patchwork tests," Reuters
"Texas' July bar exam pass rate holds steady, bucking larger trend," Reuters
"'We Understand the Anger': Remote Bar Exam Vendor Says Tech Problems Are Fixed," The Recorder
"University of Florida Law gets another $40 million from namesake donor," Reuters
"What Should Post-Pandemic Legal Education Look Like?," Slaw
"The Unsung Heroes Of The Desegregation Of American Law Schools," TaxProf Blog
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