Legal Education Roundup (Sep 20, 2019)

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

• "Harvard Law's First Deafblind Graduate Tells Her Story," Law.com

• "Mitchell Hamline Offers New Blended Hybrid-Weekend J.D.," TaxProf Blog

• "46 Law Schools Accept The GRE For Admissions, And 5 Accept The GMAT," TaxProf Blog

• "ABA Finds UDC And WNE Law Schools Out Of Compliance With Accreditation Standards," TaxProf Blog

• "Law school deans recently hit with noncompliance notice say they can show standards are met," ABA Journal

• "ABA legal ed denies Florida Coastal's nonprofit app, along with reports students haven't gotten financial aid," ABA Journal

• "Free Lawyer Assistance Program Sees Big Jump in Users," Daily Report

• "The Archaic Bar Character and Fitness Exam Needs to Be Reformed," The American Lawyer

• "The Relationship Between Law School Coursework And Bar Exam Outcomes," TaxProf Blog

• "High Court Makes a Rule Change Favoring Law Students," Daily Report

• "July Bar Exam Pass Rates Poised to Increase, Thanks to Stronger MBE Results," Law.com

• "Weil Gotshal Creates Tie-Up With Columbia Business School for Its Associates," The American Lawyer

• "Judge Recommends Dismissing Lawsuit Accusing Widener Law School of Doctoring Job Stats," New Jersey Law Journal

• "Mentor a Diverse 1L: Help Construct an Inclusive Pipeline of Legal Talent," The Legal Intelligencer

• "New Law School Class Explores How President Trump Is Threatening the Constitutional Order," New York Law Journal

• "What's New? Top 10 Law Schools Offer Fresh Courses, Clinics and Programs," The American Lawyer

• "In These Times, How Do We Train Ethical Lawyers?," Law.com

• "South Florida Law Students Return to Campus Post-Dorian, Schools Up North Still Closed," Law.com

• "How the Great Recession Reshaped American Higher Education," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "International Students Bailed Out Colleges in the Last Recession. They Won't This Time," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Flagships Are Rolling Out New Need-Based Aid Programs for Low-Income Students. Why Now?," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "The Great Enrollment Crash: Students aren't showing up. And it's only going to get worse," The Chronicle of Higher Education

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