Legal Education Roundup (Sep 27, 2019)

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

• "Lawsuit Claims Florida Coastal Law School Used Mandatory Bar Prep Course To 'Weed Out' Students And 'Artificially Inflate' Bar Passage Rate To Retain ABA Accreditation," TaxProf Blog

• "How to Help First-Year Students Tackle Project-Based Learning," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Northwestern Law joins Diversity Lab project funded by large law firms," ABA Journal

• "Overburdened Mental-Health Counselors Look After Students. But Who Looks After the Counselors?," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "New Mexico Announces Plan for Free College for State Residents," The New York Times

• "New Mexico Governor Unveils Sweeping Free-Tuition Proposal, as Some Question Who Will Benefit Most," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Think Law Students Are Cutthroat? Not So, Survey Finds," Law.com

• "LSSSE: Relationships Matter In Law School,"TaxProf Blog

• "Amidst 40% Decline In Applications, University Of Maine System Approves Law School Reorganization," TaxProf Blog

• "New Dean Wants to Connect Emory Law to 'Broader World'," Daily Report

• "July 2019 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 5th Year In A Row," TaxProf Blog

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