Legal Education Roundup (Sep 9, 2022)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Ballooning student loans become an albatross; ex-NYU law student, 91, owes $329K on initial $29K loan," ABA Journal
"Proposal to axe LSAT requirement spurs debate over test's effects on diversity," Reuters
"Lower Black and Latino Pass Rates Don't Make a Test Racist," New York Times
"Affirmative Action Was Banned at Two Top Universities. They Say They Need It.," The New York Times
"Notre Dame Law is ditching binding early admissions. Will others follow?," Reuters
"I Just Took the Bar Exam but I Don't Have a Job Yet!," Daily Business Review
"An American J.D. in Australia? One U.S law school wants to go international," Reuters
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