Legal Education Roundup (Oct 6, 2017)

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

• "Technology Offers Law School Grads New Ways to Tap into the Job Market," Legaltech News

• "At the U. of Puerto Rico, Widespread Damage and Anxiety After Maria," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Big Law Picks Up the Pieces in Puerto Rico," Law.com

• "From her dad's killing during the crack epidemic to a Supreme Court clerkship," The Washington Post

• "Which law schools had highest loan default rates for fiscal year 2014?," ABA Journal

• "The Law Schools With The Highest Student Loan Default Rates," Above the Law

• "Federal Loan Default Rates Rise," Inside Higher Ed

• "National Default Rate for Student Loans Rises, Breaking Streak of Declines," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Student's Post-Grad Plans Show Confidence in Job Market," NACE

• "New Space Law Center Focuses on Regulation of the 'Final Frontier'," Law.com

• "New Akin Gump Blog Aims to School Big Law Recruits," Law.com

• "Who Will Train Tomorrow's Lawyers and How Will They Learn?," Forbes

• "The legal education model is out of touch, writes new ABA commission member," Quartz

• "Pepperdine Law grad donates record $8 million to the school," ABA Journal

• "A Whistleblower Takes On Charlotte School of Law," The American Lawyer