Legal Education Roundup (Feb 16, 2024)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Supreme Court refuses to stop West Point's race-conscious admissions policy," The Washington Post
"Justices Deny Request to Halt Race-Conscious Admissions at West Point Pending Appeal," The National Law Journal
"ABA looks to oppose laws that ban teaching about race," Reuters
"Black DOJ Enforcers Call on Minority Law Students to Prosecute," Bloomberg Law
"UC Berkeley cites First Amendment in bid to end antisemitism lawsuit," Reuters
"Harvard Law School Mentor Shares Essential Student Tips," The Legal Intelligencer
"Yale and Stanford Law Schools Move Virtual Interviews to June," Law.com
"ABA Vote Requires Law Schools to Prohibit Disruptive Protests," Bloomberg Law
"Free speech and academic freedom standards will now be part of ABA accreditation process," ABA Journal
"Rape Questions Could Be Next Focus Of Bar App Reforms," Law360
"How a Law School Student at N.Y.U. Spends Her Sundays," The New York Times
"17 of the Top 20 Law Schools Have More Women Enrolled," Law.com
"Harvard Law to offer low-income scholarships, joining Yale and Stanford," Reuters
"Harvard Is Fourth Law School To Go Tuition-Free For Students In Need, Joining Yale, Stanford, And WashU," TaxProf Blog
"Helping Law Students Define and Pursue Success," Indisputably
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