Legal Education Roundup (Mar 12, 2021)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"COVID Forced Summer Associate Recruiting to Go Remote. Firms May Never Return to Campus.," Law.com
"'Better Than Expected.' Law Schools and Firms Weigh In On OCI In The Age of COVID," Law.com
"'A Year Like No Other': Top Law Schools Are Inundated With Strong Applicants," Law.com
"The Summer Associate Diversity Program as a Change Agent in Law Firms," The Legal Intelligencer
"California's Summer Bar Exam Will Be Held Online, Supreme Court Says," The Recorder
"California Joins Seven Other Jurisdictions (Thus Far) In Holding Online July 2021 Bar Exam," TaxProf Blog
"Frugal innovation in lawyer formation," Law21 Blog
"Columbia Reigns Supreme in Big Law Hiring, But Northwestern, Cornell Came on Strong in 2020," Law.com
"The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools," Law.com
"Law student using American Sign Language wins 4th Circuit appeal," ABA Journal
"ABA Seeks Comments On Proposed Changes To Accreditation Standards Relating To Professional Formation, Mental Health And Substance Abuse," TaxProf Blog
"Difficulties of pandemic should be acknowledged in law school transcript, students say," ABA Journal
"ABA Clears 4 Law Schools Flagged for Low Bar Pass Rates," Law.com
"4 more law schools found to be in compliance with ABA's new bar passage standard," ABA Journal
"Students From 52 Law Schools Boycott Seward & Kissel's Recruitment Over Alleged Conflict in Donziger Prosecution," New York Law Journal
"Group sues Yale over race-conscious admissions and seeks cert in Harvard suit," ABA Journal
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 11-20," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 21-30," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 31-40," Law.com
"Sneak Peek at the 2021 Go-To Law Schools: Nos. 41-50," Law.com
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