Legal Education Roundup (Mar 13, 2020)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Want to Work in Big Law? These Schools Are Good Bets," Law.com
"The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools," Law.com
"Harvard, NYU and Columbia Embrace Early Summer Associate Hiring — Sort Of," Law.com
"What comes next for ABA-accredited law schools with two-year pass rates below 75%?," ABA Journal
"Texas university remains out of compliance with admissions standards, ABA legal ed section finds," ABA Journal
"One University's Leadership Crisis Started in Admissions. An Investigation Found Alleged Bribery and Thousands of Dollars Stashed Under a Calendar," The Chronicle of Higher Education
"Train and Gain: Law Firms Are Beefing Up Associate Training and Reaping the Rewards," The American Lawyer
"Should Law Schools Do More to Develop Business-Ready Attorneys?," The American Lawyer
"ABA Finds Louisville Law School In Full Compliance With Accreditation Standards," TaxProf Blog
"West Coast Law School Comes to New York," Law.com
"Bill Adams Named ABA Managing Director Of Accreditation And Legal Education," TaxProf Blog
"Internal candidate is selected to lead the ABA's legal ed section," ABA Journal
"Varied Perspectives, Better Solutions: The Case for Diversity in Law School Leadership," The National Law Journal
"ABA Ends Three-Year Investigation, Finds Florida Coastal Law School In Full Compliance With Accreditation Standards," TaxProf Blog
"High School GPAs Are Much More Predictive Of College Graduation Than SAT/ACT Scores," TaxProf Blog
"Law School Survival in the 21st Century," Corporate Counsel
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