Legal Education Roundup (May 22, 2020)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"57 Deans Ask Massachusetts To Not Discriminate Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools In Sitting For September Bar Exam," TaxProf Blog
"July Bar Exam Update: Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, South Dakota," TaxProf Blog
"July 2020 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction," National Conference of Bar Examiners
"Law Professor Group Calls For Suspension Of ABA Accreditation Standard 316 Requiring 75% Bar Passage Within Two Years Due To COVID-19," TaxProf Blog
"California Bar Exam Pass Rates Drop to All-Time Low 26.8% on February Test," The Recorder
"Cancel Law Student Internships? 'Mais Non,' Say French Firms," Law.com International
"Summer Associate Programs and COVID-19: How Law Firms Are Responding," The American Lawyer
"Simpson Thacher Says Summer Associates Can Earn More Money Through Giving Back," The American Lawyer
"ABA Council Contemplates Expanded Powers, New Distance Ed Rules," Law.com
"Temple Law School Proposes Tuition Freeze Amid COVID-19," The Legal Intelligencer
"UC Hastings Dean: After COVID-19 a 'Simmering Problem' in SF's Tenderloin Neighborhood 'Has Boiled Over'," The Recorder
"UC Hastings, Other Tenderloin Residents Sue San Francisco Over 'Insufferable' Sidewalk Conditions Amid COVID-19," The Recorder
"San Francisco and UC Hastings to Talk Settlement in Lawsuit Over Tenderloin Conditions," The Recorder
"Colleges Worry They'll Be Sued if They Reopen Campuses," Inside Higher Ed
"Colleges anticipate big drop in international student enrollment due to coronavirus pandemic," The Boston Globe
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