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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