Legal Education Roundup (May 9, 2025)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"Trump's Attacks on Firms Scramble Law Students' Career Paths," Bloomberg Law
"Trump executive order says ABA's role as law school accreditor may be revoked," Reuters
"Trump wants to overhaul the way colleges receive federal student loans and grants as part of DEI crackdown," Business Insider
"More than 1,100 law students back Susman Godfrey in its lawsuit over Trump order," Reuters
"Student Amicus Brief Signals Recruitment Troubles for Firms Making Deals With Trump," The American Lawyer
"Law Students Sue EEOC Over Demands for Big Law DEI Hiring Data," The Legal Intelligencer
"New York Mulls Return of Bar Exam's In-Person State Component," Bloomberg Law
"Silicon Valley lawmaker pushes to open CSU's first public law school at San Jose State," Local News Matters
"Law Schools Report Record-High Application Rates as Numbers Continue to Skyrocket," Law.com
"90% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applications Are Up At 190 Of 196 Law Schools," TaxProf Blog
"Kuehn: How New Lawyers Value Law School Experiential Training," TaxProf Blog
"JD Degrees Awarded to People of Color Reaches All-Time High in 2024," The American Lawyer
"AccessLex Institute 2025 Legal Education Data Deck," TaxProf Blog
"Law Schools Admit More Men, But More Women Are Applying," Law360
"More than half of reporting states see drop in February bar pass rates," ABA Journal
"'You, As Law Students, Have a Choice': Berkeley Dean Says to Eye Whether Firms Fought Executive Orders or 'Capitulated'," The Recorder
"US probes Harvard and its law review for 'race-based discrimination'," Reuters
"Harvard Probed by US Agencies for Law Review Discrimination," Bloomberg Law
"California Law School Deans Want NCBE Questions Returned for July Bar Exam," The Recorder
"State Bar Defends AI Use on Bar Exam, Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Lower Passing Score," The Recorder
"California considers scrapping revamped bar exam after botched test rollout," Reuters
"Judge Grants TRO for International Students With Revoked Visas," Connecticut Law Tribune
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