The latest news in legal education from law school developments and policy changes to rankings, diversity efforts, and trends shaping the future of the profession.
Penn State Dickinson Law has received a $500,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to support the growth of a book series and to develop workshops that will create paths to more legal education and a profession committed to antiracism.
The National Association of Law Placement recently released employment data for the class of 2021. The most critical factor captured by the data is the alignment between law school enrollments and the legal job market.
The American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar surveyed 1,394 third-year law students and found that 68.65% want the ability to earn more distance education course credit than what their law school offered.
We all think of buying highlighters and textbooks as the sum of our “back to school” obligations, but what other actions can law students take to truly be prepared for the fall semester?
Clarence Thomas will not be teaching a constitutional law seminar at George Washington University School of Law this fall after more than 11,000 students and community members signed a petition asking for his removal.