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Distance learning gets ABA bump

The ABA recently moved to allow schools to increase the number of credit hours a student can take online to one-third of the amount needed for graduation.

For-profit law school grads to get debt relief

Former students of Arizona Summit Law School, Charlotte School of Law and Florida Coastal School of Law may get debt relief.

Columbia takes the spot as most expensive law school in the nation

In 2019, three of the nation’s more prestigious law schools — including Columbia University — set something of a milestone.

Notre Dame develops its first exchange program in Africa

Notre Dame Law School in Indiana has added an exchange program opportunity with Strathmore Law School in...

Dickinson Law gets MacArthur grant for Antiracist Development Institute

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.

Why the strong law graduate employment data should make us cautious

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.
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68% of surveyed 3L’s prefer distance learning

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.

Ready for school? Not just yet…

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 won’t teach at GW Law this fall after student petition

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.

Your most important law school conversations

There are many important conversations that take place during law school. Conversations with your professors (hello, Socratic...

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