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.
The project is important to Bazyler because of his personal experience as a Russian-speaking Jewish refugee. He came to America in the 1960s with his Holocaust-survivor parents.
The 60 deans responded to that request for comments with a letter that says optional entrance exams would cause schools to rely more on GPA and other criteria, which could be “detrimental” to diversity among law students and the legal profession.
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.
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.