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Vermont Law and Graduate school, previously named Vermont Law School, has announced the Vermont School for the Environment.

Thomas R. Kline, one of the nation’s most successful personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers, will have a second law school named after him, after donating $50 million to Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh.

The University of Houston Law Center will officially open the doors to the John M. O’Quinn Law Building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 22.

The new building is designed for 412 law students and 78 faculty and staff members.

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The University of Akron School of Law and Kent State University recently created a J.D. degree partnership program to allow students to receive two degrees in only six years.

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.

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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.

The California State Senate and Assembly have approved a name change to University of California Hastings College of Law, the state’s oldest state law school.