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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.

The program aims to prevent homelessness by partnering with nonprofit organizations and other legal service providers.

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

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.

Another law school application cycle is about to begin. Now is the time to get organized, perfect your documents and turn them in during the early part of the rolling admissions cycle. Here’s a suggested fall timeline for getting ready.

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation are launching a new program to address the housing crisis this fall.