Law school deans propose compromise on ABA section proposal to make law schools test-optional
REUTERS — Deans from more than half the nation’s law schools are working to salvage a longstanding rule that requires schools to use the Law School Admission Test or other standardized tests when admitting students. Instead of letting law schools go fully test-optional as planned, the deans want the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and…
Read More about Law school deans propose compromise on ABA section proposal to make law schools test-optionalABA report: 2022 law graduates entered a strong employment market
REUTERS — The law school class of 2022 graduated into a strong entry-level hiring market, landing legal jobs at a higher rate than their predecessors in 2021 and 2019—the last cohort before COVID-19 temporarily pushed down new lawyer hiring. Nearly 78% of last year’s new juris doctors found jobs that require bar passage within 10…
Read More about ABA report: 2022 law graduates entered a strong employment marketABA releases report on bar passage rates by race, ethnicity, and gender
ABA — The Managing Director’s Office of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released today a new set of bar pass data for American Bar Association-approved law schools that provides national “ultimate” and first-time percentage pass rates based on race, ethnicity and gender.
Read More about ABA releases report on bar passage rates by race, ethnicity, and genderABA notifies two schools that are out of compliance with standards
THE NATIONAL JURIST — The American Bar Association notified two more law schools — the University of Oregon and University of Kentucky — of noncompliance according to public notices posted in early March.
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ABA JOURNAL — “Unless you’re a top law school, it’s hard to get a good bar pass rate without extra classes,” says Mike Sims, president of BARBRI. According to him, since the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar tightened up Standard 316 in 2019, BARBRI has seen a “steady growth”…
Read More about A look at the ABA law school standard for bar passageGolden Gate University Law receives extension to meet ABA bar pass rate standard
ABA JOURNAL — The Golden Gate University School of Law, which has not had a two-year bar pass rate at or above 75% since its class of 2017, has received an extension to come into compliance with Standard 316, which requires a bar passage rate of at least 75% within a two-year time period.
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ABA JOURNAL — Three law schools have come into compliance with an ABA accreditation standard requiring two-year bar passage rates of at least 75%, the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently announced.
Read More about Four law schools notified by ABA are back in compliance with accreditation standardsABA releases fall 2022 law school admissions data
ABA — Information about fall 2022 admissions and other consumer matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now available. The information is required to be made public under Standard 509 of the Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center has earned the 2021-22 American Bar Association (ABA) Competitions Champion award. Recognized for outstanding skills executed in four Law Student Division competitions, UHLC earned top scores overall, defeating 281 law schools and over 1,300 individual law students that participated.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center named ABA competitions championWhite House announces public student loan forgiveness plans and ABA suggests extension of student-loan payment pause
ABA JOURNAL — Credit for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program will be extended to all with qualifying jobs and government school loans, regardless of whether they made late payments, paid in installments or in lump sums, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
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