Pepperdine Law student Jasmine Sadeghani wins ABA property writing contest
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law third-year student Jasmine Sadeghani has been awarded second place in the ABA Section of Real Property, Trusts & Estates student writing competition for her paper, “Heir(ing) on the Side of Caution: Is California’s Intestacy Statute Too Strict For Posthumous Children Seeking to Inherit Social Security…
Read More about Pepperdine Law student Jasmine Sadeghani wins ABA property writing contestUniversity of Virginia Law students collaborate on report to the ABA on rising dementia rates in prisons
THE CAVALIER DAILY — Continuing research by professors at the School of Law that highlights the increasing rate of people in federal and state prisons suffering from dementia.
Read More about University of Virginia Law students collaborate on report to the ABA on rising dementia rates in prisonsOpinion: Should the ABA require an admissions test for law school?
REUTERS — Many who urge the ABA to keep the test requirement in place argue that the LSAT is the single best predictor of academic success in the first year of law school.
Read More about Opinion: Should the ABA require an admissions test for law school?Survey results on law student mental health raises concerns for law schools
ABA JOURNAL — More law students are reporting a need for help with emotional or mental health problems, and more are reporting a past diagnosis of depression or anxiety, according to a survey of law students in 39 law schools. “What is clear is that our law students need help,” the professors who oversaw the…
Read More about Survey results on law student mental health raises concerns for law schoolsABA survey: Law students want more distance education classes
ABA JOURNAL — A recent survey of 1,394 students in their third year of law school found that 68.65% wanted the ability to earn more distance education credits than what their schools offered. The survey, which was compiled in February, is from the strategic review committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions…
Read More about ABA survey: Law students want more distance education classesBar exam test-takers with disabilities report issues with receiving accommodations
ABAJOURNALS — Andrea Gagliardi has various diagnosed disabilities, including major depressive disorder. She had hoped two recent neuropsychological evaluation reports, in addition to documentation from a neurologist, primary care physician and a nurse practitioner, would support her bar exam accommodation requests, which included double testing time and a paper test.
Read More about Bar exam test-takers with disabilities report issues with receiving accommodationsABA Criminal Justice Section seeks diversity and inclusion fellows
ABOVE THE LAW — If folks are looking for a job that could afford them the opportunity to help guide the future of the justice system as a whole, the American Bar Association is seeking fellows.
Read More about ABA Criminal Justice Section seeks diversity and inclusion fellowsWMU-Cooley Law receives extension to comply with ABA standards
ABA JOURNAL — Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School continues to not meet the 75% bar passage rate required under Standard 316, and the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently gave the school an extension to come into compliance.
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law receives extension to comply with ABA standardsABA data: Two-year bar exam pass rates increase for 2019 law graduates
THE NATIONAL JURIST — The ultimate bar passage rate for the nation’s law schools—a measurement of a graduating class’s bar exam success over a two-year period—is trending in the right direction. But arguably a snail could lap it.
Read More about ABA data: Two-year bar exam pass rates increase for 2019 law graduatesWhy the Law School Admission Test Needs to Go
NEWSWEEK — Most of us are familiar with the ongoing debate surrounding whether to keep or cut the ACT and SAT in undergraduate admissions. Now, a similar dispute may surface surrounding what to do with the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
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