Opinion: 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).
Read More about Why the Law School Admission Test Needs to GoABA Legal Ed council seeks comment on proposed revision to law school admissions test requirement
ABA JOURNAL — A suggested revision to remove the requirement for law school entrance exams will be going out for notice and comment, following a Friday vote by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Read More about ABA Legal Ed council seeks comment on proposed revision to law school admissions test requirementABA data: Racial gap in bar exam bass rates increased in 2021
REUTERS — New data from the American Bar Association highlighting racial disparities in bar exam pass rates could add fuel to ongoing debates over the fairness of the attorney licensing test and whether it should be reformed.
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