Four law schools notified by ABA are back in compliance with accreditation standards
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.
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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.
Read More about ABA releases fall 2022 law school admissions dataUniversity of Houston Law Center named ABA competitions champion
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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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.
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