Penn Carey Law students Lex Brugger and Wendy Li compete in national ABA competition

February 27, 2024

PENN CAREY LAW — In advance of the NCAA basketball tournament, the American Bar Association (ABA) held its first annual ABA M&A Committee National Invitational, a bracket-style mock-negotiation contest.

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Temple Law students win top honors at ABA Law Student Tax Challenge

February 26, 2024

PENNSYLVANIA RECORD — Delivering Temple Law School’s fourth victory in the last five years, Victor Ficarra LAW ‘24 and Natalie Romano-Nuesch LAW ‘24 claimed top honors in the J.D. division of the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge. 

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Temple Law students Victor Ficarra and Natalie Romano-Nuesch win top honors at ABA Law Student Tax Challenge

February 20, 2024

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Delivering Temple Law School’s fourth victory in the last five years, Victor Ficarra LAW ‘24 and Natalie Romano-Nuesch LAW ‘24 claimed top honors in the J.D. division of the ABA Law Student Tax Challenge. 

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New ABA rule requires law schools to adopt written free speech policies

February 15, 2024

REUTERS — Law schools must now adopt free speech policies in order to maintain their accreditation from the American Bar Association, following a key vote by the organization on Monday.

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ABA approves measure requiring law schools to prohibit disruptive protests

February 15, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — The American Bar Association’s policy-making body has passed a measure requiring law schools to adopt written “academic freedom” policies that protect speech, including for those who express unpopular or controversial ideas.

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ABA to oppose laws that ban teaching about race

February 7, 2024

REUTERS — The American Bar Association’s policymaking body is poised to take a public stand on Monday against laws that bar teaching about race or gender, as well as bans on books that cover those subjects.

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Women law students have outnumbered men for the past eight years

January 25, 2024

ENERGY PORTAL — In a groundbreaking trend that shows no signs of slowing down, women have consistently outnumbered men in law school classrooms across the United States for the past eight years, according to the latest data from the American Bar Association.

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American Bar Association proposal aims to improve job protections for non-tenured law school faculty

January 19, 2024

REUTERS — An American Bar Association proposal to strengthen job protections for untenured law faculty has garnered widespread support, with proponents saying it will help eliminate longstanding hierarchies between different types of professors.

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Fall 2023 law school enrollment remained steady

January 4, 2024

FORBES — According to the latest data from the American Bar Association (ABA), total enrollment in ABA-approved law schools remained largely stable in 2023 compared to the prior year, and law-school applications are up for 2024.

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ABA releases fall 2023 admissions data

January 4, 2024

AMERICA BAR ASSOCIATION —  Information about fall 2023 admissions and other matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now publicly available. 

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