Delaware State University receives grant to create mentorship program for students applying to law school
DELAWARE PUBLIC MEDIA — Delaware State University’s Law Studies program receives a donation to help students pay for the Law School Admissions Test. As part of its 90th anniversary, Wilmington’s Morris James law firm donated $10,000 to DSU to help defray costs of students taking and preparing for the LSAT, and establish a mentoring program. The current cost…
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REUTERS — There’s a new entrant in the crowded bar exam preparation scene, aiming to stand out with a lower price point and a longer study program. AccessLex Institute will launch its new Helix Bar Review program next month and has already inked a deal with Syracuse University College of Law to make the course available to…
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ILLINOIS NEWS LIVE — According to the American Bar Association (ABA), a student that wants to learn and practice law should have critical thinking, good communication skills, should be a persuasive debater, and also be a good analytical and problem-solving person. According to Mike Weston, an essay writer at custom writing service, he student should also…
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US NEWS & WORLD REPORT — If you want a license to practice law in the U.S., you typically need to pass the bar exam of whatever jurisdiction you plan to work in. However, there are some exceptions. In rare cases, a jurisdiction may grant diploma privilege to alumni of a particular law school, so…
Read More about Advice for prospective students on assessing law school bar passage ratesSyracuse Law to offer AccessLex Institute Helix Bar Review to students at no charge
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — In a national first, Syracuse University College of Law has partnered with legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute to offer AccessLex’s interactive Helix Bar Review prep course free of charge to all Syracuse Law students.
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UNIVERSITY OF CINNINATI –When Joel Chanvisanuruk, JD ’06, was hired as director of Academic Success and Bar Programs at Cincinnati Law in 2009, conventional wisdom pointed to incoming student credentials—notably, LSAT scores and undergraduate GPAs—as the best indicators of bar passage. Now, thanks to a collaboration with Amy Farley and Christopher Swoboda, both of who are…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — ExamSoft is apologizing for malfunctions of software it provided for last month’s remote bar exams, faulting the process for coordinating and controlling computer memory.“We strive to make the exam process seamless for exam-takers and the certifying bodies,” company spokeswoman Nici Sandberg said in a statement. “Unfortunately, for some July 2021 bar exam-takers, this…
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AP NEWS — For three intense years, law students like Chase Wilde can’t escape the thought that the bar exam is waiting for them once they finish. He said the test maintains a powerful presence over students, always there in the back of their minds and often dictating which classes they take.
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EAST OREGONIAN — The Oregon State Bar is considering doing something that no other state has done before: making the Unified Bar Exam optional.
Read More about Oregon lawyers respond to state’s alternative law licensing proposalsLaw class of 2020 bar passage and employment rates held steady amid pandemic
NATIONAL JURIST — The Class of 2020 had better first-time bar exam results than the previous, non-pandemic class. It passed at an 82.83% clip, compared to the 79.64% passing rate notched by the Class of 2019, according to American Bar Association statistics.
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