Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio Shift To Online Bar Exam
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares announcements regarding the bar exam from several states.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — The author shares an article forthcoming in the Journal of Legal Education by George Washington University Law professors Karen Thornton, Steven L. Schooner, and Markus Speidel on the effectiveness and challenges of online education for graduate students.
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TaxProf Blog (By Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus) — Professor Darrow-Kleinhaus (Touro Law) examines the limitations of the Uniform Bar Exam’s portability between states.
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THE LEGAL ACADEMY — This week’s guest is Brian Leiter, the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School and the force behind the Leiter Rankings and Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports.
Read More about Video: UC Berkeley Law professor Orin Kerr interviews University of Chicago Law professor Brian Leiter about law faculty hiring during the pandemicOpinion: Diploma privilege for new law graduates avoids bar exam administration chaos
JURIST — Nicholas W. Allard, former Joseph Crea Dean at Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York discusses the necessity for creative solutions for recent law school graduates to become members of the bar.
Read More about Opinion: Diploma privilege for new law graduates avoids bar exam administration chaosAkron law opens with mix of in-person and online classes
AKRON LEGAL NEWS — It’s been more than five months since educators at The University of Akron School of Law switched from in-person to remote learning to keep COVID-19 from spreading among students and staff.
Read More about Akron law opens with mix of in-person and online classesUniversity of Florida Law provides financial support for students impacted by the pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW — More than 280 University of Florida Levin College of Law students received financial support from the law school this summer, totaling nearly $1 million.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — After closing its physical campus on March 9 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Fordham Law School reopened the building for the first time this week, welcoming new students for its first-ever hybrid orientation.
Read More about Fordham Law welcomes first-year law students with hybrid orientationUniversity of Iowa students and faculty protest campus reopening plan
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Faculty, staff and students at the University of Iowa staged a “sickout” Wednesday, the latest in a series of escalating calls to end face-to-face instruction during the pandemic.
Read More about University of Iowa students and faculty protest campus reopening planUniversity of Michigan faculty seek transparency around reopening decisions
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the University of Michigan made its decision to reopen campus for the fall, things were looking good. The administration released a plan in June, when case counts were low and hospital beds open. In the time since that announcement, university leadership has been the subject of serious distrust, concern and…
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