Villanova Law professor Todd Aagaard offers course on law and the pandemic
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the United States in February 2020, Villanova Law Professor Todd Aagaard had planned to teach a climate change course during the upcoming fall 2020 semester.
Read More about Villanova Law professor Todd Aagaard offers course on law and the pandemicABA legal education section revises law school reporting requirements amid the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Going forward, the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar will review fewer law school files with individual student information for purposes of employment outcomes reporting.
Read More about ABA legal education section revises law school reporting requirements amid the pandemicSoftware vendor pulls out of online bar exam administration over technology concerns
ABA JOURNAL — The National Conference of Bar Examiners has a remote proctoring requirement for states using its testing materials in October online bar exams. However, according to one of three bar exam software providers that recently pulled out of the online exam, the mandate may not be possible to carry out.
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THE AMERICAN LAWYER/LAW.COM — Virtual and condensed summer associate programs ended up as reality for the majority of the legal industry during the pandemic.
Read More about A look at law firm summer associate experiences amid the pandemicFlorida reschedules online bar exam due over software issue two days before administration
WUSF PUBLIC NEWS — The Florida bar exam was scheduled to be taken remotely this week by prospective lawyers around the state, but it’s been postponed last-minute. Now, many of the thousands who were set to take the exam are sounding off.
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FORBES — Lawyers and many other professionals know that the bar exam is one of the most difficult and unpleasant experiences in professional and academic life. It normally takes at least 12 weeks of 60 to 70 hours per week of intense preparation and “cramming” of a great deal of largely irrelevant material, with the…
Read More about Florida law graduates frustrated over bar exam cancelationFlorida legislators urge state Supreme Court to consider alternatives to the online bar exam for graduates to enter practice
TAMPA BAY TIMES — With scores of prospective lawyers set to take Florida’s first-ever online Bar exams Wednesday, a growing chorus is calling for state officials to consider alternatives amid reports of problems with the exam software.
Read More about Florida legislators urge state Supreme Court to consider alternatives to the online bar exam for graduates to enter practiceGroup of Maryland state delegates urge state court of appeals to implement diploma privilege for new law graduates
LEXOLOGY — In a letter dated August 13, 2020, a group of twenty-five Maryland State Delegates and Senators asked the Court of Appeals to implement “diploma privilege” in Maryland, allowing recent law school graduates and first-time applicants to forgo the bar exam and directly enter legal practice, no test needed.
Read More about Group of Maryland state delegates urge state court of appeals to implement diploma privilege for new law graduatesSome Maryland state delegates call on state court of appeals to reject diploma privilege proposals
THE BALTIMORE SUN — A Carroll County delegate and practicing attorney is among a small group of elected officials pushing back against an effort to, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, waive the bar exam for recent law school graduates to enter the profession.
Read More about Some Maryland state delegates call on state court of appeals to reject diploma privilege proposalsNew York legislators sponsor bill to grant diploma privilege for new law graduates
THE DAILY NEWS — Recent law graduates must have diploma privilege during the coronavirus pandemic, panelists said Tuesday, as candidates face inequities and security risks to digitally take the state bar examination after the test was postponed a second time last month.
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