Willamette Law launches health law certificate program
WILLAMETTE LAW — Willamette Law is pleased to announce a new Health Law Certificate Program now available along with five other robust certificates. Willamette’s certificate programsemphasize the unique and comprehensive training that participants complete in certain legal areas.
Read More about Willamette Law launches health law certificate programUS Department of Education approves cancellation of student loans for more than 300,000 borrowers with disabilities
NBC BOSTON — The Department of Education announced Thursday that it will automatically cancel about $5.8 billion worth of federal student loans for over 323,000 borrowers with severe disabilities.
Read More about US Department of Education approves cancellation of student loans for more than 300,000 borrowers with disabilitiesBorrowers win case to allow discharge of private student loans in bankruptcy
BLOOMBERG LAW — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, siding with a student debtor, July 15 ruled that a private, direct-to-consumer loan fell outside the scope bankruptcy law’s definition of a “student loan” and can be wiped out in bankruptcy. The loan in question exceeded the cost of tuition and was issued directly…
Read More about Borrowers win case to allow discharge of private student loans in bankruptcyABA advocates for change in bankruptcy code to allow for easier discharge of student loans
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — The American Bar Association House of Delegates concluded its two-day meeting today after approving new policy that asks Congress to enact legislation to amend the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to permit student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy without needing to prove undue hardship.
Read More about ABA advocates for change in bankruptcy code to allow for easier discharge of student loansMore university campuses reinstate mask mandates amid continuing pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Multiple colleges and universities are reinstating mask mandates as the fall semester begins.
Read More about More university campuses reinstate mask mandates amid continuing pandemicUniversities update vaccine policies
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The three vaccines publicly available are currently approved through the FDA’s emergency use authorization process, but the agency is expected to fully authorize the Pfizer vaccine in coming weeks. President Gabel’s announcement comes after more than 600 colleges and universities have already mandated vaccines. The University of Minnesota currently requires students, faculty…
Read More about Universities update vaccine policiesHow colleges can address concerns about student data and privacy
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Autumm Caines, an instructional designer at the University of Michigan at Dearborn whose work has included a co-authored Educause Review article on how colleges can help students question their data privacy, hopes so. “Any time you use anything digital, you’re creating more digital exhaust and a deeper digital footprint,” she says. “All…
Read More about How colleges can address concerns about student data and privacyAALS issues statement on efforts to ban Critical Race Theory
INSIDE HIGHER ED — We must take these dangers to our democracy seriously and combat them at local, state and national levels. Educators, parents, teachers and concerned citizens must come together to oppose these dishonest and often illegal efforts at every level. Historians, humanists and social scientists must lead by applying our knowledge to this common…
Read More about AALS issues statement on efforts to ban Critical Race TheoryCalifornia Western Law establishes unitary tenure track policy for faculty
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — The California Western School of Law is pleased to announce that the faculty and Board of Trustees have voted to adopt a unitary tenure track. This change to the institution’s Faculty Bylaws creates opportunities for its clinical, Legal Skills, and other skills professors who were hired as full-time faculty to…
Read More about California Western Law establishes unitary tenure track policy for facultyTips for success for incoming students
NATIONAL JURIST — If you’re beginning your first year with the goal of being a top law student, you’re not alone. Many of your classmates will have that same ambition. To set yourself apart, you’ll need to have a strategy for success from the start.
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