20 percent of exam-takers in Nigeria fail to pass bar
PREMIUM TIMES – About one in five students failed the recent law school examination and will not be called to the bar, official results show.
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THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER – Tens of millions in Tanzania suffer because they lack access to justice-are unable to afford a lawyer and are also ignored by authorities, with their rights routinely violated, a report indicates.
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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER – Prof. Nadia Nedzel gave a presentation to a group of legal scholars and economists at the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 6, 2016.
Read More about Southern University Law Center professor presents on rule of law in AustriaUniversity of South Dakota Law professor testifies before Congress on Chinese anti-monopoly laws
ARGUS LEADER – A University of South Dakota law professor testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday about how China is using its anti-monopoly laws against U.S. companies.
Read More about University of South Dakota Law professor testifies before Congress on Chinese anti-monopoly lawsSingapore law students increasingly look outside legal profession for jobs
TODAY ONLINE – Faced with a situation where jobs in the legal sector seem to be difficult to come by, some law students and graduates are now casting an eye on opportunities in other industries, including non-government organisations and the civil service.
Read More about Singapore law students increasingly look outside legal profession for jobsAustralian law firm hopes to level the playing field for law graduates with recruitment tech
AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW – Allens is introducing an application by British company Rare that provides broader information about job candidates.
Read More about Australian law firm hopes to level the playing field for law graduates with recruitment techOpinion: More native students are needed in Ontario law schools
LAW TIMES – Fiddler is one of few aboriginal students who have enrolled in the province’s law schools recently. A Law Times survey of six of the province’s law schools indicates 139 students registered over the last five years who self-identify as aboriginal.
Read More about Opinion: More native students are needed in Ontario law schoolsU.K. Law Society launches taskforce to focus on mental health and well-being in the legal profession
SOLICITORS JOURNAL – A new taskforce has been launched to promote and support mental health and wellbeing in the legal profession as Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 kicks off.
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BUSINESS STANDARD – Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra today stressed on the need to improve the quality of legal education in India and said Bar Council of India should look into it.
Read More about India Supreme Court judge calls for improvements in quality of legal educationU.K. female solicitors to outnumber men by 2017
LEGAL BUSINESS – The latest Annual Statistics Report from the Law Society concludes that the legal profession in England and Wales is on course to have more female solicitors with practising certificates than men by 2017.
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