Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System to cease law jobs tool for prospective law students

September 17, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — Just over seven years ago, IAALS launched Law Jobs: By the Numbers, an effort to provide a new perspective on law school rankings.

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Florida Supreme Court announces supervised practice program for law graduates amid bar exam delays

September 3, 2020

THE GAINESVILLE SUN — The state Supreme Court on Monday released a supervised-practice program for law school graduates who have been unable to take the Florida Bar exam amid the coronavirus pandemic, but critics said the program doesn’t go far enough.

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A look at the UConn Law Asylum and Human Rights Clinic

September 2, 2020

UCONN TODAY — She traces it back to her second year when she participated in the school’s Asylum and Human Rights Clinic. She and another student got the chance to represent a woman who had fled from her home in Honduras.

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Quinnipiac Law hosts virtual graduation

September 2, 2020

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — The School of Law Class of 2020 was urged to live their professional oath every day through their actions and service to their communities.

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Law graduates express concern over in-person Alaska Bar Exam

August 20, 2020

ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA — With coronavirus on the upswing, a group of recent law school graduates say it’s too risky to sit indoors for the Bar exam. They’re asking the Alaska Supreme Court to allow applicants to practice law without taking the two-day proctored test.

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Maryland law deans and law graduates urge state court of appeals to temporarily adopt diploma privilege

August 19, 2020

THE BALTIMORE SUN — Maryland law school deans and recent graduates are calling on the state’s highest court to waive the bar exam for new lawyers, citing concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NALP Report: 2019 law graduates land highest employment rate in 12 years

August 19, 2020

BLOOMBERG LAW — The last law school graduating class before the coronavirus pandemic notched a near record high employment rate, a new report found, but it warned that the virus is likely to squelch similar outcomes in the coming years.

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UC Irvine Law graduate Olivia Meme wins Criminal Justice Reform National Writing Competition

August 19, 2020

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Olivia Meme, a UCI Law 2020 graduate, was announced as the winner of the 2020 Academy for Justice and Arizona State Law Journal: The Criminal Justice Reform National Writing Competition for her entry “The Unkindness of Fate: Why Atkins v. Virginia Demands an Extension to Capital Defendants with a

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Podcast: Pitt Law professor Michael Madison discusses future of legal education with Northwestern Law professor Dan Rodriguez

August 13, 2020

FUTURE LAW PODCAST — Dan Rodriguez, formerly Dean of Northwestern Law and president of the Association of American Law Schools, gets inside the future of legal education for the benefit of legal professionals and new law graduates.  The interview is hosted by Mike Madison.

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Law students call for diploma privilege to enter practice amid bar exam safety concerns

August 5, 2020

NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — COVID-19 isolation has interrupted many traditions and traditional patterns of living in the US, from graduations and weddings to work schedules and daycare options—and for the most part, there’s not much we can do about it.

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