Podcast: Advice on preparing for the first year of law school
LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today’s episode, we’re discussing our top 10 things to consider when getting ready for your first year of law school.
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REUTERS — Law deans may lose sleep over the U.S. News & World Report’s law school rankings, but those annual numbers have little impact on the decision-making of aspiring lawyers, according to a new study by two law professors.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — “Once upon a time, the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings were critically important to law schools,” University of Kentucky’s Brian Frye and Indiana University’s Christopher “CJ” Ryan write in a new study. “Law schools literally lived or died” based on their US News rankings,” which Frye and Ryan say were…
Read More about Opinion: The influence of US News law school rankings is waningArizona State University Law hosts student-led model Constitutional Convention
ASU NEWS — Imagine a congressional floor debate between varying political parties that not only puts personal attacks aside, but is civil, respectful and productive.
Read More about Arizona State University Law hosts student-led model Constitutional ConventionArizona State University Law student Ethan Tacheene awarded scholarship for commitment to Native American issues
ASU NEWS — Arizona State University student Ethan Tacheene has been awarded the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, a major federal fellowship for college sophomores and juniors who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment, the Lorraine W. Frank Office of National Scholarships Advisement (ONSA) announced.
Read More about Arizona State University Law student Ethan Tacheene awarded scholarship for commitment to Native American issuesUniversity of Arkansas Law recognizes faculty for excellence in teaching and advising
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — The U of A School of Law has announced the 2024 Dean’s Circle Award recipients.
Read More about University of Arkansas Law recognizes faculty for excellence in teaching and advisingGift to University of Arkansas Little Rock Law to establish fellowship in honor of Judge Joyce Williams Warren
KATV — A $50,000 donation was gifted to UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law by retired Judge Joyce Williams Warren to establish the Judge Joyce Williams Warren Jurist-in-Residence Fellowship.
Read More about Gift to University of Arkansas Little Rock Law to establish fellowship in honor of Judge Joyce Williams WarrenThree Boston College Law students selected for Equal Justice Works fellowships
BC LAW — For the first time, one of the country’s most prestigious legal fellowship programs has raised the number of BC Law recipients who will receive its competitive public service fellowships to three.
Read More about Three Boston College Law students selected for Equal Justice Works fellowshipsBoston College Law hosts Court of Appeals judge Lara Montecalvo for commencement address
BC LAW — At Boston College Law School’s 2024 Commencement Ceremony, Lara E. Montecalvo ’00, a former public defender now serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, gave the graduates some advice she has learned over the course of her career: learn from their mistakes; remember there is always a human-element…
Read More about Boston College Law hosts Court of Appeals judge Lara Montecalvo for commencement addressA look at the Boston College Law Initiative on Land, Housing, and Property Rights
BC LAW — The BC Law Initiative on Land, Housing, & Property Rights (ILHPR) took aim at the issue of heirs’ property and its impact on the racial wealth gap over the course of a two-day conference on March 21-22.
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