Missouri law graduates concerned about taking in-person bar exams amid pandemic
MISSOURIAN — Under normal circumstances, taking the bar exam is anxiety-inducing. Add a pandemic to the mix, and you’ve got something bordering on a “hell, no.” This year’s exam is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia and the Tan-Tar-A Conference Center in Osage Beach.
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HOMETOWN STATIONS — A historic decision was made in the Ohio Supreme Court to allow the bar exam to be taken online this October. Ohio Supreme Court allows Bar Exam to be taken online On Tuesday this week, the Ohio Supreme Court announced that the Ohio Bar Examination will be postponed until October 5th and…
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AL.COM — Even in the middle of a pandemic, the Alabama State Bar exam is still scheduled for next week in Birmingham.
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LAW PLACEMENT — NALP conducted two short “pulse” surveys in May to learn more about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on US legal employers, law schools, and JD students. These surveys were designed to quantify the rapidly evolving changes occurring in the industry.
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ABA JOURNAL — Law grads have had employment offers rescinded at 49% of the law schools surveyed by the National Association for Law Placement.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School’s Stein Scholars program is designed to cultivate the next generation of public interest lawyers. Selected students with a demonstrated commitment to public interest participate in the academic and service program during law school to prepare for their careers as attorneys. The program includes specialized discussion series, mentorships, and working…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – This pandemic has surfaced a dilemma frequently ignored: A-F grades are used poorly and for too many different purposes.
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PSYCHOLOGY TODAY — I am going to take you on a tour of lessons learned in three weeks in the trenches. Use them as you see fit. Remember that this classroom experience is not about you. It is about improving the lives of your students.
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Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) provides an historic list of law school naming gifts from a recent Law.com article and questions if all gifts affect the strength and status of law schools in the long term.
Read More about Are “transformative gifts” really transformative?Closing the Book
Madisonian (By Michael Madison) — Professor Madison (University of Pittsburgh Law) shares his final post in a series about the development and future of casebooks. He provides his perspective on the institutional reasons that casebooks persist and makes suggestions on ways law faculty can move away from casebooks.
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