NALP survey on impact of COVID-19 on 2020 law graduates
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.
Read More about NALP survey on impact of COVID-19 on 2020 law graduatesLaw graduate employment offers rescinded amid pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Law grads have had employment offers rescinded at 49% of the law schools surveyed by the National Association for Law Placement.
Read More about Law graduate employment offers rescinded amid pandemicFordham Law announces 2020 class of Stein Scholars public interest program
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…
Read More about Fordham Law announces 2020 class of Stein Scholars public interest programOpinion: Pandemic has colleges looking at the logic behind current grading systems
THE NEW YORK TIMES – This pandemic has surfaced a dilemma frequently ignored: A-F grades are used poorly and for too many different purposes.
Read More about Opinion: Pandemic has colleges looking at the logic behind current grading systemsAdvice for managing online classrooms
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.
Read More about Closing the BookWest Virginia University Law moot court team wins best brief award in national competition
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — A team from the West Virginia University College of Law recently won the best brief award on the way to a quarterfinal finish in a regional round of the National Moot Court Competition. The problem at this year’s National Moot Court Competition was whether the First Amendment prohibits the government…
Read More about West Virginia University Law moot court team wins best brief award in national competitionAmerican University Washington College of Law provides new clinical education opportunities for evening students
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — The WCL Clinical Program has long sought to provide clinic options for students in WCL’s highly-ranked part-time program. Because part-time students are usually full-time employees who may also have other commitments, serving them in a clinic requires structuring seminars, assignments, and case work so that most of their participation…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law provides new clinical education opportunities for evening studentsUniversity of Houston Law hosts symposium for prospective law students
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — College undergraduate students learned about the law school application process and heard from legal professionals at the recent Prospective Law Student Symposium & Law School Fair recently held at the University of Houston Law Center. The event was sponsored by the Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program and the National…
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