Fordham Law launches spring 2021 online Legal English Institute program
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Legal English Institute begins with an intensive Introduction to the U.S. Legal System and Law Study, in which LEI students sit side-by-side with their LL.M. counterparts. Fordham Law School welcomes 14 new students from 9 countries to its spring 2021 online Legal English Institute (LEI) program.
Read More about Fordham Law launches spring 2021 online Legal English Institute programUSC Gould Law admissions staff describe transition to remote working
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — At USC Gould, 2020 will be remembered as a year of change, capability and creative thinking. The law school’s Admissions and Financial Aid, Career Services and Graduate & International Programs offices, embraced the shakeup of business as usual, discovering silver linings in the process.
Read More about USC Gould Law admissions staff describe transition to remote workingColleges reflect on COVID-19 containment strategies
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Sewanee in Tennessee credits its relatively low case numbers to weekly required COVID testing for the approximately 1,600 students on campus combined with a “bubble” approach that largely prohibited students from leaving campus except for essential activities such as medical appointments.
Read More about Colleges reflect on COVID-19 containment strategiesSurvey measures student satisfaction with college classes during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students who learned entirely online during the fall semester said they received a slightly poorer quality of education than those who had in-person instruction, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Dissatisfaction was highest among students whom the pandemic “forced online.”
Read More about Survey measures student satisfaction with college classes during the pandemicSyracuse Law co-hosts virtual transatlantic negotiation mock trial competition
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Transatlantic Negotiation Competition, a new mock trial competition created and hosted by Syracuse University College of Law and Queen’s University Belfast, will be held virtually on March 19-20, 2021. The unique competition will feature American and European law schools competing against each other.
Read More about Syracuse Law co-hosts virtual transatlantic negotiation mock trial competitionA look at Penn Law’s hybrid fall semester
THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN — As Penn prepares to welcome all undergraduate students back to campus for a hybrid spring semester in the midst of record-high COVID-19 case counts, University health officials are pointing to Penn Law School’s containment of COVID-19 during its hybrid fall semester as an exemplar of how to reopen campus safely.
Read More about A look at Penn Law’s hybrid fall semesterAlbany Law dean Alicia Ouellette reflects on the fall semester
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — This semester was unprecedented, but the Albany Law community remained engaged, flexible, and resilient. We adopted new ways of teaching and learning as students and faculty attended classes both in person and remotely. Albany Law offered in-person opportunities while keeping the community safe.
Read More about Albany Law dean Alicia Ouellette reflects on the fall semesterHarvard Law to keep classes online-only through academic year
REUTERS — Harvard Law School, which moved its fall classes to an online only format as the coronavirus pandemic made in-person learning a health risk, has now told students it will stay remote for the rest of the academic year as case numbers rise in its home state of Massachusetts.
Read More about Harvard Law to keep classes online-only through academic yearColleges relax transfer credit policies to boost enrollment
THE HECHINGER — When Covid-19 threw higher education into chaos, Lebanon Valley College quietly took a small step with big implications. The private college near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, promised that the general education courses taken by any student transferring from another accredited institution would count toward a degree.
Read More about Colleges relax transfer credit policies to boost enrollmentFordham Law student Arman Borazjani interviewed by dean Matthew Diller on first-year experience
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Dean Matthew Diller sits down with first-year law student Arman Borazjani for a discussion about the first-year experience during the pandemic.
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