Law firm launches free online course to help first-generation and diverse law students
CISION PR NEWSWIRE — Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the launch of the Winston & Strawn Law School Experience, a free, virtual course created to help first-generation and diverse pre-law and law students enhance their academic performance in law school.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Law school students are increasingly both satisfied and comfortable with online learning, according to the 2022 Law School Survey of Student Engagement.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Law school students are increasingly both satisfied and comfortable with online learning, according to the 2022 Law School Survey of Student Engagement.
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CISION PR NEWSWIRE — Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the launch of the Winston & Strawn Law School Experience, a free, virtual course created to help first-generation and diverse pre-law and law students enhance their academic performance in law school.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Big online universities experienced massive growth across the board during the pandemic. Southern New Hampshire, for example, grew from 135,000 students in March 2020 to 175,000 today, according to Paul LeBlanc, the institution’s president.
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REUTERS — A new survey from the American Bar Association indicates that law students don’t find online class to be so bad after all, and may even at times prefer this approach. Slightly more than half of law students who participated in the survey—52%—said they would choose a Zoom class where everyone is remote over one that…
Read More about Online course options gain popularity among law studentsColleges partner with staffing firms to analyze remote work issues
INSIDE HIGHER ED — To address the legal questions and potential HR issues that can arise when employees move across state lines, some universities partner with third-party firms to keep employees on the payroll from afar.
Read More about Colleges partner with staffing firms to analyze remote work issuesLaw student perception of online education improves
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, one takeaway may be that the crisis marked a positive turning point in which online learning in higher education gained more respect.
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ABA JOURNAL — A recent survey of 1,394 students in their third year of law school found that 68.65% wanted the ability to earn more distance education credits than what their schools offered. The survey, which was compiled in February, is from the strategic review committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions…
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REUTERS — Some law graduates slated to take the bar exam on July 26 and 27 were left scrambling to secure older laptops after learning this week that the exam software will not work on certain newer machines. ExamSoft, the company that supplies the software used on the mandatory attorney licensing exam, told examinees in…
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