Law schools introduce new online and hybrid learning options
NATIONAL JURIST — Several law schools have either recently announced or plan to soon announce new online and hybrid options for law students, including Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law and William & Mary College of Law. The expansion into distance education and hybrid programs comes 15…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Florida state Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would hear a lawsuitagainst the University of South Florida over campus shutdowns and remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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 — 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…
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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.
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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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