Ahead of the Curve: The LSAT Prophet | Gender at Chicago Law | So Long, Summer Associate Arbitration
In honor of the American Bar Association's decision to eliminate its LSAT requirement for law schools, I'm taking a walk down memory lane with former Loyola University Chicago School of Law Dean David Yellen, who was the first to push that change.
May 21, 2018 at 07:00 AM
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Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I'm Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I'll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education. In honor of the American Bar Association's decision to eliminate its LSAT requirement for law schools, I'm taking a walk down memory lane with former Loyola University Chicago School of Law Dean David Yellen, who was the first to push that change. I'm also breaking down a new report on women at the University of Chicago Law School. Finally, I'm weighing in on an attempt by students at top law schools to ferret out Big Law firms that are still requiring summer associates to sign arbitration agreements. Please share your thoughts and feedback with me at [email protected] or on Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ. ➤➤ Would you like to receive Ahead of the Curve as an email? Sign up here.
|An LSAT Prophet
David Yellen Loyola University Chicago School of Law Marist College American Bar Association Law School Admission Test here wiped from the books ABA's House of Delegates law school disclosure page Law School Transparency The takeaway: U.S. News & World Report's law school rankings
|Chicago Law and Gender on Campus
University of Chicago Law School Women's Advocacy Project 145-page report women students had more reservations about enrolling at the school free speech and racism controversy Among the other findings: biggest gender disparity in enrollment low percentage of women faculty. more likely to receive honors The final word:
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Arbitration Agreements … If You Dare
surveying law firms on whether or not they require summer associates to enter arbitration American Lawyer colleague Meghan Tribe's here Munger, Tolles & Olson Twitter-shamed My take:
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Extra Credit Reading
Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar loosening restrictions schools suing the ABA over accreditation decisions Sidley Austin some advice leverage technology 27 percent of those who took the February bar exam in California passed University of Denver Sturm College of Law agreed to pay $2.66
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