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Ahead of the Curve: Legal Academics Turned University Presidents Face Controversy

This week's Ahead of the Curve checks in on two former law deans who have been thrust into national controversies in their new roles as university leaders. Plus, Harvard Law School is finally moving forward with a new crest and the LSAT has a bad month.
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Ahead of the Curve: CA's Disappearing ABA Law Schools

This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at whether law schools in California will abandon their American Bar Association accreditation in favor of state recognition. Plus, a new study finds that law students who take notes by hand get better grades.
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Ahead of the Curve: The Complex World of Law School Naming Rights

This week's Ahead of Curve delves into law school naming rights and the thorny issues that can arise, plus a look at a new law textbook centered on the Mueller Investigation.
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Ahead of the Curve: Law Schools Get Cozy with Legal Tech

This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at the symbiotic relationship between legal tech outfits and law school design labs. Plus, NYU Law has put together an open mic night featuring the harrowing tales on in-house lawyers at tech firms.
7 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Do LSAT Scores Predict Bar Passage?

This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at an ongoing research project from AccessLex Institute that aims to identify which factors predict who will pass the bar exam, and Law School Transparency is looking for new board members.
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Ahead of the Curve: Measuring Mindfulness in Law School

This week's Ahead of the Curve examines a new empirical study of mindfulness' ability to lower stress among law students, as well two campus free speech incidents with two very different outcomes.
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Ahead of the Curve: Chicago Law Launches Three-Year J.D./MBA. Plus, Law Deans Plan Their Exit

This week's legal education round-up includes the University of Houston Law Center's decision to take its long-running People's Law School online only and a look at some sizable law school donations.
7 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Introducing Law and Macroeconomics

This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at the budding field of Law and Macroeconomics, and what it takes to establish a new field of legal inquiry.
7 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: A Law School's Role in Improving Diversity

This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at the role of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in the new Move the Needle initiative to improve diversity in the legal profession, as well as the Dan Markel murder trial, which is currently underway.
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Ahead of the Curve: All in the Family (Offices). Plus Justices on Campus and Conquering Harvard Law … With Disabilities

A new program at Indiana University Maurer School of Law will prepare students to advise very wealthy families in sophisticated financial transactions. And in other law school news, the average score on the Multistage Bar Exam ticked up and Emory University is investigating whether law school faculty members used racial slurs in the classroom—again.
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