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Ahead of the Curve: Lightning Round Edition

This week I'm focused on New York Law School's new tech-focused Business of Law Institute and the new LL.M. tax program at University of California, Irvine School of Law.
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Law.com

Ahead of the Curve: Back to School for a Tech Tune-Up

Here's a look at how Suffolk's fledgling online certificate in legal education and technology is going. Plus, what the legal academy is saying about Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination.
3 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Trump Turmoil = $$$ for Public Interest Law | When Mental Illness Bars You From the Bar

This week in Ahead of the Curve, we're checking in with Equal Justice Works Executive Director David Stern to find out whether current events have prompted more law students and recent grads to seek out public interest law jobs and opportunities. We also break down a Florida court case in which a law student claims the state bar examiners are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring him to undergo evaluations due to a history of mental illness.
3 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: SCOTUS Edition. Plus UBE Intel

Could it be a SCOTUS justice without a Harvard or Yale law pedigree?
4 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: The Law School Treadmill

Here's a look at City University of New York School of Law's impressive student wellness program. Also, five cool new initiatives at law schools around the country.
3 minute read

Law.com

Ahead of the Curve: Feedback on Feedback

Most core law school courses provide only one exam at the end of the semester. Two law professors have reached differing conclusions about whether extra outreach to students and feedback helps boost grades in law school.
4 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Here Come the Hybrids

The University of Dayton School of Law's entrance into the J.D. hybrid arena provides a peg for a closer examination of largely online degrees. AccessLex Institute's Chris Chapman weighs in.
4 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Big Law OCI Preview

Harvard Law School Career Services Dean Mark Weber talks about about Quinn Emanuel's return to on-campus recruiting.
3 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: The Rise of the Ph.D. Law Prof | Surviving Law School Debt | Dean Developments

What's up will all the new law profs with Ph.D.s? Also, a Penn Law grad has found a novel way to pay off his student loans. Plus, notable dean developments.
3 minute read

Law.com

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.
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