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Ahead of the Curve: Life After Law Deanship

The average length of deanships is 4.05 years and the median length is 3.15 years for those currently serving as deans, according to RDD.
4 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Tips for Surviving Law School—and Life

This week, we're exploring advice on what (and what not) to do to prepare for the start of a new school year.
5 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: New York Isn't the Only State That Prohibits Hybrid JD Grads From Sitting for the Bar

This week, we're examining two other states, in addition to New York, that place limitations on sitting for the bar for graduates of hybrid J.D. program
8 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Is COVID-19 Still an Excuse to Sit Out the Bar Exam?

This week, we're examining COVID-19: If you have it, do you sit for the bar anyway? A social media debate this past week showed that this topic remains divisive.
6 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Hybrid JD Programs and Other Research Woes

This week, we're examining hybrid J.D. programs and fingerprinting of bar applicants—or, more to the point, we're examining the difficulty of researching these topics.
6 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Examining Character & Fitness Mental Health Questions

This week, we're examining bar application character and fitness questions regarding mental health and their potential impact on law students.
8 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: With Human Rights Under Attack, Can Law Schools Help?

This week, we're examining the role and responsibility of law schools at a time when human rights are increasingly in danger.
6 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Reflections on the US Supreme Court's Ruling Overturning 'Roe v. Wade'

This week, we're exploring legal academia's reaction to Friday's U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning two landmark precedents protecting abortion as a constitutional right.
6 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: A Final Look at My 'Disabling Ableism' Series

This week, we're exploring my five-part series "Disabling Ableism: Making the Legal Profession More Accessible"--taking a look back at the series including highlights and final observations.
8 minute read

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Ahead of the Curve: Finding Your Way in the Legal Profession and in Life

Each day can be a commencement of sorts for all of us, especially new lawyers embarking on an amazingly bright future, as long as we remember: We will often get lost, others will likely try to put us in our place, it is scary to leave our comfort zone and we have no idea what curve balls life will throw at us.
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