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National Law Journal

Op-Ed: Law Schools' Shell Game of Minority Enrollment

Admitting diverse students as transfers in their second year does not improve overall numbers.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

UM Group Named Student Organization of Year

The Hispanic Law Student Association of the University of Miami School of Law has received the Hispanic National Bar Association's annual Law Student Organization of the Year award.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: The Tommy Boggs Estate Fight | Ted v. Larry in Calif. Court

The estate of Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., the late super lawyer-lobbyist in Washington, is wrapped up in a fight over property. Ted Olson and Lawrence Lessig face off in a California court. And the Detroit couple in the Supreme Court's landmark gay marriage case will wed soon. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

LSAT Disability Accommodation Plans Under Way

The Law School Admission Council has until late October—when registration closes for the December Law School Admission Test—to revise its disability accommodation policies.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Bar President Ramon Abadin: Reciprocity Debate Is 'Part of the Job'

Two months into his Florida Bar presidency, Miami litigator Ramon Abadin sits down with the Daily Business Review to talk about reciprocity and how he is coping with the furor.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Leslie Takes Center Stage as New Dean of Cardozo

Melanie Leslie, the new dean of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, didn't move to New York City more than 30 years ago to become a lawyer—unless she was playing one on TV. But after several years of trying to make it in show business, Leslie realized she wanted devote her time to something that was more intellectually stimulating.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Lawyers May Be Getting Dumber, While Wachtell Makes a Clever Request

Wachtell Lipton ups the ante in its fight with activist investors by making an unusual request to the SEC. Plus, meet the female lawyers on the Dewey & LeBoeuf defense team, presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig, Gawker's general counsel and the law school grads who are failing the bar exam in this roundup of recent news stories.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Finally on the Frontier: Alaska Gets a Satellite Law School

Alaska's nickname is The Last Frontier—an apt moniker for legal education in the only state without a law school. That's changing, however. Next week, Seattle University School of Law opens a satellite campus enabling third-year law students to spend a full academic year studying and interning in Anchorage
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Former UCLA Law Dean to Lead Diversity Research Initiative

The American Bar Foundation has launched a research initiative focused on diversity in the legal profession and tapped former University of California at Los Angeles Dean Rachel Moran as its first fellow.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Why Nova and Other Law Schools are Stressing Business of Law

More law schools are teaching the business of law to help graduates pursuing solo practices, including Nova Southeastern, which is launching its new class this semester.
4 minute read

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