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National Law Journal

Maryland Launches LLMs in Crisis Management, Cybersecurity

Floods in Texas and Oklahoma. Ebola in the United States. A terrorist attack or urban riots. Governments, hospitals, universities and businesses must plan for such crises. And, increasingly, they are turning to lawyers to devise response plans.
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National Law Journal

Concordia Law Secures Provisional ABA Accreditation

Concordia University School of Law's inaugural graduating class will be eligible to sit for the July bar examination in Idaho after all. The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted over the weekend to provisionally accredit the Boise law school—clearing the way for its 11 expected graduates to take the test.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Transactions Attorney Tapped as North Carolina Law Dean

The University of North Carolina School of Law found its next leader outside academia. Martin Brinkley, a transactions partner in Raleigh law firm Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, will become dean on July 1.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ex-Nova Law Dean Heads Charleston Law

Joseph Harbaugh, dean emeritus of Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad Law Center, has been named interim president of the Charleston School of Law in South Carolina.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Plan to Allow Paid Law Student Externships Advances in ABA

An American Bar Association panel has taken a step toward allowing law students to draw both pay and academic credit for externships.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Law Students From Canada Earn Texas Law Degrees in Joint Program

Three students from Canada are the first to graduate with dual degrees in the International Energy Lawyers Program between the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Calgary law school.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Interim Dean Gets Top Job At Wake Forest Law

Suzanne Reynolds, a professor at Wake Forest University School of Law who has served as interim dean for the past year, is getting a promotion. University leaders this week named her dean, effective on July 1. She is the school's first woman dean.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Preska Receives Sprizzo Award

St. John's University School of Law presented the John E. Sprizzo Award to Southern District Chief Judge Loretta Preska on Tuesday.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

UCLA Law Selects Evidence Expert Mnookin as Its Dean

The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law has selected professor Jennifer Mnookin as its next dean.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawsuit: Infilaw Paying Law Grads To Put Off Bar Exam

A former assistant director of financial aid at Arizona Summit Law School has sued the school, alleging it unlawfully fired her in 2013 after she refused to submit false state tax documents and complained of misleading information about student success.
6 minute read

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