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New York Law Journal

City Bar Urges ABA to Drop Ban on Credit for Paid Work

City bar President Debra Raskin said the ABA's prohibition on giving academic credit to students for paid legal work conflicts with the widely recognized goal of law schools producing "practice-ready" graduates. Its abandonment would make law school a more viable option for some students in an age of declining applications and rising costs, she said.
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Texas Lawyer

UNT Dallas College of Law Hires Four New Faculty Members

New public downtown Dallas law school plans to keep hiring more faculty next year.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

New Cardozo, Suffolk Law Deans Plan Smaller Classes

Two law schools have tapped faculty members as top administrators. Melanie Leslie will become dean of the Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on July 1 as the school's first female leader. And Suffolk University Law School has selected professor Andrew Perlman as its dean.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: Law School Grads Should Remember to Be Civil, Reasonable and Thorough

As 3Ls graduate and prepare to engage in the practice of law, we want to leave them with a few practice tips. While some of these may appear to be common sense, our experience with attorneys who have done all of the below indicate that it may prove helpful to spell these out.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

6 Tips to Make Students Better Attorneys

Whether a law student wants to do transactional work or litigation, here are six things he can do while in law school to equip him with the tools to be a successful young attorney.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Increasing Access to a Legal Education

In light of the fact that Texas demographics are changing rapidly, there will be an increasing disparity between Texas' population and the attorneys available to serve it, should we fail to educate more ethnically diverse attorneys.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Hawaii Law Will Admit Students Who Haven't Taken LSAT

The University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law is the latest to allow certain undergraduates to apply without taking the Law School Admission Test.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Former SMU Law Professor Donates $2M to School to Help Advance Gender Equality

She earmarked the money for school to hire new law professor who conducts research through a gender lens.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Deflategate' Class Seen as Lure for Potential Law Students

Michael McCann spent Monday in eager anticipation. The National Football League was expected to announce its decision in the “Deflategate” scandal at any minute, and the University of New Hampshire School of Law professor was preparing to offer commentary to Sports Illustrated, where he serves as a legal analyst.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Making Law Students Better Prepared for the Marketplace

It has become trendy to proclaim the demise of law schools and predict a bleak forecast for aspiring lawyers. These dire predictions are exaggerated and obscure the real but solvable challenges facing legal educators.
4 minute read

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