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National Law Journal

New Law Deans Named at DePaul, Widener, Wyoming

Three law schools have named deans in the past week.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Widener Splits, Renames Delaware, Pa. Law Schools

Widener University has officially split its Wilmington, Delaware, and Harrisburg law school campuses into two law schools, each with different names and different deans.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Council Challenges Proposed LSAT Disability Accommodations

An expert panel's proposals for liberalizing disability accommodations for the Law School Admission Test would undermine the exam's integrity, the organization that administers the test has argued in court papers.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Affirmative Action for White Conservatives?

Legal academia is chock full of women and minorities.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Op-Ed: Too Much Power Rests with the National Conference of Bar Examiners

Last July's historic nationwide drop in the bar passage rate brought into sharp focus the urgent need to overhaul a system that ill serves the public, the profession and certainly the graduates of our law schools. Over the past several months, fellow deans across the country have asked for a complete, credible and accurate explanation of the July 2014 results. We still are waiting.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Which Texas Law School Is Rated Among the Best for Practical Training?

This same law school, rated in a recent issue of The National Jurist magazine, is also the oldest in Texas.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Alumnus Baier Pledges $20M for Indiana Law Facilities

The Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington will rename its building to honor Lowell Baier, who has pledged $20 million from his estate to his alma mater.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

5 Tips on Writing an Effective Legal Résumé

Résumés can open doors, and they can also ensure that some doors never open. Creating a stellar résumé remains a key aspect of obtaining a job in a tight legal market.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Crisis Simulation Puts Law Students in the Hot Seat

A missing nuclear warhead. An outbreak of Ebola. A suspected terrorist with a bulging backpack walking a New York City street. Those are a few of the national security scenarios students from a dozen law schools could face in Washington beginning on Friday as a two-day simulation places them in the role of the nation's top decision-makers during a crisis.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chief Judges Unite

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman moderated a discussion Monday at Albany Law School featuring the chief judges of four other states, who discussed how their courts decide which cases to hear and some of the peculiarities of their judiciaries.
1 minute read

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