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Despite National Increase, 1L Enrollment Fell Sharply At These Law Schools

These 10 law schools saw first-year enrollment drop by double-digits this fall. Many of them have run into accreditation trouble with the American Bar Association.
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The Legal Intelligencer

As US Law Schools See First Real Enrollment Gains Since 2010, Most Pa. Schools Keep Pace

Nationwide, first-year law student enrollment is up 3 percent, fueling hope that legal education's fortunes are turning around after an eight-year slump.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

NCAA Attorney Squares Off With Judge In Player Compensation Case

The NCAA's lead lawyer Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz told U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken multiple times during closing arguments Tuesday that the judge had the facts wrong.
4 minute read

The Recorder

'That's Wrong': NCAA Lawyer, Judge Butt Heads in Closing Arguments in Athlete Compensation Case

The NCAA's lead lawyer Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz told U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken multiple times during closing arguments Tuesday that the judge had the facts wrong.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Suit Over Public School District's Bible Study Program Reinstated by 4th Circuit

A federal appeals court has ruled that a student and her agnostic mother can sue a West Virginia public school district on claims that the girl was marginalized and ostracized in the community because she chose not to attend a Bible education class.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Rutgers Law Co-Dean Cahill Returning to Brooklyn Law

Cahill became Rutgers Law co-dean on the Camden campus as of July 2016, taking over for Camden Acting Co-Dean John Oberdiek.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

President Donald Trump, Education and the American Dream

Those who attain higher levels of educational achievement tend to fare better in life than their less-educated counterparts since more schooling, on average, correlates with higher incomes, better health and a longer life expectancy.
9 minute read

Law.com

Ahead of the Curve: The Bar Exam of the Future

The head of the National Conference of Bar Examiners' Testing Task Force discusses its work looking at the exam's future, and pundits weigh in on what the new enrollment data from the American Bar Association says about the state of legal education.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Law Poaches New Dean From Rutgers

Incoming Brooklyn Law School Dean Michael Cahill aims to expand the school's non-J.D. offerings and launch a sustained fundraising campaign.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - Upcoming Benchmarks Civics Project Training Will Empower, Inform Citizens

Benchmark Civics Project training set for Jan. 30
2 minute read

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