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Proposal to Allow Fully Online Schools to Apply for ABA Accreditation Sent to Notice and Comment

"The rules basically say you can't get that substantive change unless you are already fully approved," Thies continued. "So effectively, that means are 196 approved law schools have the option of implementing fully online programs, and some of them have, but outsiders, new law schools, others who might want to start up a fully online program from scratch are not able to because they can't get fully approved."
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Law.com

ABA Council Sends 'Academic Freedom' Proposal to HOD

During the Council's Nov. 17 meeting, held Texas on Friday, Daniel Thies, vice chair, suggested sending Standard 208 to the HOD with only "a few small tweaks to the language, all of which we think are clarifying changes, not things that need to go back out" to notice and comment again.
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The Recorder

Proposal for Bar Exam Alternative Goes to California Supreme Court

State Bar trustees endorsed a proposal that could eventually allow law school graduates to obtain their law licenses without taking the bar exam.
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Law.com

Iowa Joins 5 Other Jurisdictions Planning to Use NextGen Bar Exam

"Our office will work to make the transition to the new exam a smooth one, and we will continue to place the same high standards on ourselves to administer the exam in a way that is fair to all of our candidates," Dan Saar, director of admissions for the Office of Professional Regulation of the Iowa Supreme Court, said in a statement.
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Legaltech News

Gen AI Passes the MPRE With No Prior Ethics Training

OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude 2 passed the ethics exam, though researchers from LegalOn Technologies were quick to note that, while the technology has the potential to assist lawyers with ethical decision-making, it should not replace them in that role.
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Law.com

Indiana Supreme Court Sends Proposed Changes to Bar Eligibility Out for Comment

"The Indiana Supreme Court has just posted its own proposed rule amendment, which in some ways is broader than what we proposed," Martin Pritikin, dean of Purdue Global Law, said in a statement emailed to Law.com Wednesday.
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Law.com

Ahead of the Curve: Revamping the Go-To Law Schools Survey

In the coming year, we are going to be adding Go-To Public Interest, Go-To Government, and Go-To Judicial Clerkships—ranking the top 50 law schools that have sent students to those three additional employment outcomes.
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Law.com

Lewis & Clark Law Dean Stepping Down After 10-Year Tenure

"It has been an absolute honor to have served as dean of our law school during these past 10 years," Dean Jennifer Johnson said in a statement. "I am very proud of the achievements of our faculty, students and staff."
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Delaware Law Weekly

DSBA to Hold Mediation Primer CLE

The Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) is scheduled to hold an upcoming live CLE event titled "Office and Trial 2023- Mediation Primer: It's Elementary" from 9 to 11:15 a.m. on Thursday.
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International Edition

Roving UK 'Justice Bus' Could Help Maintain the Rule of Law, Says Lady Hale

Speaking about the threats to the rule of law on Monday, the former President of the UK Supreme Court also proposed a change to legal education in schools.
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