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New York Law Journal

Syracuse Appoints New Law School Dean

Craig Boise, a one-time New York attorney who has spent the last five years as dean of a law school in Cleveland, Ohio, has been named as the new dean of the Syracuse University School of Law.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers to Handle New Digital Problems

Zachary Goldman, executive director of the Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law, writes: Tomorrow's lawyers—today's law students—need to be better equipped to understand the underlying technical systems that will push the law in new directions. In no area of law is this dynamic more apparent than cyber security.
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New York Law Journal

Ask What the Bar Can Do for Law Schools

Jeremy Paul, dean and professor of law at Northeastern University School of Law, discusses what a collaboration between the Bar and law schools might produce, writing: Bar leaders have looked to law schools to get better at producing so-called "practice-ready" graduates. But it is the profession's leaders who are best positioned to partner with law schools to solve the very problems legal employers so often identify.
21 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Launches Legal Education Program for Middle Schoolers

Judges and lawyers go back to school to share civics lessons.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Southern Methodist University Dedman Hires Four Law Professors

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law boosted its offerings in several hot areas of law with the addition of four new professors scheduled to begin teaching in the fall.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Uniform Bar Exam Adopted in New Jersey

New Jersey has become the 22nd jurisdiction to adopt the Uniform Bar Exam, which will be administered in the state beginning in February of next year.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Spring Hiring Means New Deans at Five Law Schools

As the academic year winds down, a new crop of law school deans is preparing to take over, with five campuses in recent weeks announcing appointments.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Drexel's First Law School Dean to Retire

Roger J. Dennis, the founding dean of the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, plans to retire next year.
7 minute read

Law.com

Senior Citizen Pursues Legal Action After UConn Law School Rejection

Geoffrey Akers has seven college degrees, including a doctorate from the University of Connecticut. But he was denied admission by the UConn School of Law twice, in 2012 and 2013, and was put on the school's wait list in the 1990s.
9 minute read

Legal Week

US duo take lead roles on $1.1bn private equity purchase of BPP's parent company

Apollo Education Group, owner of BPP University Law School, set to be acquired by investor consortium in $1.1bn deal
1 minute read

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