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Coalition of AGs Support Updates to ABA's Legal Education Diversity Standard

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and New York, among others, voiced their support for the amended standard requiring schools continue to improve access to legal education and the legal profession for all qualified aspiring lawyers.
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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Oct. 1, 2024—Capehart Scatchard, McNees

On Sept. 25, Capehart Scatchard attorneys Daniel Klementowski, Alexis Rose and Jason Sikoryak from the Workers' Compensation Department presented a continuing legal education (CLE ) session titled "Workplace Protections: FMLA and the ADA."
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The Recorder

California Bar Examiners Endorse Switch to Kaplan Exam

The California Supreme Court previously said it would not consider a proposal to allow Kaplan Exam Services to write the multiple-choice section of the bar exam unless the Committee on Bar Examiners "considered and approved" the move first.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Why Is California's State Bar Pinching Pennies at the Public's Expense?

Protecting the public—not thrift—is the bar's primary regulatory purpose, and its focus on cutting corners has arguably diluted the bar exam from the nation's hardest to something that weakens public protection.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Exiting Dean Believes Atlanta Law School Should Consider Fundraising Pro as Successor

John Marshall leaders say they will do a nationwide search for a replacement who should "believe in the mission of the school."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ex-St. Thomas Univ. Law Professor Sues School Over Firing, Alleging Defamation

The Miami school faces a lawsuit alleging defamation and breach of contract after it fired a tenured professor, who is being accused of ignoring a school shooting threat and having an inappropriate relations with a student.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'It's a Great Day to Be a Gator Lawyer': UF Takes Top Spot on Bar Exam

The average passage rate for all first-time takers this July was 76.6%, meaning this university stands 14 percentage points above the average.
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Daily Report Online

University of Georgia's School of Law Announces Programs to Fund More Attorneys in 'Legal Deserts'

"We are still trying to get competitive pay for our prosecutors and our public defenders," executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia Peter Skandalakis said. "When you're talking about the rural areas that don't get a lot of county support financially, they're not able to compete with the salaries that are being paid in the metro areas."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Penn Law Professor Amy Wax to Be Suspended With Half-Pay for Discriminatory Speech

Wax has made derogatory comments about Asian immigrants, claimed Black students underperform academically, and invited a white nationalist to her class.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'The No. 1 Thing' on Larry Cunningham's Mind: Special Litigation Committees

"The SLC, as they call it, is always the focal point of litigators in corporate governance, and the treatment of the SLC evolves over time," said Cunningham, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.
6 minute read

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