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• Penn Law Honors First Black Woman Graduate, Announces Three Full Tuition Scholarships - Posted on February 22,2021
  
  
• Rachel Palermo: The Third-Year Law Student Appointed to the White House - Posted on February 5,2021
  
  
• Over 150 Law School Deans Express Concern About Capitol Attack - Posted on January 12,2021
  
  
• Texas’ First Online Bar Exam Records A Dip Of 17% In The Pass Rate - Posted on December 21,2020
  
  
• Washington, D.C. Approves Limited Diploma Privilege Amid COVID-19 Pandemic - Posted on September 26,2020
  
  
• Law Deans Urge California Supreme Court to Administer an Open-Book Bar Exam Without Remote Proctoring - Posted on September 17,2020
  
  
• July Bar Exam Scores Are Better Than Ever - Posted on September 10,2020
  
  
• Florida Supreme Court Rejects Diploma Privilege - Posted on September 5,2020
  
  
• Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Apologizes for Bar Exam Delays - Posted on August 22,2020
  
  
• Cooley Law School Closing Second Campus - Posted on August 21,2020
  
  
• California Will Not Make New Bar Exam Cut Score Retroactive - Posted on August 11,2020
  
  
• Law Schools Reverse Campus Reopening Plans - Posted on August 7,2020
  
  
• Two States Postpone Online Bar Exam Due to Tech Issues - Posted on July 29,2020
  
  
• California Law School Deans Urge the Court to Apply New Bar Exam Cut Score Retroactively - Posted on July 27,2020
  
  
• California Permanently Lowers Bar Exam Score, Sets Online Exam for October - Posted on July 23,2020
  
  
• New York Deans Join Push for Diploma Privilege - Posted on July 22,2020
  
  
• California Supreme Court Pressured to Cancel Bar Exam for New Lawyers in Pandemic - Posted on July 18,2020
  
  
• Bar Prep Companies Forced to Change Course Due to COVID-19 - Posted on July 17,2020
  
  
• Ten Law Schools Are Threatened by Poor Bar Passage Rates - Posted on July 16,2020
  
  
• Several States to Proceed With In-Person July Bar Exams, Despite COVID-19 Health Risks - Posted on July 13,2020
  
  
• How to Read Law School Forums Without Going Crazy - Posted on July 6,2020
  
  
• How to Get Accepted at a Top Law School - Posted on July 2,2020
  
  
• Tips for Taking the Bar Exam During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Posted on June 23,2020
  
  
• Tips for Making the Most of Being a Virtual Summer Associate - Posted on June 22,2020
  
  
• Harvard Law Students Are Frustrated With the School’s Decision to Move Online in Fall - Posted on June 20,2020
  
  
• Top 10 Most Affordable Law Schools in the U.S. - Posted on June 20,2020
  
  
• Law School Grads Divided on Pass/Fail Grading - Posted on June 19,2020
  
  
• 12 Easiest Law Schools to Get Into in the U.S - Posted on June 18,2020
  
  
• Law Schools Where the Most Graduates Get BigLaw Jobs - Posted on June 16,2020
  
  
• Most Law Firms Will Shorten Their Summer Programs, NALP Study Says - Posted on June 16,2020
  
  
• Dallas Law School Revokes Student’s Admission Over Racist Posts - Posted on June 15,2020
  
  
• Boutique Firms With the Most Yale Law School Graduates - Posted on June 15,2020
  
  
• Boutique Firms With the Most Harvard Law School Graduates - Posted on June 12,2020
  
  
• Boutique Firms With Most Stanford Graduates - Posted on June 11,2020
  
  
• Harvard Law Will Only Hold Online Classes This Fall - Posted on June 8,2020
  
  
• The Federal Clerk Hiring Process Is Getting a Coronavirus Revamp This Summer - Posted on May 21,2020
  
  
• What Will Law Schools Do? - Posted on May 15,2020
  
  
• California Bar Exam Pass Rates Drop to a Historic Low 26.8% - Posted on May 12,2020
  
  
• Bar Exam Status by State – Live Updates - Posted on May 11,2020
  
  
• More Bar Exam Delays Announced – Updated 5/7/20 - Posted on May 7,2020
  
  
• Law Students in the Time of COVID-19 - Posted on April 30,2020
  
  
• Understanding the Biglaw Salary Scale - Posted on April 22,2020
  
  
• Law Firms Delaying Start Dates for Summer Associates – Live Updates - Posted on April 13,2020
  
  
• ‘Recruiting Is Off the Table’– OCI Season Postponed - Posted on April 3,2020
  
  
• Federal Student Loan Payments Suspended with 0% Interest - Posted on March 24,2020
  
  
• How to Decide if Refinancing Law School Loans is Right for You - Posted on March 12,2020
  
  
• How to Bridge the Gap from Law School to Law Firm - Posted on March 10,2020
  
  
• How Should You Negotiate a Law School Scholarship? - Posted on March 9,2020
  
  
• The 5 Deciding Factors in Law School Admissions - Posted on February 28,2020
  
  
• 10 LSAT Preparation Tips You Need to Know - Posted on February 28,2020
  
  
• What is the SEC Student Honors Program and Why Should You Apply?  - Posted on February 27,2020
  
  
• What is a Judicial Externship and How Can It Help Your Career? - Posted on February 27,2020
  
  
• 5 Ways to Improve Your Concentration - Posted on February 26,2020
  
  
• Law Schools Recognize the Importance of Business-Oriented Thinking - Posted on February 19,2020
  
  
• 5 Ways to Prepare for an LL.M. Program - Posted on July 14,2018
  
  
• Most Pre-Law Students Would Take LSAT No Matter What, Study Finds - Posted on July 13,2018
  
  
• Nearly 75 Percent of Tenure Faculty at VLS Lose Status - Posted on July 13,2018
  
  
• Vermont Law Offers Two-Week Animal Welfare Course - Posted on July 12,2018
  
  
• Yale Law School Alum Nominated to Supreme Court - Posted on July 12,2018
  
  
• UGA Law Opens Clinic for Veterans - Posted on July 11,2018
  
  
• Suffolk University Law School Introduces Two New Courses - Posted on July 9,2018
  
  
• BYU Law Students Help Migrant Women and Children in Texas - Posted on July 6,2018
  
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Law Students Helping Immigrants in Texas - Posted on July 5,2018
  
  
• Law School Student and Division 1 Basketball Player - Posted on July 4,2018
  
  
• Tenure Professor Positions Being Eliminated from Vermont Law - Posted on July 4,2018
  
  
• LSAT Now Offers Multiple Gender Identity Options - Posted on July 3,2018
  
  
• What You Need to Know Before Law School - Posted on July 3,2018
  
  
• Campbell Law Introduces Dual Degree Program for Health Care Administration - Posted on July 2,2018
  
  
• Baylor Law Dean is Second Longest-Serving Dean in the Country - Posted on June 29,2018
  
  
• University of Arkansas Law Appoints Two to Lead School Competition Teams - Posted on June 28,2018
  
  
• ABA Working Group on Unaccompanied Minors Welcomes Added Volunteers - Posted on June 28,2018
  
  
• 10 Hardest Law Schools to Get Into - Posted on June 27,2018
  
  
• Thomas Jefferson Law Signs Lease for New Office Space - Posted on June 26,2018
  
  
• Durham Judge Named Interim Dean of NCCU Law - Posted on June 26,2018
  
  
• Valparaiso Law School Considers Move to Tennessee - Posted on June 25,2018
  
  
• California Bar Overall Passage Rate Hits All-Time Low - Posted on June 23,2018
  
  
• BU Law Selects UC-Berkeley Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig as Dean - Posted on June 22,2018
  
  
• 8 Steps to Help Prepare for Law School - Posted on June 22,2018
  
  
• TWU Weighs Options After Canada Supreme Court Ruling - Posted on June 21,2018
  
  
• Florida Coastal’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order Against ABA Denied - Posted on June 20,2018
  
  
• #MeToo Movement Headlines Law Journals in Special Symposium - Posted on June 19,2018
  
  
• How to Tackle Law School Applications as a LGBTQ Student - Posted on June 19,2018
  
  
• UNC Chapel Hill Law School Receives $1.53 Million Gift - Posted on June 18,2018
  
  
• Canada Supreme Court Rules against Christian Law School - Posted on June 16,2018
  
  
• Bill Proposed Prohibiting Agencies from Revoking Professional Licenses of Student Loan Defaulters - Posted on June 16,2018
  
  
• Supreme Court of Canada Prepares to Rule on Religious Beliefs in Law School - Posted on June 15,2018
  
  
• GRE Catches On at USC Gould School of Law - Posted on June 14,2018
  
  
• American University Washington College of Law Launches Online MLS Program - Posted on June 13,2018
  
  
• UNT Dallas College of Law Graduate Completes 800 Volunteer Hours During Law School - Posted on June 13,2018
  
  
• UC Davis Law Reappoints Dean for Third Term - Posted on June 13,2018
  
  
• What Is the Big Deal Between the GRE and LSAT? - Posted on June 13,2018
  
  
• Super Student Passes Bar Exam Despite Brain Injury - Posted on June 12,2018
  
  
• ABA Moves for Quick Removal of Arizona Summit’s Accreditation - Posted on June 11,2018
  
  
• Vermont Law School Environmental Director Resigns - Posted on June 9,2018
  
  
• Northeastern Law Names Professor James Hackney as Dean - Posted on June 8,2018
  
  
• Do Law Schools Take Advantage of Minority Students? - Posted on June 8,2018
  
  
• UMass School of Law Graduates Are Finding More Work - Posted on June 7,2018
  
  
• Once Charged with Attempted Murder, Now a UW Law Graduate - Posted on June 7,2018
  
  
• University of Minnesota Law Needs More Money Again - Posted on June 6,2018
  
  
• USC Law Opens Online Human Resources Certificate Program - Posted on June 5,2018