Encouraging news: bar passage rates went up in several states in the July Bar exam, including New York State. Students are spending more time studying for the exam to better prepare.
“Passage rates for the July bar examination rose in several states with historically high numbers of applicants, including California, Massachusetts and New York and in the Multistate Bar Examination portion of the test used in most jurisdictions. “
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Posted December 11, 2008 in Articles
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Article from CNN:
President Bush’s penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.
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Posted July 25, 2006 in Articles
Some law schools are beginning to ban or restrict laptop use in their classrooms, creating uproar all over the place:
As the professor lectured on the law, the student wore a poker face. But that was probably because, under the guise of taking notes on his laptop, the student actually was playing poker - online, using the school’s wireless Internet connection.
The scenario is not uncommon in today’s college classrooms, and some instructors want it stopped. So they have done the unthinkable - banned laptops.
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Posted May 4, 2006 in Articles
Interesting article:
From investigations into Lee Harvey Oswald’s troubled adolescence to courtroom debates over Mike Tyson’s violent tantrums, the 20 most psychologically intriguing legal cases of the past 50 years are chronicled in a new book coauthored by a University at Buffalo law professor and a clinical psychologist who is a graduate of the UB Law School.
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This article talks about the future of digital classrooms in law.
….People are taking advantage of the flexibility and cost savings of Internet law courses and degrees in bunches, and graduates are passing the bar in fair percentages on the first try and landing impressive jobs. In the future online degree programs will likely become more prevalent and possibly more readily embraced.
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From the Stanford Daily:
Around 100 members of the Stanford community gathered at the Law School yesterday afternoon for the Call of Duty Tour. Hosted by OUTLAW, a law student group, the Call of Duty is a national college speaking tour intended to spread awareness and encourage debate about the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding homosexuals.
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Posted April 11, 2006 in Articles
Interesting article on CLEO (Conference on Legal Education Opportunity).
Only 9.7 percent of all lawyers are minorities, a figure significantly lower than other white-collar professions, according to a 2005 study by the American Bar Association.
At a boot camp of sorts, CLEO fellows undergo six weeks of intensive legal training, consisting of instruction on understanding and drafting contracts, legal writing and research, and some emphasis on criminal law. Upon graduation, CLEO fellows must enroll in one of Indiana’s four law schools. Fellows usually receive some financial support to prepare for the bar exam — typically from former CLEO fellows.
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