By Christine Charnosky | May 2, 2022
New data on the 2021 bar exam from the American Bar Association shows that the pass rate for white first-time test-takers was more than 20% higher than the rate for Black first-time test-takers. That gap narrowed, however, among the "ultimate" bar pass rates for 2019 and 2020 law grads.
By Christine Charnosky | April 29, 2022
McKenzie, who has been a professor of law at the school since 2007, will succeed Trevor Morrison, who announced in October that he would be stepping down from the deanship, which he held for nine years, effective June 1.
By Christine Charnosky | April 28, 2022
The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this month by inducting 50 alumni and 16 alumni on the bench into its inaugural Hall of Fame and announcing it had collected more than $20 million through a fundraising campaign aimed at increasing support to scholarships.
By Christine Charnosky | April 20, 2022
"They make it seem like if you go to a [tier 2] state school, your future is going to be like 'Better Call Saul,'" one Reddit user said.
By ALM Staff | April 13, 2022
The ruling and a summary by the Law Journal's decisions editors can be found here.
By Christine Charnosky | April 8, 2022
The national Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) mean scaled score for February was 132.6, a return to the February 2020 mean.
By Christine Charnosky | April 8, 2022
The grant will be used to support the clinic's overall goal of "bridging the gap in legal education and the civil rights bar by examining and addressing the relationship between disability and all aspects of social justice," Britney Wilson, associate professor of law and director of the Civil Rights and Disability Justice clinic, said.
By Christine Charnosky | April 6, 2022
"Our nation and our profession are blessed with a great diversity of people from every conceivable background," ABA President Reginald Turner said in a statement. "The ABA has long supported equal opportunities for all. Everyone benefits when participation in ABA programs, including our CLE panels, is maximized."
By Andrew Denney | March 30, 2022
"The power of debate, and the research bears this out, is its ability to increase academic achievement across the cohort," said Brad Drummond, who serves as chair for the New York City Urban Debate League's Lawyers' Advisory Council.
By Christine Charnosky | March 30, 2022
The May event is set to be the school's first traditional in-person commencement ceremony in three years.
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