Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I’m Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I’ll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

This week, I’m offering up some takeaways from the drawn out and controversial July 2020 bar exam cycle with some thoughts about how bar exam authorities should approach the February exam. Next up is some news on a new home for the University of Maine School of Law—which comes at a pretty quiet time for big law school building projects. Read on and stay safe!