Christine Charnosky examines transformation in legal education, spotlighting innovation and separating fact from flash as law schools prepare their students for a rapidly changing industry.
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By Karen Sloan | December 18, 2018
The head of the National Conference of Bar Examiners' Testing Task Force discusses its work looking at the exam's future, and pundits weigh in on what the new enrollment data from the American Bar Association says about the state of legal education.
By Karen Sloan | December 10, 2018
Saint Louis University Law Professor Marcia McCormick has a few thoughts about incorporating technology into the law classroom, and the University of Kansas is about to give out-of-state law students a big tuition break.
By Karen Sloan | December 4, 2018
Wake Forest law professor Laura Graham discusses Gen Z and what law schools need to know about teaching them; the University of Pennsylvania Law School makes attorney well-being part of its mandatory professional responsibility course; and Vanderbilt's Program on Law and Innovation launches a hands-on certificate program for practitioners.
By Karen Sloan | November 27, 2018
This week's Ahead of Curve checks in on the law student movement to get Kirkland & Ellis and other firms to drop mandatory arbitration agreements; Ontario's decision to nix a new law school; the fallout from the latest pathetic bar pass rates out of California; and more.
By Karen Sloan | November 19, 2018
Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law is introducing improv as a teaching tool and Pepperdine University School of Law is seeking volunteer attorneys to help wildfire victims.
By Karen Sloan | November 12, 2018
At William and Mary Law School's Military Mondays program, veterans can get benefits assistance at the local Starbucks
By Karen Sloan | November 6, 2018
The elite law school's Library Innovation Lab has created a massive, free online database of U.S. case law.
By Karen Sloan | October 30, 2018
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is offering a new class centered on the current season of the popular Serial podcast, the program developed by This American Life that explores the inner workings of the criminal justice system.
By Karen Sloan | October 22, 2018
The class examines the new role of in-house counsel regarding environmental and social issues.
By Karen Sloan | October 15, 2018
University of Minnesota Law School focuses on an emerging field of study. Will it catch on?
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