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 | September 18, 2018
Plus, innovative ways law schools are spreading legal education and kudos to a student-run publication.
By Karen Sloan | August 27, 2018
Legal education's embrace of digital textbooks is for reals. Plus: Which law school is ditching plastics straws and water bottles?
By Karen Sloan | August 21, 2018
Associate dean Jessica Soban walks us through the school's year-old GRE pilot program and its expanded deferral initiative. Plus, a look at the lack of gender and racial diversity among the "scholarly impact" ranking of law professors.
By Karen Sloan | August 13, 2018
Law professor Michele DeStefano's new book pinpoints what today's law students need in order to thrive in tomorrow's legal profession. Plus, UVA holds a conference on racism one year after the “Unite the Right” rally.
By Karen Sloan | August 6, 2018
Aspiring lawyers with less-than-stellar LSAT scores now have a chance to prove they have the right stuff for law school. Plus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and American University Washington College of Law are all over the blockchain thing.
By Karen Sloan | July 31, 2018
Let's be honest: Law reviews and journals aren't exactly cutting-edge vanguards, but some are breaking new ground, both in their approach to content and in their subject matter.
By Karen Sloan | July 24, 2018
This week I'm focused on New York Law School's new tech-focused Business of Law Institute and the new LL.M. tax program at University of California, Irvine School of Law.
By Karen Sloan | July 16, 2018
Here's a look at how Suffolk's fledgling online certificate in legal education and technology is going. Plus, what the legal academy is saying about Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS nomination.
By Karen Sloan | July 10, 2018
This week in Ahead of the Curve, we're checking in with Equal Justice Works Executive Director David Stern to find out whether current events have prompted more law students and recent grads to seek out public interest law jobs and opportunities. We also break down a Florida court case in which a law student claims the state bar examiners are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring him to undergo evaluations due to a history of mental illness.
By Karen Sloan | July 2, 2018
Could it be a SCOTUS justice without a Harvard or Yale law pedigree?
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