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Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and Senior Writer at ALM. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign up for Ahead of the Curve—her weekly email update on trends and innovation in legal education—here: https://www.law.com/briefings/ahead-of-the-curve/
September 30, 2020 | Law.com
The National Conference of Bar Examiners is pushing back against the diploma privilege movement with the release of a poll that found that 60% of Americans support in-person bar exams during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 70% think the in-person exams should be retained after the pandemic.
By Karen Sloan
1 minute read
September 29, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
The funding from the Robert and Jane Toll Foundation will double the number of full and partial scholarships available to Penn law students pursuing public interest careers.
By Karen Sloan
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September 29, 2020 | Law.com
This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at the latest data on clinics and externships from the Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education, and why those programs haven't expanded as much as you might think.
By Karen Sloan
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September 29, 2020 | Law.com
Very few people will sign up for Washington, D.C.'s emergency examination waiver program due to the onerous demands it places on participants and employers, say critics who unsuccessfully petitioned the court to modify it.
By Karen Sloan
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September 28, 2020 | Law.com
A group of bar examinees in Washington, D.C., has asked the U.S. District of Columbia Court of Appeals to reduce the period of supervised practice that diploma privilege recipients must complete from three years to six months.
By Karen Sloan
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September 24, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
State Sen. Larry Farnese has introduced a trio of diploma privilege bills that would allow law graduates to skip the bar exam, but the legislation has little chance of passing before the online exam scheduled for Oct. 5-7.
By Karen Sloan
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September 24, 2020 | Law.com
The District of Columbia becomes the fifth jurisdiction to allow law gradates to skip the bar exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but some proponents are disappointed by the program's parameters.
By Karen Sloan
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September 23, 2020 | New York Law Journal
A group of law graduates is asking the New York Board of Law Examiners to move to an open-book, unproctored exam or a diploma privilege system, citing multiple technical and security issues with next month's planned online exam.
By Karen Sloan
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September 23, 2020 | The Recorder
The $15 million gift from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will fund full-ride scholarships.
By Karen Sloan
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September 22, 2020 | Law.com
A recent survey found that the vast majority of law school admissions officers are making no distinctions between those applying with traditional LSAT scores, and those with scores earned on the shorter, online version of the LSAT.
By Karen Sloan
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