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January 12, 2021 | Law.com
Bar exam watchers welcome a shift toward more legal skills and less memorization of law, but they say it remains to be seen whether the National Conference of Bar Examiners can produce a test that effectively gauges those legal skills.
By Karen Sloan
1 minute read
January 12, 2021 | Law.com
Law schools will seek to restore faith in the rule of law and the "ideals of the legal profession," after numerous lawyers played a role in seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, deans wrote in an open letter.
By Karen Sloan
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January 8, 2021 | Law.com
In this week's episode, Law.com business of law reporter Dan Packel talks with consultant Marcie Borgal Shunk, president and founder of The Tilt Institute in Houston, about what lies ahead for law firms following one of the most transformative years the legal industry has ever experienced.
By Zack Needles | Karen Sloan
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January 4, 2021 | Law.com
A National Conference of Bar Examiners task force has recommended a new bar exam that better integrates legal knowledge and skills, and does away with the three distinct test components.
By Karen Sloan
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December 23, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
New Jersey saw a 79% surge in people taking its bar exam in October, likely due to limits New York placed on the number of examinees who could take its bar.
By Karen Sloan
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December 22, 2020 | New York Law Journal
Hong Yen Chang graduated from Columbia Law School in 1886, but he faced hurdles in the admissions process as a time when Chinese immigrants were barred from U.S. citizenship.
By Karen Sloan
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December 21, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal
New Jersey lawmakers had pushed Rutgers to dedicate a building to the late Supreme Court justice, who taught at its law school from 1963 to 1972.
By Karen Sloan
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December 16, 2020 | New York Law Journal
The overall pass rate on New York's October online bar exam was 84%, up from the 65% pass rate on the July 2019 exam.
By Karen Sloan
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December 16, 2020 | Law.com
Summer associate offer and acceptance rates remained near historic highs in 2020, according to the National Association for Law Placement. That's despite myriad challenges posed by the pandemic, including moving most summer associate programs online.
By Karen Sloan
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December 9, 2020 | New York Law Journal
The New York Assembly's Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday heard testimony from people who sat for the state's first-ever online bar exam, most of whom raised concerns over how that exam was handled.
By Karen Sloan
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