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.

In honor of summer’s official arrival, I’m keeping the briefing light and sunny this week with a look at the City University of New York School of Law’s impressive student wellness program. Next, I’m highlighting five cool new initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law; Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law; North Carolina Central University School of Law; and The University of North Carolina School of Law. Read on!