“First-year law students are more satisfied with online learning than those who started law school before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey released Wednesday by the AccessLex Institute and Gallup. Titled Law School in a Pandemic: Student Perspectives on Distance Learning and Lessons for the Future, the survey was conducted Read more…
“Of the 10 law schools that in 2020 received noncompliance notices for having two-year bar passage rates below 75%, half appear to again have pass rates that do not meet that threshold, according to ABA data released in April. For 2020, decisions regarding ABA Standard 316, which addresses bar passage rates, Read more…
“ “In their thoughtful and provocative article, Pseudo-Contract and Shared Meaning Analysis,1×1. 132 HARV. L. REV. 1135 (2019). Professors Robin Bradley Kar and Margaret Jane Radin argue that contract — that is, the presumptively enforceable agreement of the parties — should be limited to the “shared meaning” of the parties, and that the boilerplate surrounding that Read more…
“BigLaw firms that hire graduating law students utilize a synchronized approach dependent on a pipeline of talent identified two years prior to graduation. Interviews for summer positions are conducted in the summer before students begins their second year of law school, offers are made and accepted within two months, and Read more…
We found a fascinating story recently published in the ABA Journal, that follows the story of a young 16 year old that is on her way to a bright legal career. “Haley Taylor Schlitz loves learning and likes standardized tests. She is looking forward to classes this fall at Southern Read more…