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President Obama’s efforts to fill judicial vacancies have been complicated by the American Bar Association’s ratings of potential nominees. The ABA’s judicial vetting committee has rated 14 of 185 potential nominees as “not qualified,” and the… MORE
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The governor appointed Beth Robinson to the supreme court. She is the first openly gay justice to serve on the court.
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Judge Fisher is the Special Assistant for Social Justice Initiatives to the Dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law. Until July of 2017, she was Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for New York City Courts and also served as the Director of… MORE
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Another take on what legal education reform is not (Dean Martin Katz recently posted on the topic here):
The purpose of a skills class, a clinic, or a course that incorporates new teaching methods is not to teach when to reply to a motion, where… MORE
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In his latest article on law schools, David Segal takes aim at the law school accreditation standards set by the American Bar Association.
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Change in legal education is necessary, but it will require the effort of schools, professors, students, media, and the public:
The problems facing the legal profession are huge, but not insurmountable. The question is whether more law schools and… MORE
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Pundits are drawn to extremes. Perhaps that is simply the nature of things. But in the debate over the future of legal education, espousing extremes hinders the discussion.
At one extreme are the loudest critics of the current state of legal… MORE
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The American Bar Association's Legal Education Section has approved changes to what is required of law schools when reporting job placement information. The changes will "expand the level of detail of graduate employment data law schools must report… MORE
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The interest in reforming the graduate level education experience is not unique to law. The Economist reports that Harvard Business School is experimenting with a new curriculum, "FIELD" (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development), that… MORE
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A recent grand jury report included testimony from a witness who claimed that supreme court justice Joan Orie Melvin used her office and her staff in past judicial campaigns. The grand jury was investigating allegations that Orie Melvin’s sisters—… MORE