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Legal Ed News Roundup
ABA Journal, Latest Try At Rewriting ABA Diversity Standard For Law Schools Gets Pushback From GOP Attorneys General ABA Journal, Law Grads With Past Substance-Use Disorders Suffered Disability Bias In Quest For License, DOJ Says ABA Journal, Law School Admission Council Names Its Next President And CEO ABA Journal, New York Will Adopt Nextgen Bar
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New York Is 30th Jurisdiction To Adopt NextGen Bar Exam
ABA Journal, New York Will Adopt NextGen Bar Exam, Considers Surprising Shifts in State-Law Tests: New York, the jurisdiction with the largest number of bar candidates, will adopt the NextGen bar exam as it considers rejiggering the state-specific part of the exam, too, according to the New York Court of Appeals. The state, where 14,354
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New York Is 30th Jurisdiction To Adopt NextGen Bar Exam
ABA Journal, New York Will Adopt NextGen Bar Exam, Considers Surprising Shifts in State-Law Tests: New York, the jurisdiction with the largest number of bar candidates, will adopt the NextGen bar exam as it considers rejiggering the state-specific part of the exam, too, according to the New York Court of Appeals. The state, where 14,354
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Ellen Aprill And Beverly Moran Receive AALS Tax Section Lifetime Achievement Awards
Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar) and Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt) received the AALS Tax Section Lifetime Achievement Award at the year's AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco: Ellen Aprill Ellen Aprill is a teacher, a scholar, a mentor, and a mensch. As noted in our call for nominations, the purpose of the Section of Taxation’s Lifetime
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Ellen Aprill And Beverly Moran Receive AALS Tax Section Lifetime Achievement Awards
Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar) and Beverly Moran (Vanderbilt) received the AALS Tax Section Lifetime Achievement Award at the year's AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco: Ellen Aprill Ellen Aprill is a teacher, a scholar, a mentor, and a mensch. As noted in our call for nominations, the purpose of the Section of Taxation’s Lifetime
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Supreme Court Grants Cert Petition Authored By Pepperdine Religious Liberty Clinic Director And Alum
Pepperdine Surf Report, Cert Petition Authored by Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Religious Liberty Clinic Director Eric Rassbach and Pepperdine Caruso Law Alumnus Colten Stanberry (JD '19) Granted by Supreme Court New York Times, Supreme Court to Hear Catholic Charity’s Bid for Tax Exemption: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether Wisconsin was
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Supreme Court Grants Cert Petition Authored By Pepperdine Religious Liberty Clinic Director And Alum
Pepperdine Surf Report, Cert Petition Authored by Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Religious Liberty Clinic Director Eric Rassbach and Pepperdine Caruso Law Alumnus Colten Stanberry (JD '19) Granted by Supreme Court New York Times, Supreme Court to Hear Catholic Charity’s Bid for Tax Exemption: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether Wisconsin was
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LSAC Sues ‘AI Tutor for LSAT’ For Copyright And Trademark Infringement
Law.com, LSAT Administrator Sues to Block AI Tutor From Using ‘Famous, Distinctive’ Test Prep Materials: A copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit claims that a company purporting to be an “AI Tutor for LSAT” used proprietary content that belongs to the Law School Admission Council. The suit, Law School Admission Council v. Chatty Courses, was filed
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LSAC Sues ‘AI Tutor for LSAT’ For Copyright And Trademark Infringement
Law.com, LSAT Administrator Sues to Block AI Tutor From Using ‘Famous, Distinctive’ Test Prep Materials: A copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit claims that a company purporting to be an “AI Tutor for LSAT” used proprietary content that belongs to the Law School Admission Council. The suit, Law School Admission Council v. Chatty Courses, was filed
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21 State AGs Rebuke ABA For Walking Back Plan To Remove ‘Race And Ethnicity’ From Law School Diversity Accreditation Standard
Letter From Jonathan Skrmetti (Tennessee) and 20 Other Attorneys General to Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (Jan. 6, 2025): A coalition of State Attorneys General previously wrote to raise concerns about your Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools. … We pointed out that
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21 State AGs Rebuke ABA For Walking Back Plan To Remove ‘Race And Ethnicity’ From Law School Diversity Accreditation Standard
Letter From Jonathan Skrmetti (Tennessee) and 20 Other Attorneys General to Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (Jan. 6, 2025): A coalition of State Attorneys General previously wrote to raise concerns about your Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools. … We pointed out that
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CUNY Dean Sudha Setty Named LSAC President & CEO
LSAC Names CUNY Law Dean Sudha Setty as its New President and CEO: The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has named Sudha Setty as its president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. Setty is currently serving as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law. Previously, she served as
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CUNY Dean Sudha Setty Named LSAC President & CEO
LSAC Names CUNY Law Dean Sudha Setty as its New President and CEO: The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has named Sudha Setty as its president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. Setty is currently serving as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law. Previously, she served as
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50% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 24% (Black Applicants Are Up 36%)
We are now 50% of the way through Fall 2025 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is up 24.3% compared to last year at this time: 187 of the 196 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up +40% or more at 49 law schools:
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50% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 24% (Black Applicants Are Up 36%)
We are now 50% of the way through Fall 2025 law school admissions season. The number of law school applicants reported by LSAC is up 24.3% compared to last year at this time: 187 of the 196 law schools are experiencing an increase in applications. Applications are up +40% or more at 49 law schools:
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Spring 2025 Law Review Article Submission Guide
Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC) have updated their incredibly useful document, which contains two charts for the Spring 2025 submission season covering the 196 main journals of each law school. We have created hyperlinks for each law review to take you directly to the law review’s submissions page. Again the chart includes as much information as possible
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Spring 2025 Law Review Article Submission Guide
Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC) have updated their incredibly useful document, which contains two charts for the Spring 2025 submission season covering the 196 main journals of each law school. We have created hyperlinks for each law review to take you directly to the law review’s submissions page. Again the chart includes as much information as possible
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Legal Ed News Roundup
Algemeiner, Rutgers Law School Published a Paper Filled with False Anti-Israel Talking Points Nicholas Allard (Dean, Jacksonville), ‘Fabulous 14’ Graduate in 2025 Nicholas Allard (Dean, Jacksonville), Lessons From Jimmy Carter’s Beautiful Life CBS 12 News, Local Attorney Creates Scholarship Fund to Help Students Attend Law School Daily Record, Jacksonville University College of Law opens permanent
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Legal Ed News Roundup
Algemeiner, Rutgers Law School Published a Paper Filled with False Anti-Israel Talking Points Nicholas Allard (Dean, Jacksonville), ‘Fabulous 14’ Graduate in 2025 Nicholas Allard (Dean, Jacksonville), Lessons From Jimmy Carter’s Beautiful Life CBS 12 News, Local Attorney Creates Scholarship Fund to Help Students Attend Law School Daily Record, Jacksonville University College of Law opens permanent
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Blackman: What Is The Future Of The Federalist Society?
Josh Blackman (South Texas; Google Scholar), What is the Future of the Federalist Society?: Over the past four decades, the Federalist Society (FedSoc) has climbed from an obscure organization to the apex of influence. What started as a group of students criticizing the liberal legal order has now become the embodiment of the prevailing conservative jurisprudence.
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Blackman: What Is The Future Of The Federalist Society?
Josh Blackman (South Texas; Google Scholar), What is the Future of the Federalist Society?: Over the past four decades, the Federalist Society (FedSoc) has climbed from an obscure organization to the apex of influence. What started as a group of students criticizing the liberal legal order has now become the embodiment of the prevailing conservative jurisprudence.
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Call For Papers: UCLA Business And Tax Roundtable For Aspiring Law Professors
Call for Papers: The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce its first annual Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors (“BATRUP”). This in-person Roundtable will take place at UCLA from Friday evening June 13th through Sunday June 15th. The program will feature commentary by
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Call For Papers: UCLA Business And Tax Roundtable For Aspiring Law Professors
Call for Papers: The Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce its first annual Business and Tax Roundtable for Upcoming Professors (“BATRUP”). This in-person Roundtable will take place at UCLA from Friday evening June 13th through Sunday June 15th. The program will feature commentary by
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The Top Ten ABA Journal Legal Education Stories Of 2024
4 of 5 Modern Lawyer Presidents Graduated From T-14 Law Schools; Harris Wouldn't be in That Group If Elected Clinical Law Prof Who Worked for Social Justice Killed in Triple Murder Is SCOTUS Making it Harder to Teach Constitutional Law? Profs 'Depleted' and Taken Aback by 'Velocity' of Change Meet Peter Park, Possibly Youngest Person
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The Top Ten ABA Journal Legal Education Stories Of 2024
4 of 5 Modern Lawyer Presidents Graduated From T-14 Law Schools; Harris Wouldn't be in That Group If Elected Clinical Law Prof Who Worked for Social Justice Killed in Triple Murder Is SCOTUS Making it Harder to Teach Constitutional Law? Profs 'Depleted' and Taken Aback by 'Velocity' of Change Meet Peter Park, Possibly Youngest Person