Paul L. Caron
Dean
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School of Law
Legal Ed News
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The Five Biggest Changes To The Bar Exam In 2024
ABA Journal, 5 Biggest Changes to the Bar Exam in 2024: This year was a key moment for the bar exam, with changes to the exam and paths to licensure taking place around the country. Here are the top five that caught our attention. ABA Legal Ed Council Gives Its Blessing to Alternative Licensing Oregon's
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The Five Biggest Changes To The Bar Exam In 2024
ABA Journal, 5 Biggest Changes to the Bar Exam in 2024: This year was a key moment for the bar exam, with changes to the exam and paths to licensure taking place around the country. Here are the top five that caught our attention. ABA Legal Ed Council Gives Its Blessing to Alternative Licensing Oregon's
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Legal Ed News Roundup
Al Brophy (Alabama), George L. Priest (1947-2024) The Champion, Largest Gift in Emory Law School’s History Funds Business and Transitional Law Center Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley), We Should All Be Very Worried About the Fate of Our Democracy (Sacramento Bee Op-Ed) Rachel Cohen (Skadden), I’m a White HLS Grad. Classroom Diversity Made Me a Better
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Legal Ed News Roundup
Al Brophy (Alabama), George L. Priest (1947-2024) The Champion, Largest Gift in Emory Law School’s History Funds Business and Transitional Law Center Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley), We Should All Be Very Worried About the Fate of Our Democracy (Sacramento Bee Op-Ed) Rachel Cohen (Skadden), I’m a White HLS Grad. Classroom Diversity Made Me a Better
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Jewish Students And Faculty At Christian Universities And Law Schools
Jewish Journal Op-Ed: Where Faith Meets Understanding, by Jim Gash (President & CEO, Pepperdine University): Jewish students are feeling unwelcome and unsafe—for good reason—on many American college campuses. This is a great tragedy. It is a tragedy for the students, who should, without question or reservation, be able to expect their campuses to be places
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Jewish Students And Faculty At Christian Universities And Law Schools
Jewish Journal Op-Ed: Where Faith Meets Understanding, by Jim Gash (President & CEO, Pepperdine University): Jewish students are feeling unwelcome and unsafe—for good reason—on many American college campuses. This is a great tragedy. It is a tragedy for the students, who should, without question or reservation, be able to expect their campuses to be places
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Weekly Legal Education Roundup
ABA Section Of Legal Education, Annual Report Bloomberg, LSAT Alternatives Gain Slowly in Law Admissions, ABA Data Show Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), July 2024 California Bar Exam Results Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), July 2024 California Bar Exam Results For Out-Of-State Law Schools Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More On Pepperdine, Fire, And God
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Weekly Legal Education Roundup
ABA Section Of Legal Education, Annual Report Bloomberg, LSAT Alternatives Gain Slowly in Law Admissions, ABA Data Show Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), July 2024 California Bar Exam Results Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), July 2024 California Bar Exam Results For Out-Of-State Law Schools Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More On Pepperdine, Fire, And God
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Tax Notes 2024 Persons Of The Year
Tax Notes Federal Persons of the Year: Dorothy Brown, Champion for Change: Dorothy Brown reflects on her time spent serving as a member of the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity and the committee’s ultimate success in advocating for Treasury to release regulations on sharing more data with the Census Bureau to help conduct critical
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Tax Notes 2024 Persons Of The Year
Tax Notes Federal Persons of the Year: Dorothy Brown, Champion for Change: Dorothy Brown reflects on her time spent serving as a member of the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity and the committee’s ultimate success in advocating for Treasury to release regulations on sharing more data with the Census Bureau to help conduct critical
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ABA: LSAT Alternatives Gain Slowly In Law School Admissions
Bloomberg, LSAT Alternatives Gain Slowly in Law Admissions, ABA Data Show: Applicants to US law schools are using alternative exams, but the vast majority of those accepted are taking the longstanding Law School Admissions Test, data recently released by the American Bar Association shows. Of students who took an exam, 38,728 students were accepted to
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ABA: LSAT Alternatives Gain Slowly In Law School Admissions
Bloomberg, LSAT Alternatives Gain Slowly in Law Admissions, ABA Data Show: Applicants to US law schools are using alternative exams, but the vast majority of those accepted are taking the longstanding Law School Admissions Test, data recently released by the American Bar Association shows. Of students who took an exam, 38,728 students were accepted to
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ABA Section Of Legal Education Annual Report
ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 2023–2024 Annual Report: TABLE OF CONTENTS THE YEAR IN REVIEWFrom the ChairFrom the Managing DirectorFrom the Section DirectorFall Enrollment Statistics ACCREDITATIONAccreditation ReportStandards Committee and Strategic Review Committee ReportsSite Evaluation Visits SPECIAL EVENTS2024 Robert J. Kutak AwardWorkshops, Conferences, and Training LEADERSHIPOfficers and CouncilCommittee LeadershipPrior ChairpersonsAdvisors
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ABA Section Of Legal Education Annual Report
ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 2023–2024 Annual Report: TABLE OF CONTENTS THE YEAR IN REVIEWFrom the ChairFrom the Managing DirectorFrom the Section DirectorFall Enrollment Statistics ACCREDITATIONAccreditation ReportStandards Committee and Strategic Review Committee ReportsSite Evaluation Visits SPECIAL EVENTS2024 Robert J. Kutak AwardWorkshops, Conferences, and Training LEADERSHIPOfficers and CouncilCommittee LeadershipPrior ChairpersonsAdvisors
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Legal Ed News Roundup
ABA Journal, Law School Diversity Persists After Affirmative Action Ban, New ABA Report Finds Columbia Law School News, Faculty Books 2024: The Year in Review Daily Utah Chronicle, Law School Set to Launch Undergraduate Minor in Fall 2025 Harvard Crimson, Share of Black Harvard Law Students Drops in First Class After Affirmative Action Ruling Houston
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Legal Ed News Roundup
ABA Journal, Law School Diversity Persists After Affirmative Action Ban, New ABA Report Finds Columbia Law School News, Faculty Books 2024: The Year in Review Daily Utah Chronicle, Law School Set to Launch Undergraduate Minor in Fall 2025 Harvard Crimson, Share of Black Harvard Law Students Drops in First Class After Affirmative Action Ruling Houston
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July 2024 California Bar Exam Results For Out-Of-State Law Schools
Following up on Saturday's post on the July 2024 California Bar Exam results for in-state law schools: the state bar has released comparable data for out-of-state law schools. Overall, 53.8% of all applicants passed the California bar exam. Among graduates of ABA-accredited law schools, first-time takers from in-state law schools passed at a higher rate (81.0%)
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July 2024 California Bar Exam Results For Out-Of-State Law Schools
Following up on Saturday's post on the July 2024 California Bar Exam results for in-state law schools: the state bar has released comparable data for out-of-state law schools. Overall, 53.8% of all applicants passed the California bar exam. Among graduates of ABA-accredited law schools, first-time takers from in-state law schools passed at a higher rate (81.0%)
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More On Pepperdine, Fire, And God
Following up on last Sunday’s post, Pepperdine, Fire, And God: Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A Message from President Jim Gash to the Pepperdine Community: The last few days have been a turbulent time in our community. Sirens wailing, fires blazing on the horizon and on our hillsides, multiple shelter-in-place orders—these were not the scenes
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More On Pepperdine, Fire, And God
Following up on last Sunday’s post, Pepperdine, Fire, And God: Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A Message from President Jim Gash to the Pepperdine Community: The last few days have been a turbulent time in our community. Sirens wailing, fires blazing on the horizon and on our hillsides, multiple shelter-in-place orders—these were not the scenes
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July 2024 California Bar Exam Results (Updated)
Update: The California State Bar has released updated data which changed the results for four law schools. I have adjusted the table accordingly. The California State Bar has released school-by-school data on the July 2024 California bar exam. Here are the results for first time test takers for the 18 California ABA-accredited law schools, along
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July 2024 California Bar Exam Results (Updated)
Update: The California State Bar has released updated data which changed the results for four law schools. I have adjusted the table accordingly. The California State Bar has released school-by-school data on the July 2024 California bar exam. Here are the results for first time test takers for the 18 California ABA-accredited law schools, along
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Fewer Black And Hispanic Law Students At Elite Schools Portends ‘Cascade Effect’
Following up on Tuesday's Post, New York Times: Black Student Enrollment At Harvard Law Drops By More Than Half: Reuters, Fewer Black and Hispanic Law Students at Elite Schools Portends ‘Cascade Effect’: National law student diversity held steady this year, but the number of Black and Hispanic first-year students enrolled at the nation’s most prestigious law schools
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Fewer Black And Hispanic Law Students At Elite Schools Portends ‘Cascade Effect’
Following up on Tuesday's Post, New York Times: Black Student Enrollment At Harvard Law Drops By More Than Half: Reuters, Fewer Black and Hispanic Law Students at Elite Schools Portends ‘Cascade Effect’: National law student diversity held steady this year, but the number of Black and Hispanic first-year students enrolled at the nation’s most prestigious law schools
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How Legal Tech Changed Law School Education In 2024
Legaltech News, How Legal Tech Changed Law School Education in 2024: As the legal industry modernizes and embraces technology, law school students are increasingly expected to stay ahead of the curve with legal technology skills already in their arsenal. In 2024, more higher education institutions brought legal technology into their lecture halls.