With mountainous stacks of promotional magazines, postcards and pamphlets cluttering their offices, law school leaders are working to cut back on the amount of marketing materials they send to their peers at other U.S. law schools. S.I. Strong, a law ...

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In Maryland’s first year using the Uniform Bar Examination, both the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore law schools saw a significant improvement in bar passage rates.

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The deans of Maryland’s two law schools are excited about the new academic year and their incoming 1L classes, as application rates have largely stabilized after years of precipitous drops. Nationwide, law school applications are up 3.3 percent over last ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 41st anniversary of Affirmed’s victory in the Preakness Stakes. Here are some news items to get your week started: — The “American Taliban” is scheduled to be released from prison this week. — A California man ...

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Students with ambitions of becoming lawyers are often told to apply to law schools in the city or state where they want to live because legal communities are tight-knit and firm partners are loyal to local schools at hiring time. ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Epperson v. Arkansas decision striking down as unconstitutional a state law that prohibited teaching evolution in public schools. Here are some news items to get your week started. — ...

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Artificial intelligence is transforming the traditional delivery of legal services.

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The proposal was pulled after receiving "pushback" from ABA delegates.

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Among the proposals under consideration is no longer requiring the LSAT for admission to law schools.

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The national accrediting body for law schools will consider a proposal that law schools have at least 75 percent of graduates pass the bar exam within two years of graduation.

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