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Among the proposals under consideration is no longer requiring the LSAT for admission to law schools.
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Read More »ABA House to consider law school accreditation policies
ABA to look at tougher bar exam standards
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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Read More »Georgetown Law to accept GRE for admission
The number of law schools accepting an alternative to the LSAT continues to grow.
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Read More »Employment prospects improve for Md.’s law school grads
The percentage of Maryland law graduates who found jobs requiring them to pass the bar has remained steady for another year, inching up by just 0.8 percentage points to 58 percent, compared with 62.4 percent nationwide. There are signs of ...
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Read More »Commentary: The time is now for Md. to adopt the Uniform Bar Examination
As quickly as possible, Maryland must adopt the Uniform Bar Examination.
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Read More »Senators take on law schools for failing students
Law schools just made some new enemies. This week, lawmakers from both parties sharply criticized U.S. law schools for leaving students with overwhelming debt and degrees that may not get them jobs. “We need to move away from a system ...
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Read More »Would-be gun owners need “good reason” in D.C.
Gun-permit applicants need "good reason" leads news summary that includes a videotape that should have been shown, a new beer-transport law and law schools starting law firms.
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Read More »Lawyers don’t know enough about business. Law schools are trying to fix that
The popularity of an American legal education is dwindling in the face of disappointing job prospects for graduates, so to rescue themselves from oblivion, some law schools are fashioning themselves after a more successful educational institution: business school. In April, New York ...
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Read More »UB Law center one of “most impressive law school buildings”
A year after the University of Baltimore’s new John and Frances Angelos Law Center opened on North Charles Street and Mt. Royal Avenue, the building has been named one of the 50 most impressive law school buildings in the world.
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Read More »Survey: Pre-law students value rankings over aid
Which matters more: a law school’s prestige or its scholarship offerings? To law students, attending a top-tier school is still top priority, according to a new Kaplan survey of 637 students who took the LSAT in June. About 40 percent ...
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