Welcome to Monday, the 68th anniversary of the first time Lucy Van Pelt pulled the football away from Charlie Brown as he was about to kick it. Here are a few news items to kick off your week. — A ...

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You can pick up something new in the practice of law and you can always do more to add to your “toolbox.”

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Legal education is blending with the in-house world up North.

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A fledgling Baltimore-based technology company is partnering with the Education Industry Association to deliver the organization’s online professional development courses via its proprietary social media platform.

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Where would I be today if my third-year law school schedule was completely different?

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Both Maryland law schools fell in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings this year, though the University of Baltimore School of Law took the hardest hit with a 21-spot drop.

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The New York Times reported extensively last week on the impending crisis facing all but the most elite of U.S. law schools and the measures some institutions are taking to counteract it. But more is needed.

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The ABA launched the 18-member Task Force on the Future of Legal Education to spend two years examining the changes roiling the law profession and legal education ...

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Incoming Maryland State Bar Association President Henry E. Dugan Jr. spoke to The Daily Record about his plans for the coming year. Dugan wants to see younger members more involved, continue to grow continuing legal education offerings and have members think more about their role in society at large.

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The proposed mandatory continuing legal education requirements for Maryland includes two hours per year “devoted to topics concerning professionalism.” As someone in the CLE business (I help to organize seminars for the Maryland Association for Justice), that requirement caught my ...

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