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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At least 40 African Americans were lynched in Maryland between 1850 and 1950, according to research presented Thursday at the kickoff meeting of a statewide commission charged with examining each killing and recommending what Maryland should do as a form ...

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Faculty and staff levels have remained steady at Maryland’s two law schools, though recent retirements mean both will be looking to hire in the next year, the schools’ deans said. The University of Baltimore School of Law reported 61 full-time ...

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The bar exam that would-be Maryland attorneys sat for last month — and that future bar applicants will take — was different from those taken by their forebears. Gone from the two-day test offered twice annually are essay questions related ...

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The University of Baltimore School of Law will move to a new business model next month that separates its budget from the rest of the university, a move intended to give the school greater autonomy. Under the new model, called ...

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The absence of a proverbial smoking gun of criminality in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative report on contact between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russian governmental operatives – and on any possible cover-up by Trump — does not mean the ...

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University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich assisted Senate Democrats as they prepared in July 2005 to advise President George W. Bush on whom he should name to succeed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, journalist Joan ...

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Byron L. Warnken came to University of Baltimore School of Law as an evening student in 1973. Forty-five years later, Warnken is retiring after being a professor, mentor and friend to thousands of law students over his four decades at ...

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No one can say Robert L. Bogomolny, president of the University of Baltimore, didn’t have a good run.

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Fewer students graduating from Maryland’s two law schools are finding jobs, but a greater number are obtaining employment that requires bar passage, according to data from the American Bar Association.

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