ABA Proposes New ‘Minimum Learning Outcomes’ To Make Sure Law Schools Are Doing Right By Their Students
Law students would receive more uniformity across classes, and more academic assistance if these new rules are approved.
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Several AGs Push The ABA’s Accreditation Criteria To Comply With SFFA v. Harvard
TL;DR: Change the language or a bunch of law schools will get sued, k thx.
A Florida Law School Is Teaching Its First Class Of Bar Takers
We love to see it!
La Verne Law School Opts For State Accreditation Rather Than Closure
The Los Angeles-area school will voluntarily give up its American Bar Association accreditation.
Struggling Law School Will Officially Lose Accreditation
At last, the ABA pounded the final nail into the Thomas Jefferson School of Law's coffin.
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Law School Considers Closing Amid Concerns About Financial Viability
The final decision on the school's future is coming next month.
What Would Thomas Jefferson Losing Its ABA Accreditation Mean For Students?
The embattled law school says current enrollees could still take bar exams outside of California.
Law Schools Fight Back Following Accreditation Woes
This is what happens when law school deans get a notice of noncompliance from the ABA.
Feds Take Laxer Approach To Thomas Jefferson School Of Law Than ABA
DeVos’s education department relieved the school from a letter of credit requirement earlier this year.
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ABA Revokes Yet Another Abysmal Law School’s Accreditation
This decision has been a long time coming.
Don’t Worry, Law Schools, The New 75 Percent Bar Pass Requirement Is Actually Easy To Beat
If you can game the rankings, you can probably game this too.
Only A Small Number Of Law Schools Are At Risk Under The ABA’s New Accreditation Standard
Considering that most test takers will pass the bar exam within two years, this might not be such a big deal.
Law Schools Have To Actually Teach Lawyers For A Change Or Lose Accreditation
Finally, some teeth to accreditation.
Morning Docket: 05.20.19
* Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank reportedly saw suspicious activity in accounts belonging to Donald Trump and Jared Kushner and thought it ought to be reported to the Treasury Department‘s financial-crimes unit, but... that never happened because “[i]t’a the D.B. way.” [New York Times] * That’s one way to land a Biglaw job: According to Greg Craig, there was nothing “improper or tawdry” about him asking Skansen Arps to hire Paul Manafort’s daughter to get more business. In fact, he says this sort of thing happens “daily in private law firms.” [POLITICO] * In case you missed it, on Friday afternoon, the American Bar Association adopted a controversial new bar-pass accreditation standard that requires at least 75 percent of a law school’s students to pass the bar within two years of graduation. How many law schools are going to close thanks to this new rule? [Law.com] * Stormy Daniels has reached a settlement with Michael Cohen in a suit that was filed by her former attorney Michael Avenatti over Donald Trump’s affair hush money, saying she’s “ready to move on and put these cases behind her.” [Los Angeles Times] * Is the billable hour what’s driving all of the mental health and burnout issues that lawyers are facing? All signs seem to point to yes, but at least some firms are trying to figure out a new way to do business. [Law.com]