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ABA Legal Education Section Continues Working on Updated Law School Approval Criteria

This special committee of the ABA Section met most recently July 23-24 in New York City to further develop its new draft approval criteria. Read More...

New Jersey Launches Mandatory CLE Amid Distance Learning Issues

New Jersey's new mandatory CLE rule goes into effect with a unique limit on accreditation of distance learning programs. Read More...

New York Law School and Harvard Law School Host Year-Long Contest of Ideas About Legal Education.

According to Summit participant Sari Fried-Fiori, the goal is to come up with operational alternatives to the traditional law school business model and to identify concrete steps for the implementation of new designs. Read More...

New York State Bar Association Task Force to Examine Legal Profession, Recommend Changes to Improve Legal Education and the Practice of Law.

Incoming New York State Bar President Stephen P. Younger has appointed a 30-member task force consisting of law firm partners, law school professors, and in-house attorneys, to weigh changes in the profession brought on by the society and culture, recession and advances in technology. Read More...

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