Legal Ed News Roundup

• ABA Journal, ABA Changes Description Of Judicial Clerkship Program After Conservative Group Sees ‘Quotas’
• ABA Journal, California Supreme Court Shoots Down Portfolio Bar Exam Proposal But Clears Path To State-Specific Exam
• ABA Journal, Law Professor Jonathan Turley Discusses Free Speech At ABA Crossroads Caucus Event
• ABA Journal, New ‘Law Of The Police’ Class Open To Law Students, Lawyers And The Public
• Above the Law, Law Schools Are Burying Their Heads In The Sand About Generative AI
• Alaska's News Source, No Physical Law School in Alaska? No Problem.
• American Lawyer, 200 Hrs. of Partner Prep Guides Quinn Emanuel's Incredibly Detailed Mock Bankruptcy Trial
• Bloomberg Law, Justices’ History Focus Tests Lawyers, Judges, and Law Schools 

• Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School Clinic Partners with City of Boston to Assist Formerly Incarcerated Citizens
• Indiana Lawyer, Indiana Law Schools, Firms Create Programs to Build Pipeline of Diverse Attorneys
• The Intercept, Columbia Law School Told Professors to Call Campus Police on Student Protesters
• The Intercept, This Law School Dean Sure Is Associated With Lots of Trump’s Alleged Co-Conspirators
• Jacksonville Daily Record, Jacksonville University College of Law Expands Faculty
• Kaplan Survey, Law Schools Lag on Official Policies on How Applicants Can Use AI in Admissions Essays, Potentially Leaving Them in Limbo
• Law360, Georgia Law Schools Help Raise Bar Pass Rate To 10-Year High
• LegalTech News, To Woo Law Firms, Legal Training Platforms Are Combining Hands-On and Online Learning
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), 10 Most Cited Legislation (Incl. Statutory Interpretation & Legislative Process) Law Faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), "The Law and Philosophy of Academic Freedom"
• Penn Live, Penn State Goes to Accreditors With Final Law School Reunification Plan
• preLaw, UC Davis Law Racial Justice Programs And Initiatives
• Recorder, California Supreme Court Rejects Bar Exam Alternative Proposal
• Recorder, Committee Drops In-State Testing Requirement for California Bar Exam
• Reuters, ABA Strikes 'Minority' And 'Of Color' From Clerkship Criteria Amid Lawsuit Threat
• Reuters, California Alternative Lawyer Licensing Plan Rejected By State High Court
• Reuters, California To Allow Its New Bar Exam To Be Taken From Anywhere
• Reuters, High LSAT Demand Points To Competitive Law School Admission Cycle, More Interest In Legal Issues
• Dan Rodriguez (Northwestern), ABA Proposes Constructive Change to Law School Diversity Mandate
• Texas Lawyer, Here's Who Passed the July 2024 Texas Bar Exam
• Yale Daily News, Yale Law School Introduces Numerous AI-Focused Initiatives

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