Just when you think the ABA might be starting to get its act together, comes word that Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has received ABA Council on Legal Education and Admissions approval to open a branch campus in Savannah. [Press…
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Applications Are Down At Law Schools – Does It Matter?
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting on the drop in law school applicants nationally and at law schools located in Minneapolis. The latest statistics from the Law School Admissions Council shows an 18.7% drop in LSATs administered in June of…
ABA Revises Law School Placement Data Reporting Requirements
Quoting from the July 27, 2011 press release, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Will Collect Additional Employment Information from Law Schools in its Annual Questionnaire: [T]he 2011 Annual Questionnaire will request from law schools information…
Sixth Circuit Invalidates Michigan Restrictions On Use of Race in School Admissions
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals just opened another chapter taking race into account for admission to public universities. Michigan voters passed Proposal 2 in 2006 which prohibited all sex- and race-based preferences in public education, public employment, and public…