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The ABA recently voted to approve changes to standards related to learning outcomes and assessment that will have significant implications for law school curricula. What did they change, and how might law schools want to adapt in light of those changes?
This year, employment gaps between white law graduates and minoritized individuals worsened. Hard work remains for law schools and legal employers to close these gaps.
Improving skills instruction at your law school requires a review of what is, and is not, being taught in your current curriculum.
Although law school graduate employment data is strong now, current law students may face a tougher job market when they graduate.
How can law schools engage faculty members in their NextGen Bar Exam preparation efforts?
How can law schools get faculty talking about NextGen readiness?
In a previous blog, Susannah Pollvogt addressed the importance of assessing students’ current readiness for NextGen-style question types. But how can you develop such an assessment tool?
After the unfortunate 2020 cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC) Quadrennial Conference is back! We’re looking forward to seeing prelaw advisors and law school representatives at this year's conference.
Academic support and bar passage are growing fields in legal education, focused on equipping students with the academic and analytical skills necessary to perform their best in law school, on the bar exam, and in practice. Will the NextGen Bar Exam elevate the work of these professionals?
While the law school class of 2023 saw record-high employment numbers, this trend isn't likely to last, with lower overall employment rates predicted for those graduating law school in the next several years.
