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By Sudha Setty
Last year's law school admission cycle was competitive. Applications are up even more so far this cycle.
Last year's law school admission cycle was competitive. Applications are up even more so far this cycle.
Victor D. Quintanilla, professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, believes belonging is built, not found, and students and schools can work in tandem to build a solid foundation.
By Meera Deo
Schools should recognize the direct relation between a student's sense of belonging and their academic outcomes.
Schools should recognize the direct relation between a student's sense of belonging and their academic outcomes.
Elizabeth Bodamer, º£½ÇÉçÇø’s senior director of research, shares her experience as a first-generation law student and the research her team completed on the 2024 1L class.
By Susannah Pollvogt
Does ABA Standard 314 affect the role of a law school's academic support professionals?
Does ABA Standard 314 affect the role of a law school's academic support professionals?
The ABA has enacted a series of new and revised standards on learning outcomes and assessment. Susannah Pollvogt presents a four-step plan law schools can follow to respond to the new standards.
The data is clear: the steady racial and ethnic diversification of the incoming law school class in recent years experienced a disruption in 2024. Elizabeth Bodamer explores the data and what it means for legal education.
Susannah Pollvogt recaps her recent webinar discussing the effects of new ABA standards on law schools.
Susannah Pollvogt describes the importance of learning outcomes for law schools.
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?
