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The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2025)

Above The Law

Some law schools, however, are trying to change that by offering skills-based opportunities so that their soon-to-be graduates will have already dipped a toe into practicing law before even taking the bar exam. Thomas (MN) UC Irvine Denver Minnesota Arizona Pepperdine Wyoming Elon Click here to see the rest of the ranking.

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Arizona Offers Alternate Path To Practice After Almost Passing Bar

Above The Law

The post Arizona Offers Alternate Path To Practice After Almost Passing Bar appeared first on Above the Law. Practice has many doors, Ed boys.

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Busting myths about bankruptcy and private student loans

Diane Drain

Loans to pay for education at places that are not eligible for Title IV funding such as unaccredited colleges, a school in a foreign country, or unaccredited training and trade certificate programs. Loans made to cover fees and living expenses incurred while studying for the bar exam or other professional exams.

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Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2023 and of All Time

LawSites

Most popular this year: My interview with Daniel Martin Katz and Michael Bommarito just after their first try at having GPT take the bar exam. Can GPT Pass the Bar Exam? As ALSP Axiom Opens A Law Firm in Arizona, Its Chief Strategy and Legal Officer Catherine Kemnitz Shares Details. Top 15 of 2023 1.

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Why Regulatory Reform Is Desperately Needed in the U.S.

Attorney at Work

He serves on his judicial district committee to conduct lawyer fitness interviews and no one in their multi-county judicial district has taken the bar exam in the past three years. Project Rural Practice combines funding from the state, rural counties and local bars to support young lawyers in small towns and farm counties.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

SCOTUSBlog

Share Sandra Day O’Connor, a self-described “Arizona cowgirl” who made history as the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, died on Friday in Phoenix, Arizona. Also like Ginsburg, O’Connor was unable to find work at a law firm even though she was at the top of her class and an editor of the law review. She was 93.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: So Many Legal Ethics Headlines, Engaging In Democracy, Ethics Jobs & More

Above The Law

The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday granted the accounting giant final approval to obtain a license to create its own firm, KPMG Law. KPMG has previously said its Arizona-licensed lawyers would be able to do certain legal work for clients across the country once it received the courts approval. Read more here. Read more here. #10

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