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South Dakota’s Pilot Bar Alternative Switches Out Studying Outlines For Community Service

Above The Law

The Public Opinion has coverage: As many as 50 South Dakota law students will be able to bypass the bar exam over the next five years under a set of rules for alternative licensure recently approved by the state Supreme Court. The program will be open to up to 10 USD law students a year over a period of five years.

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Morning Docket: 01.13.25

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* Will the rest of the Big 4 follow KPMG's lead into legal services? Yahoo ] * New York joining NextGen bar exam train in 2028. Yahoo ] * New York joining NextGen bar exam train in 2028. American Lawyer ] * Associates getting squeezed by new firm hiring model. [

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America Needs a ‘Lawyers Justice Corps’: Paper

The Crime Report

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. The LJC concept, developed by the Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing for Practice at Touro College-Jacob D. Eileen Kaufman in a forthcoming paper in the University of St.

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

Attorney at Work

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. Legal experts call these “legal deserts.” ” What Do Legal Deserts Mean for Citizens Who Need Help? Access to legal services is going down.

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Sitting Shiva For DEI And Junior Lawyers

Above The Law

Do firms and corporate legal departments continue to observe DEI principles but on a sub rosa basis? Or do they choose to not continue DEI efforts concerned about antagonizing those in power and those who can and do control where legal business goes? Since women now make up the majority of incoming law school classes, what happens now?

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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? LexFusion’s Joe Borstein and Casey Flaherty on the 2022 Legal Market in Review. Top 15 of 2023 1. We Find Out.

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Wolters Kluwer 6th Annual Leading Edge Conference

LegalTalkNetwork

Legal Talk Network had the privilege of attending the 6th Annual Wolters Kluwer Leading Edge Conference in Riverwoods, Illinois just outside of Chicago. The first day was really a half-day, but it was probably the most important because attendees got to pick the legal education topics for discussion. Student Loan Debt. News Rankings.