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Law School's Enrollment Crisis? Looking Past the Headlines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools. This puts law schools in a bind.

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Former Governor Joins Alma Mater's Law School Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies. The mission of the law school is to educate lawyer leaders for their communities, our state and nation,” said William Hubbard, dean of the Joseph F.

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

Faculty Focus

Professional schools, such as pharmacy, medical, dental, law, etc., Professional schools cater to a diverse student body with varying learning preferences, needs, and accrediting bodies to answer to (Coble, 2015). Fuchsberg Law Center and teaches instructional design at Touros Graduate School of Technology.

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2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them

EAB

2 emerging law school recruitment challenges – and how to address them. In the last 20 years, law school enrollment has been anything but consistent. In just a five-year period, from 2010 to 2015, the number of first-year law students decreased by more than 29%.

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Michigan Law Students Provide Vital Legal Services to Veterans in Need

Insight Into Diversity

Through the Veterans Legal Clinic (VLC), students at the University of Michigan (U-M) Law School provide critical services for local veterans and at the same time gain valuable, real-world experience in the civil court system. We really take on any kind of civil legal case for a veteran, especially one that might go to court.”

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

Faculty Focus

Professional schools, such as pharmacy, medical, dental, law, etc., Professional schools cater to a diverse student body with varying learning preferences, needs, and accrediting bodies to answer to (Coble, 2015). Fuchsberg Law Center and teaches instructional design at Touros Graduate School of Technology.

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Northwestern Names New President After First Pick Steps Down

Inside Higher Ed

Schill will leave the University of Oregon, where he served as president for seven years and is a tenured law professor, to become Northwestern's 17th president. It will be his second position in the windy city, after serving as dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 2010 to 2015.

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