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The Culture War in American Legal Education Is Expanding

January 18, 2023
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A broad-ranging and growing progressive movement in American legal education and higher education is upending and reforming policies and practices in pursuit of increasing diversity in student bodies, as The Epoch Times reported recently. In the legal education sector, the movement is one in which some of the most prestigious law schools, and the American…

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Challenges and Major Changes Are Afoot in Efforts to Increase Student Diversity in Higher Education

December 16, 2022
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Recent decisions made at the highest levels of American legal education, and cases on which the U.S Supreme Court will soon rule, are adding fuel to a debate that has always been at least on simmer.  Indeed, the decisions made by law schools and the cases in the Supreme Court, both centered on practices and…

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Top Law Schools Scrapping LSAT Requirement in Admissions Process

December 6, 2022
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The American Bar Association (ABA), the organization that accredits law schools, will cease requiring applicants to submit Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores in 2025. The move will affect some of the most prestigious law schools in the United States: Yale, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, New York University School…

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Gender Identity: Total Confusion

May 18, 2022
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Commentary Recently, a friend brought me the questionnaire people are asked to fill out so they can sign up to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). More than 100,000 people take the LSAT every year, and the test has great influence on law school admissions. The questionnaire, which is part of the online profile…

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