Sentences with phrase «accredited law schools»

ABA JOURNAL — A proposed revision to remove an admission test requirement for accredited law schools was approved Friday by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar — as was a plan to reorganize the section.

Students who graduate from accredited law schools can automatically sit for the bar exams in most states.

* The American Bar Association is planning to do away with its requirement that accredited law schools use a standardized admissions test to admit students.

The story on Whittier in the NYT is here.As I said in 2012,» [t] he world doesn't need as many ABA - accredited law schools as it has already, just as the world has figured out that it doesn't need as many U.S. - based BigLaw firms as...

While it is an overstatement to say that all ABA - accredited law schools are stamped from the same cookie cutter, accredited law schools in the United States have long been highly uniform.

The best way to learn the legal profession is through tried experience and practical training, which, under our current system, are delayed for years, first by the requirement that would - be lawyers graduate from accredited law schools and second by the bar exam and its accompanying exam for professional fitness.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has carved out an exception to the longstanding rule that only graduates from American Bar Association («ABA») accredited law schools may sit for the bar exam to gain admission to the bar.

In addition, it asks the LSUC «to withhold or rescind accreditation from law schools or legal education programs that do not meet this fundamental requirement without prejudice to students currently enrolled or admitted to accredited law schools that lose their accreditation.»

Leaving aside just how closely the programs and services of nearly 200 ABA accredited law schools were studied, this position is disrespectful to the choices that students are free to make that don't fall within the «Lawyerist List of Key Career Skills».

The two most recently accredited law schools are both located in North Carolina, which the article notes has the fewest lawyers per capita of any state.

Announcements of openings are shared with accredited law schools throughout the nation and posted to the Vermont Judiciary's website.

The MBE consists of 200 ABA (American Bar Association)- accredited law schools.

The four receive a list of the country's accredited law schools, along with a request to rate each — all 195 in 2012 — on a scale of 1 to 5.

At any given moment there are x spots available for fall enrollment in accredited law schools in Canada.

Whittier is located in Southern California, which has eight ABA - accredited law schools and some unaccredited ones.

The first part directs that accredited law schools have sound admissions policies, while the second part mandates that people who don't appear capable of graduating from law school or passing a bar exam should not be admitted as students.

Indiana, which contains 2 % of the US population, already has four ABA - accredited law schools, including two «top 30» institutions, both of which feature legal unemployment rates for their grads of around 40 %, and which are currently placing only 20 % to 25 % of their graduates in firms of more than ten attorneys.

«We hope our site provides a wide variety of expertise, so prospective students can make an informed decision and get acquainted with accredited law schools.»

Today, most states require that applicants be graduates of ABA - accredited law schools before they can take the state's bar examination.

While the curricula of accredited medical schools must instruct students in «the fundamental principles of medicine» and accredited law schools must impart the «basic principles of public and private law,» the essential and fundamental principles of teaching have yet to be established.

As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.

§ Graduation from a MN law school or from any ABA - accredited law school if employed at a qualified Minnesota agency.

Available to graduates from a Minnesota law school, or from any ABA - accredited law school if employed at a qualified Minnesota agency.

In the early 1920's, the ABA began to accredit law schools independently.

As a result, it says, plaintiff Love has more than $ 350,000 in student loan debt from a discredited school; plaintiff Bernier left a tenured professorship at a different, accredited law school for a position at Charlotte School of Law.

Trinity Western, in turn, has challenged the Law Society of Upper Canada's decision in April against accrediting its law school.

In both cases, the applicants sought waiver of the requirement that they be graduates of an ABA - accredited law school.

J.D. from an accredited law school Admission to the Utah State Bar within one year of starting work At least eight years of relevant legal experience Preferred:

The Law Society's decision not to accredit the law school rested solely on the requirement to sign the Covenant, rather than the religious affiliation or pedagogy of the school.

JD from an accredited law school and admitted to the NV Bar with a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience.

«I can not accept that it's in the public interest to accredit a law school that wants to control its students in the bedroom,» said Bencher Howard Goldblatt in a remark reminiscent to one made by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1967.

«As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.»

His point was that despite CLE requirements, lawyers aren't actually assessed by regulators as their careers progress — it's assumed that if they attend an accredited law school, get a certain degree and pass a bar exam, law students are competent to become lawyers.

The app includes every ABA - accredited law school, according to its description.

Twenty - five percent of every law school's total score comes from responses to a survey that the magazine sends each year to four people at every ABA - accredited law school: the dean, the dean of academic affairs, the chair of faculty appointments, and the most recently tenured faculty member.

The most damning evidence against him: his «unyielding pursuit» of a transfer to an accredited law school, even after Dean Prentiss tried to talk him out of it.

The vast majority of state and territorial jurisdictions will only let students sit for the bar exam if they have graduated from an ABA - accredited law school.

An accredited law school is one approved by the licensing agencies of the various states.

So LST took the DIY route, culled the data itself, and created a beautiful tool on its website showing real employment data for (as far as I can tell) every accredited law school in the US.

To bencher Paul Schabas, the decision on whether or not to accredit the law school is a no brainer.

After all, you don't even have to play by the ABA rules any more, as a degree from an accredited law school isn't even required now to take the bar exam in your state!

LSUC benchers voted in April 2014 not to accredit the law school proposed by TWU, a British Columbia - based evangelical Christian university, because of its community covenant that asks students to refrain from «sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman,» a stipulation critics argue is discriminatory against LGBTQ individuals.

Qualified applicants will have a J.D. degree from an ABA - accredited law school, a distinguished academic record, experience in the law school teaching of legal writing, and a serious commitment to students.

Many positions also require a law degree from an ABA - accredited law school.

Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the state or region and the ABA - accredited law school libraries.

Qualified candidates will have a J.D. degree from an ABA - accredited law school, a distinguished academic record, strong analytical, writing, and research skills, and substantial legal - practice experience (a minimum of two years is strongly preferred).

Individual employment reports from almost every ABA - accredited law school in the country are avail...

Essential Functions Minimum Qualifications o Juris Doctor degree earned from an ABA - accredited law school o Three years of legal practice experience o Excellent research and writing skills o Excellent academic record

Permanent mobility in Ontario will be an issue for TWU grads licensed by other Canadian law societies as section 9 (2) of LSUC By - Law 4 does not eliminate the section 9 (1)(1) requirement of having attended an accredited law school or having an NCA certificate.

As I noted in a recent blog, the ABA is still accrediting law schools while experts predict 20 may fail as the market adjusts.