Sentences with phrase «on law school accreditation»

Our results support the ever - increasing emphasis on legal writing instruction in law school curricula, the ABA standards on law school accreditation, and continuing legal education programs.

But while the American Bar Association (ABA) rightly pushed to raise the quality and uniformity of legal education at the beginning of the 20th century, it has entered the 21st with an effective monopoly on law school accreditation and professional regulation.

Not exact matches

Human rights and legal groups lobbying for a public and open debate on whether the Law Society of British Columbia should grant accreditation to graduates of Trinity Western University's proposed law school instead got an invitation from benchers for written submissioLaw Society of British Columbia should grant accreditation to graduates of Trinity Western University's proposed law school instead got an invitation from benchers for written submissiolaw school instead got an invitation from benchers for written submissions.

He blames the glut of law schools — and thereby of lawyers — on the American Bar Association, which is charged with law school accreditation.

«The law school is reminded that based on prior action of the accreditation committee, it has until Feb. 3, 2018 to demonstrate that it has come back into compliance with the standards,» Barry Currier, the ABA's managing director of accreditation and legal education, wrote in the teach - out finding.

If TWU is allowed to operate, admit students and confer degrees, as it is, then it also deserved to be judged on the same technical merits that any other institution seeking accreditation as a law school would be.

In its August letter on the teach - out plan, it notes that the section's accreditation committee reviewed Charlotte School of Law's reliable plan, which had goals including restructuring curriculum and bar preparation programs, and projected increases in LSAT scores for entering classes.

Charter of Rights, freedom of religion: The Law Society of Upper Canada denied accreditation to the law school of Trinity Western University in British Columbia, which is founded on evangelical Christian principlLaw Society of Upper Canada denied accreditation to the law school of Trinity Western University in British Columbia, which is founded on evangelical Christian principllaw school of Trinity Western University in British Columbia, which is founded on evangelical Christian principles.

In recent years, there has been a growing sentiment within the legal education community that the Accreditation Standards of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar should be reframed to focus more heavily on «outcome measures» — accreditation criteria that concentrate on whether the law school has fulfilled its goals of imparting certain types of knowledge and enabling students to attain certain types of capacities, as well as achieving whatever other specific mission (s) the law school has adopted.

An outcome - oriented approach to accreditation would call for reframing Standard 302 so that, instead of focusing on the areas and types of instruction that the law school should provide, the Standard would instead focus on the types of lessons the students should have learned... by the time of graduation from law school.

Another trend — exemplified by the humanizing law school movement — seeks to improve both learning and student well - being by decreasing some of the well - documented negative psychological effects of law school created in part by the focus on competition and extrinsic motivation.8 Law schools are beginning to respond to these reports by revising their curricula and preparing for anticipated changes in the American Bar Association (ABA) standards for law school accreditation that will require a greater focus on student assessment and outcome measurelaw school movement — seeks to improve both learning and student well - being by decreasing some of the well - documented negative psychological effects of law school created in part by the focus on competition and extrinsic motivation.8 Law schools are beginning to respond to these reports by revising their curricula and preparing for anticipated changes in the American Bar Association (ABA) standards for law school accreditation that will require a greater focus on student assessment and outcome measurelaw school created in part by the focus on competition and extrinsic motivation.8 Law schools are beginning to respond to these reports by revising their curricula and preparing for anticipated changes in the American Bar Association (ABA) standards for law school accreditation that will require a greater focus on student assessment and outcome measureLaw schools are beginning to respond to these reports by revising their curricula and preparing for anticipated changes in the American Bar Association (ABA) standards for law school accreditation that will require a greater focus on student assessment and outcome measurelaw school accreditation that will require a greater focus on student assessment and outcome measures.9

Second, on The Source, he called the 6,000 B.C. lawyers who voted in our recent referendum against the accreditation of Trinity Western University's law school (for whatever reason) as «stupid, law breaking bigots.»

On the other hand, the LSUC is subject to the Charter when making discretionary decisions, such as law school accreditation.

West Coast LEAF maintains that the Law Society of BC was justified in denying accreditation to TWU's proposed law school and is bound by the Charter not to approve a law school that discriminates on the basis of sex, marital status, and sexual orientatiLaw Society of BC was justified in denying accreditation to TWU's proposed law school and is bound by the Charter not to approve a law school that discriminates on the basis of sex, marital status, and sexual orientatilaw school and is bound by the Charter not to approve a law school that discriminates on the basis of sex, marital status, and sexual orientatilaw school that discriminates on the basis of sex, marital status, and sexual orientation.

On the academic side, effective legal writing is the subject of scores of legal writing textbooks3 and hundreds of articles.4 Legal writing instruction has been part of legal education in some form since the time of Langdell.5 The American Bar Association's law school accreditation standards recognize the importance of legal writing by requiring law students to undertake writing experiences as part of their first - year and upper - level courses.6

In a rare two - day hearing on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, the Supreme Court will consider whether to maintain or overturn decisions by the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of British Columbia regarding accreditation of Trinity Western University's law schoLaw Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of British Columbia regarding accreditation of Trinity Western University's law schoLaw Society of British Columbia regarding accreditation of Trinity Western University's law scholaw school.

Represented by three Kirkland & Ellis partners, defunct Charlotte School of Law and its parent company on Tuesday filed suit against the American Bar Association and its various entities involved in law school accreditation, alleging that the ABA violated the school's due process when it placed Charlotte on probation inSchool of Law and its parent company on Tuesday filed suit against the American Bar Association and its various entities involved in law school accreditation, alleging that the ABA violated the school's due process when it placed Charlotte on probation in 20Law and its parent company on Tuesday filed suit against the American Bar Association and its various entities involved in law school accreditation, alleging that the ABA violated the school's due process when it placed Charlotte on probation in 20law school accreditation, alleging that the ABA violated the school's due process when it placed Charlotte on probation inschool accreditation, alleging that the ABA violated the school's due process when it placed Charlotte on probation inschool's due process when it placed Charlotte on probation in 2016.

[7] This appeal arises from a decision by the Law Society of Upper Canada («LSUC») on the accreditation of TWU's proposed law schoLaw Society of Upper Canada («LSUC») on the accreditation of TWU's proposed law scholaw school.

Is taking the bar for everyone, and would law schools maintain the same focus on its importance were bar passage excluded from counting toward accreditation or rankings?

LSBC benchers rescinded TWU's accreditation on Oct. 31, joining Nova Scotia and Ontario in denying the law school's graduates access to the provinces» respective bars.

I might be more impressed with the Law Society's commitment to the Charter if it questioned the accreditation of law schools whose university's codes of conduct are routinely used to suppress free speech on campus — Ottawa, York, Calgary being some notable, infamous, recent examples), it's not clear why a university's commitment to charter values is at all relvant to the function of the LSUC, namely to: ``... to ensure thLaw Society's commitment to the Charter if it questioned the accreditation of law schools whose university's codes of conduct are routinely used to suppress free speech on campus — Ottawa, York, Calgary being some notable, infamous, recent examples), it's not clear why a university's commitment to charter values is at all relvant to the function of the LSUC, namely to: ``... to ensure thlaw schools whose university's codes of conduct are routinely used to suppress free speech on campus — Ottawa, York, Calgary being some notable, infamous, recent examples), it's not clear why a university's commitment to charter values is at all relvant to the function of the LSUC, namely to: ``... to ensure that,

Second, a decision to accredit foreign law schools would have placed immense pressure on some Canadian law schools to seek accreditation.

The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia sidestepped the conflicting rights between LGBT students and religious freedoms of Evangelical Christians, and focused instead on the legislative authority of the Society under the Legal Profession Act to require law schools to change its policies, following their 10 — 9 vote against accreditation.

If the law society's position in the TWU case is adopted by the court, the regulator should next be called on to revisit the accreditations of most — if not all — of Ontario law schools on the basis that their tuition rates defy the public's interest in maintaining an accessible legal profession.

Over 30 parties made submissions on the question of whether or not the B.C. and Ontario law societies could deny accreditation to TWU's proposed law program on the basis that the school's policies discriminate against LGBTQ people.