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New ABA Questionnaire Requires More Detailed Graduate Jobs Data Reporting From Law Schools

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The American Bar Association is changing the way it collects graduate employment information from law schools.

The council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Dec. 3 approved a new annual questionnaire intended to gather more detailed information about where recent law grads find work. The change came as law students, graduates and three U.S. senators heaped criticism on the ABA and law schools for not providing prospective law students with an accurate picture of graduate employment and salary levels.

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Joan Howarth recommended new dean of Mich State College of Law

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Joan Howarth has been recommended as dean of the Michigan State University College of Law, pending approval by the law school’s board of trustees.Howarth has been a professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, since 2001. She was instrumental in building the Boyd School of Law, founded just a decade ago, serving for four years as associate dean and helping to establish Boyd’s early and strong national reputation.

Michigan State University Newsroom – Joan Howarth recommended new dean of MSU College of Law

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Finalists for Dean of University of Washington School of Law Announced

The finalists currently scheduled for campus visits are:
Steven L. Willborn, dean and Richard C. and Catherine Stuart Schmoker professor of law, University of Nebraska. Campus interviews January 24 and 25. Public presentation 4 to 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25.
Gregory Hicks, interim dean of the School of Law, University of Washington. Campus interviews January 30 and 31. Public presentation 3 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Lawrence Zelenak, Pamela B. Gann professor of law, Duke University School of Law. Campus interviews February 7 and 8. Public presentation 4 to 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 8.
Mary Anne Bobinski, dean and professor, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia. Campus interviews February 14 and 15. Public presentation 4 to 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15.

uwnews.org | Finalists for dean of School of Law announced | University of Washington News and Information

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