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LSAC president Sudha Setty reflects on dynamic landscape of law school admissions

Sudha Setty, president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, spoke with the ABA Journal about the dynamic landscape facing law school admissions, ranging from the increase in applicants to financial aid changes to rural law practice to law school accreditation.

Nov 9, 2026 12:25 PM CST

Over $157 million in pro bono legal services donated by law class of 2026

The Class of 2026 has donated more than $157 million in pro bono work, or more than 4.3 million hours in legal services, according the Association of American Law Schools.

Nov 9, 2026 7:15 AM CST

$5M matching grant moves University of Texas at El Paso closer to opening law school

The University of Texas at El Paso inched closer to launching a law school after the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation pledged a $5 million matching grant.

Nov 2, 2026 11:59 AM CST

Law School Forums grow in popularity and offer advice to aspiring students

Each year, the Law School Admission Council holds Law School Forums, free recruitment and networking events around the U.S. and in Canada for prospective JD and LLM students to meet admissions officers, attend workshops, consult with lawyers, financial aid experts and test-prep providers.

Nov 2, 2026 9:29 AM CST

Anthropic raises bar with Claude for Legal artifacts’ new interactive tools

Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic announced Wednesday the release of Claude for Legal artifacts, with plans to provide users with 12 practice group-specific plug-ins and connectors to over 60 other legal platforms.

Oct 29, 2026 12:04 PM CDT

ABA tracks new challenges affecting Public Service Loan Forgiveness borrowers

For lawyers and other student loan borrowers working in public service jobs, the path to having their remaining federal student loan balances discharged under Public Service Loan Forgiveness program after 120 months of qualifying payments is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate.

Oct 28, 2026 11:33 AM CDT

Harvard, DePaul law school alums donate $30M each to alma maters

Two law schools each received $30 million donations from alumni this week.

Oct 27, 2026 12:02 PM CDT

LSAT format will be tweaked starting August 2027

The Law School Admission Test will undergo its second format shift in four years, as unscored pilot questions considered for future use move from being grouped in a separate section to being sprinkled throughout the test, the Law School Admission Council announced Monday.

Oct 26, 2026 2:34 PM CDT

Proposal for California-specific bar exam draws mixed response

The State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners’ preliminary blueprints for a state-specific test that bar candidates could take remotely as early as the start of their final year of law school has upsides and downsides, law school academics say.

Oct 26, 2026 12:46 PM CDT

Texas A&M School of Law dean named president of Pace University

Pace University has chosen Robert “Bobby” Ahdieh, dean of Texas A&M University School of Law, as its ninth president, effective Jan. 1, the New York-based university announced this week.

Oct 23, 2026 9:45 AM CDT

Tennessee high court maintains ban on nonlawyer ownership of law firms, fee splitting

Outside investors, private equity included, will remain shut out of ownership in Tennessee law firms after the state’s highest court turned down a push to relax the long-standing restrictions.

Oct 21, 2026 1:55 PM CDT

Governors’ races in Colorado, Michigan put former law deans on ballot

Next month, voters in Colorado and Michigan will decide whether a former law dean should be elected governor of their respective states.

Oct 21, 2026 11:06 AM CDT

Hofstra University says it had no responsibility to help bar candidate in cardiac arrest

Hofstra University has asked a New York judge to dismiss the lawsuit of a July 2025 bar candidate who suffered cardiac arrest while taking the bar exam at the Long Island, New York, school last year, stating that it didn’t have a responsibility to help her.

Oct 21, 2026 9:42 AM CDT

SCOTUS allows Hastings name change to remain at University of California law school

The University of California College of the Law at San Francisco can retain its new name, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting a challenge by its former namesake’s descendants after revelations that Serranus C. Hastings ordered troops to slaughter thousands of Native Americans in the 1860s.

Oct 20, 2026 11:31 AM CDT

NextGen UBE examinees faced unique uncertainties in July, new study finds

Going first always provokes anxiety, and bar candidates who took the inaugural administration of the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam in July had distinct pressures, a forthcoming article in the Duquesne Law Review finds.

Oct 19, 2026 3:07 PM CDT

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