Penn State Law School
Penn State Shuttering Its Second Law School
Inside Higher Ed: “A decade ago, Pennsylvania State University’s two law school campuses divorced, becoming two separately accredited entities. Now, they’re getting back together.
This month, the American Bar Association approved the university’s request to recombine the two similarly named schools: Penn State Law, located at the flagship University Park/State College campus, and Penn State Dickinson Law, in Carlisle. The J.D. class of 2028 will attend the combined school, which will also be called Penn State Dickinson Law.
In news releases on the reunification, Penn State officials have said they are “responding to enrollment challenges.” One release said that “with an extremely competitive marketplace for legal education and nine law schools in Pennsylvania, the university’s current two-law-school model is not the best approach for achieving excellence.”
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Georgetown Law Center
Outrage Leads To Georgetown Law Center Re-scheduling Pregnant Student’s Exams
The College Fix: “Professors and pro-life leaders are calling on Georgetown University to do more to help pregnant students after an expecting mother said she was denied an exam accommodation at the Catholic institution’s law school.
Initially, the law school refused to grant Brittany Lovely’s request, telling her “Motherhood is not for the Faint of Heart,” according to a petition created by her classmates.
This week, however, a Georgetown spokesperson told The College Fix the university “reached a mutually agreeable solution” with Lovely. The spokesperson declined to provide more details, stating, “Georgetown does not publicly comment on the specifics of individual student matters.”
The Washington Post reported that “Lovely said Georgetown agreed to extend a period to defer exams, from mid-December into January. Students can request deferrals in emergency situations, such as giving birth.”
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University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Arizona Law Unveils New Classrooms
National Jurist: “University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law unveiled its newly constructed, state-of-the-art courtrooms, classroom and lobby spaces for students to hone their advocacy skills in a realistic and immersive setting.
The renovation was made possible by $4.9 million in donated funds as part of the ongoing school’s “A New Day in Court” advocacy initiative.
Marc Miller, dean of University of Arizona Law, said the spaces will shape the students’ education and future.
Launched in 2017, the project’s new spaces represent the first major phase of the initiative, which includes renaming the program to the Thomas Mauet Advocacy Program, in honor of trial expert Thomas Mauet who directed the program until his retirement in 2016.”
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