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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed AB 1155, a McGeorge clinic-originated bill requiring California law schools to allow studen...

The Legislature approved SB 47, an urgency measure authorizing the state auditor to investigate widespread problems with Febru...



The chair honors the Glassbergs, longtime conservationists who helped preserve Missouri's Meramec River and founded the Mysun ...

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Kamala Harris' husband joins USC law school

Jun. 24, 2025
By Douglas Saunders Sr.

Emhoff, currently a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, said he was excited to return to his alma mater.




McGeorge law taps negotiation expert as new dean

Jun. 18, 2025
By Malcolm Maclachlan

Michael T. Colatrella Jr., a national authority on dispute resolution, will become dean of McGeorge School of Law on July 1, s...

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The State Bar revised February bar exam results after a change to its controversial second-read scoring method. The move follo...

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The California Senate has passed a bill to create a public law school at San Jose State by merging it with Lincoln Law School ...



In a milestone for UC Irvine School of Law, Netflix senior counsel Jeffrey Wachs and his wife Hannah have created the school's...

Free speech in law school isn't optional--it's the training ground where future lawyers either develop the courage to advocate...



California State Bar corrects February exam errors, adding four more passers. Issues with essay scores, uploads, and retakes r...

California's February bar exam pass rate soared to 55.9%, the highest since 1965, despite technical problems. Meanwhile, the S...



The California State Bar quietly disclosed it used artificial intelligence to help write some questions on the February Bar Ex...

The State Bar ignored calls from law professors and test takers to abandon the format after technical failures and poorly vett...



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Amid mounting criticism, the California State Bar Board of Trustees is considering severing its contract with Meazure Learning...



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A family health crisis and financial hardship shaped one first-generation student's path to becoming an advocate for vulnerabl...



For the fourth time in recent years, a proposal to fund a law school at UC Riverside has been put on hold. With Riverside and ...

Clarity and concision remain the foundation of effective legal writing, while still leaving room for creative expression.



The rollout of the February exam has been plagued by testing location changes, scheduling problems and communication breakdowns.

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