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Law Schools Must Do More To Retain First-Generation Students, A. Benjamin Spencer, Charleigh Kondas Feb 2022

Law Schools Must Do More To Retain First-Generation Students, A. Benjamin Spencer, Charleigh Kondas

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Law schools must do more to encourage, mentor, and engage first-generation law students to not only improve graduation rates, but also to improve law firm diversity, say William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer and second-year law student Charleigh Kondas. They explain the work of the school’s First Generation Student Alliance, created as a place where students can freely discuss any struggles and questions.


Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer Aug 2021

Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Calls for eliminating bar exams to improve fairness and diversity in the legal profession are increasing, but A. Benjamin Spencer, dean of William & Mary Law School, argues that eliminating them is not the answer. They should be transformed into a more effective gauge of professional readiness, which, he contends, can be achieved if more states adopt the Uniform Bar Exam.


Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer Jul 2021

Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Law schools and law firms must partner to ensure that a pipeline of underrepresented students apply to law school and receive the professional development support they need to remain and advance at firms, William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer says. Those who make, interpret, and apply the law must reflect the full range of human experiences, thought, and insight into the human condition, he says.


Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan Apr 2021

Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan

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In Memorium: Joseph Paul Doyle, Justin M. Marchesi May 2011

In Memorium: Joseph Paul Doyle, Justin M. Marchesi

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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A Noteworthy Absence, Nancy Leong Jan 2009

A Noteworthy Absence, Nancy Leong

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Personal Integration And Outsider Status As Factors In Law Student Well-Being, Susan Grover Jan 2008

Personal Integration And Outsider Status As Factors In Law Student Well-Being, Susan Grover

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A Response To Professor Vernellia R. Randall's The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, First Year Law Students And Performance, Cynthia V. Ward Oct 1995

A Response To Professor Vernellia R. Randall's The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, First Year Law Students And Performance, Cynthia V. Ward

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Private Practice For Public Consumption: Two Views Of Corporate Law, Jayne W. Barnard Jan 1993

Private Practice For Public Consumption: Two Views Of Corporate Law, Jayne W. Barnard

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The Secret Of Success: The Small-Section First-Year Skills Offering And Its Relationship To Independent Thinking, James E. Moliterno Oct 1990

The Secret Of Success: The Small-Section First-Year Skills Offering And Its Relationship To Independent Thinking, James E. Moliterno

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