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S13rs Sgr No. 11 (Admissions), Rees
S13rs Sgr No. 11 (Admissions), Rees
Student Senate Enrolled Legislation
A RESOLUTION
To Urge and Request the LSU Chancellors office to raise the LSU Admissions requirements
2013 Law School Application Pamphlet, University Of Michigan Law School
2013 Law School Application Pamphlet, University Of Michigan Law School
Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications
Pamphlet with information about the University of Michigan Law School and how to apply for admission.
Michigan Law, University Of Michigan Law School
Michigan Law, University Of Michigan Law School
Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications
This booklet provides a glimpse of the educational and extracurricular opportunities available to students in the University of Michigan Law School, as well as guidance about the admissions process.
Reforming Legal Education To Prepare Law Students Optimally For Real-World Practice, John M. Lande
Reforming Legal Education To Prepare Law Students Optimally For Real-World Practice, John M. Lande
Faculty Publications
This article synthesizes major points in the October 2012 symposium of the University of Missouri School of Law Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, entitled "Overcoming Barriers in Preparing Law Students for Real-World Practice." There is a growing consensus that American law schools need to do a better job of preparing students to practice law. Teaching students to think like a lawyer is still necessary but it is not sufficient for students to act like a lawyer soon after they graduate.
The Inevitable Irrelevance Of Affirmative Action, Leslie Y. Garfield
The Inevitable Irrelevance Of Affirmative Action, Leslie Y. Garfield
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article proceeds in three parts. In Part I of this article, I provide a narrative of affirmative action jurisprudence in higher education, with a particular focus on the meaning of viewpoint diversity in higher education. This section tracks the definitional shift in preference policies from their original design as remedial and compensatory programs for those suffering the effects of educational discrimination to interest convergence programs, which assure equal benefits irrespective of race. In Part II, I explore the circumstances giving rise to Fisher, including an overview of the lower court decisions. This section presents a discussion of the likely …
Grutter's Denouement: Three Templates From The Roberts Court, Ellen D. Katz
Grutter's Denouement: Three Templates From The Roberts Court, Ellen D. Katz
Articles
Precedent from the Roberts Court shows the Justices taking three distinct approaches to precedent they dislike. Each provides a template for the Court to criticize race-based affirmative action in higher education, as Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is widely expected to do. Most narrowly, the Court might use Fisher to issue a warning, much like it did in 2009 when it sidestepped a constitutional challenge to the Voting Rights Act; under this approach, the opinion would spell out why the Justices think the diversity celebrated in Grutter v. Bollinger no longer provides sufficient justification for the use of …