After Boycott from Law Schools, U.S. News & World Report Changes Ranking System
Under pressure amid a boycott by top law schools, U.S. News & World Report told law school deans on Monday that it will make several changes in the next edition of its influential ratings.In a letter to American law school deans published on its site, U.S. News said its next list would give more credit to schools whose graduates go on to pursue advanced degrees, or school-funded fellowships to work in public-service jobs that pay lower wages.
UC Berkeley Law School to withdraw from U.S. News & World Report rankings
UC Berkeley Law School announced Thursday it would withdraw from U.S. News & World Report's closely watched evaluations of higher education institutions, saying the ratings' methodology penalizes schools that encourage public service and low costs.The decision by Berkeley, one of the nation's top law schools, marks another blow to the influential ratings service after Harvard and Yale took similar action on Wednesday citing U.S. News' methodology.
Yale and Harvard law schools withdraw from US News rankings
Yale and Harvard law schools both said on Wednesday they will no longer participate in US News & World Report's annual ranking of law schools, the biggest shake-up to the closely watched list in years.Yale, which has captured the No 1 spot every year since US News began ranking law schools in 1990, was first to announce the decision.
Wishing Law School Cost Less? Attending Law School Completely Online Could Be The Answer
The American Bar Association is considering extending accreditation to fully online law schools, marking a major shift from its focus on in-person teaching.
This change could make law school more affordable as online education tends to be less expensive than traditional brick-and-mortar institutions. [ more ]
Further Extension of Non-DOCX Filing Fee Date Highlights USPTO's Lack of Compliance with Paperwork Reduction Act
"Although DOCX fees are currently set to go into effect next January, multiple extensions to that deadline as well as the indefinite extension to the PDF filing option indicate that this issue and related uncertainties for practitioners continue well into 2024."Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark (USPTO) published a pair of documents in the Federal Register regarding due dates on new document formatting requirements for patent applications filed with the Office.
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USPTO Rescinds Voluntary CLE Certification Program Following Stakeholder Criticism
"[USPTO-certified] CLE may or may not be a good idea.However, as proposed in the Proposed CLE Guidelines, it can't work." - David Boundy Today, the Federal Register published a final interim rule submitted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that will eliminate provisions within the agency's rules of practice establishing a voluntary program for certifying the completion of continuing legal education (CLE) credits by registered patent practitioners and those granted limited recognition to practice in patent matters before the USPTO.