RICHMOND, Va. — The Latest on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and racist photo in 1984 yearbook (all times local): 1:35 p.m. The president of Eastern Virginia Medical School says a racist photo that appears in the 1984 student yearbook is "shockingly abhorrent." In a statement on the school's website , President Richard Homan said the photo of one person in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan hood is "absolutely antithetical" to the school's principles, morals and values. The photo was on the profile page of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who says he believes he's not one of the men in the picture. Homan also apologized for "past transgressions of your trust." He said he'll convene a meeting of leadership and others to address the issue. ___ 12:50 p.m. North Carolina's governor is calling on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign because of a photograph on Northam's yearbook profile page. In an emailed statement, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the photograph is both … [Read more...] about The Latest: Medical school chief apologizes for racist photo
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Chicago to get a public law school: John Marshall acquired by University of Illinois system
Home Daily News Chicago to get a public law school: John… Law Schools By Stephanie Francis Ward Posted July 20, 2018, 7:10 am CDT Susan Montgomery / Shutterstock.com After more than two years of discussions, the University of Illinois’ board of trustees Thursday approved a plan to acquire Chicago’s John Marshall School of Law, a private stand-alone institution. The deal is expected to be in place by the fall 2019 semester. The institution will be known as the UIC John Marshall Law School, according to a news release, and it will be Chicago’s first public law school. John Marshall, which has full-time and and evening programs, is often seen as a law school that welcomes nontraditional students, and that won’t change with the acquisition, say Susan Poser, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “We wanted a law school where we could align our missions, and it really was a good fit. They are … [Read more...] about Chicago to get a public law school: John Marshall acquired by University of Illinois system
Clinical Legal Education – [Part III] The Harvard Law School Clinic Model
This piece is in continuation of the former two pieces on clinical legal education in India. The first piece provided a background to clinical legal education in India and the second piece looked into three different law school clinics to get an idea of how law school clinics operate in India. This piece looks at the Harvard Law School clinic model and compares it with its Indian counterpart. The Harvard Law School (HLS) Clinic Model What Is The Model? Harvard Law School (HLS) offers clinical legal education opportunities to its students in more than 30 different areas of private and public law, through in-house clinics, externship opportunities and independent clinics. It claims to have the biggest clinical legal education in the United States and in the world.[1] Though the use of the term ‘model’ for HLS clinical legal education can be questioned,[2] the main idea in this section is to look at the HLS clinical legal education and identify some of … [Read more...] about Clinical Legal Education – [Part III] The Harvard Law School Clinic Model
Law Deans and a Law Professor Respond to the ‘Law School Bubble’
Podcast TranscriptRachel M. Zahorsky: The impact of federal loan programs in relation to the massive debt of legal grads and their dim prospects for repayment is a critical issue for the legal profession as it continues to navigate changing dynamics, or paradigm shift.I’m Rachel Zahorsky of the ABA Journal, and today I’m joined by Deans Craig Boise of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, Paul McGreal of the University of Dayton School of Law, and Washington University law professor Brian Tamanaha, author of the forthcoming book Failing Law Schools.We’ll explore the merits of the Law School Bubble story, examine any dissenting views, and hopefully continue the thought-provoking discussion fueled by the nearly 200 commentors on the piece on ABAJournal.com.Dean McGreal, would you like to begin today’s discussion with your thoughts on the consequences of a law school bubble and ways law schools can combat the situation?Paul E. McGreal: … [Read more...] about Law Deans and a Law Professor Respond to the ‘Law School Bubble’
Proposed Graduate Medical Education Legislation Looks to Increase Residency Slots
Last week, new bi-partisan legislation was introduced to increase the number of graduate medical education (GME) slots over the next five years at teaching hospitals and academic medical centers. If passed, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015 (S. 1148/H.R. 2124) will create 3,000 additional full time equivalent (FTE) residency slots each year from 2017 through 2021, for a total of 15,000 new residency slots. Half of the 3,000 slots must be used for a “shortage specialty residency program,” as defined by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), until the National Health Care Workforce issues a new report on specialty shortages in 2018.The purpose of the legislation is to guard against the precipitous shortfall of primary care physicians that at least one study is predicting will occur by 2025 – another says 2035 – if there is no increase in residency training slots. The shortfall is … [Read more...] about Proposed Graduate Medical Education Legislation Looks to Increase Residency Slots